One-click complex script creation

API one-click complex script creation

As we have seen, creating a complex system from scratch can be a long and arduous task.

In many cases, it is easier to use the Simcenter Amesim graphical user interface to build and test your system, and then create the script to produce the same system and finally customize it.

You can indeed do this!

1. Copy the $AME/demo/Tutorials/win32/FlatTwin.ame system to your local working directory and open it with Simcenter Amesim.

Figure 22: FlatTwin.ame system

2. Generate a ready-to-be-launched script file by using File > Generate model script > Python.

You can also produce a ready-to-be-compiled Cpp file using theFile > Generate model script menu.

Figure 23: One-click Python Script creation

Doing this on a very complex system will save you a lot of time. You can then edit the script produced and add whatever commands you require. Now you can generate a model with the script and check the result by opening it in Simcenter Amesim as we did at the beginning of the section.

Note

If you pass a system created with Simcenter Amesim (v4.3 or earlier) through the script generation tool, it will create a script which works correctly, but with missing component rotation instructions. Consequently, when you run your script, the system produce will be very ugly if you open it in Simcenter Amesim. You can modify it by hand to add the suitable missing AMERotateComponent commands to the script.

To get a script containing all geometrical instructions, your system must be created with Simcenter Amesim Rev 7A or higher.

Upgrading an old system will not solve this problem.