This chapter describes how to create, copy, import and delete alternative models.
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1. Creating and importing alternatives
1. Creating and importing alternatives
In order to create a new alternative to modeling, a new project must first be created or an existing project loaded.
To create a new alternative first press the |
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button in the menu bar. |
The window for creating an alternative then opens on the right edge of the application. From here, you can also switch to alternatives that have already been created (see Figure 1).
The alternatives displayed here can be moved and rearranged with the mouse using Drag&Drop.
Figure 1 - Alternatives side bar
The following table explains how the buttons in the Alternatives window work:
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Description |
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Opens a new window in which you can create a new, empty alternative |
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Opens a dialog box that allows alternatives from other projects to be imported into the current alternative |
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Opens an information dialog for starting and checking simulation runs Details on the simulation runs can be found in chapter Start and control simulation runs |
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Shows the status of the simulation run of the active alternative |
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Access to options Edit, Duplicate, Set/unset as main and Delete |
To edit an alternative, first select the desired alternative and then click the Edit button in the options dialog.
A new name for the alternative can now be entered here and confirmed with a click on the Apply button.
Using the context menu, the current modeling can be duplicated. A "_1" is appended to the name of the original. The duplicate is added to the list below the original.
By clicking Set as main, the selected alternative can be selected as a main alternative, which serves as the basis for the comparison of parameter values.
In the other alternatives, each parameter value is then compared with the corresponding parameter value from the main alternative.
If at least one parameter of an object has a different value than in the main model, an icon is displayed above the object to indicate the deviation.
In addition, an indicator is displayed in the parameter sidebar for each deviating parameter and a reset function is offered (see project settings section 1.6).
As soon as an alternative has been set as main, this is indicated in the sidebar by an icon and a colored background.
The setting can also be removed in the same way. Only one alternative of a project can be set as a main alternative.
To delete an alternative, first select the desired alternative and then click the Delete button in the options dialog.
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