6.2.1                                Entity Sheet

 

Property Name

Description

Name

Name of the entity

Type

Continuous or Discrete, or Generic

Variable

Name of variable associated with the  entity

Value Type

The Double type is associated with continuous entities, Long and Integer with discrete entities, the other value types: Boolean and  String with  generic entities. 

Physical Property

Defines the physical property for the entity value such as mass or length. The physical property can be selected from the drop-down list.

Unit

Defines the unit for the entity value such as mol or kilogram. The unit can be selected from the drop-down list. The list of available units depends on the selected physical property.

Initial Value

The value of the entity at the simulation startup. The property can be a fixed value or a script. If it is a script, it can be evaluated only at simulation startup (normal case), or at each simulation step (special case) - see Evaluate Script Once. The button ?g...?h allows for the definition of the mathematical formula within the Script Editor dialog box.

Evaluate Script Once

 

This property is ignored if the Initial Value is a fixed value. Otherwise, if the Initial Value is a script, there are 2 possibilities:

-                     If the property is on, the Value property is initialized with value set by the script at the beginning of simulation.

-                     If the property is off, the Value property is set by evaluating the script at each simulation step.

Maximum Value

The maximum value that can be assigned to the variable associated with the entity. It can be 1, infinite or any other value entered by the user. This entry is enabled only for scalar value types: Integer, Long or Double.

Minimum Value

The minimum value that can be assigned to the variable associated with the entity. It can be 0 or -infinite or any other value entered by the user. This entry is enabled only for scalar value types: Integer, Long or Double.

Public

The on value denotes that the associated variable can be referenced in models in which the entity is encapsulated in a hierarchical object element.

Save Log

If the property has the on value, the value of the associated variable will be logged during simulation.

Show Element

Turns the display of the whole element on and off. This setting is preserved in the model file and overrides global view settings.

Show Name

Turns on and off display of the whole element.

Show Variable

Turns on and off display of the name of the variable associated with the entity.

Show Value

Turns on and off display of the name of the variable associated with the entity.

References

List of URL sites  related to the entity

Comments

Comment field