Simulation User Preferences

The Simulation User Preferences enable you to select the Simulation windows you would like to automatically see when opening a simulator. [Note that the timeline window will always be open.] In addition, you can select classes of entities that will initially be displayed in the timeline window, set the initial scale, and set the initial tick increments. These default settings will become the initial settings each time the timeline window is opened. However, all these values can also be changed independently in the Simulation Timeline window once it is opened.

 

Simulation Display Options

Display Transcript Pane - toggles whether or not the transcript pane will be opened by default when a new simulation is opened.

 

Display Timeline Elements - toggles whether or not the timeline entities pane (controlling which entities to display on the timeline) will be opened by default when a new simulation is opened.

 

Display Intermediate Functions - toggles whether or intermediate functions (those functions encountered during the simulation which are executed at a lower level of decomposition.

 

Scale - controls the initial horizontal scale used for time - Normal, Large, or Small. For a given simulation, this setting can then be changed after the simulator is opened by using the drop-down at the top of the timeline.

 

Tick  Increments Major - controls the major units at which tick marks will be drawn on the time scale. Each major increment is labeled with the corresponding time.

 

Tick Increments Minor - controls the minor units at which tick marks will be drawn on the time scale. This setting also controls the width of the alternating vertical bands displayed on the timeline to help visually trace time vertically on the timeline.

Display by Default on Timeline

Display Functions - toggles whether or not functions should be displayed on the timeline by default.

 

Display Items - toggles whether or not items should be displayed on the timeline by default. Note that only triggers are shown on the timeline (data stores are not).

 

Display Resources  - toggles whether or not resources should be displayed on the timeline by default.

 

Display Links - toggles whether or not links should be displayed on the timeline by default.