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Modeling Features
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Description |
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New 3D Plot Block |
Allows interactive plotting of multiple trajectories, surfaces, or
waterfall frequency plots. Plots support auto scaling, customizable
axis appearance, control of lighting, surface color and mesh
highlighting. User can zoom, translate and rotate plot with mouse to
inspect plots during and after a run. |
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New 3D Animation Blocks |
Animate mesh data directly from a DirectX .x file or connect to
objects in a 3D VRML world file. Animation objects can be zoomed,
translates and rotated with mouse to inspect animation scene
during and after a run. 3D Camera and light blocks allow interactive
control of lighting and world view. |
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New Matrix Blocks |
Spreadsheet matrix constant block, scrollable spreadsheet matrix
display block, eigen value finder block, linear system solver block,
spline and polynomial curve fitting with data lookup |
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New random distribution blocks |
Beta, Cauchy, Erlang, Gamma, Pareto, Rayleigh, Triangular and
Weibull distributions have been added. |
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New Time stamp block |
It produces a user formatted date and time. This can be combined
with the new file name variable expansion to create unique
time stamped export data file names. |
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Code generation support for latest TI chips |
Support has been added for the latest TI F2835x and MSP430 parts
from Texas Instruments. Code generation efficiency has been
increased so that closed loop control rates in excess of 8 loops
running at 300 KHz has been attained. |
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Simulation Features
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Description |
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Subsystem threading |
For compound blocks with local time steps, a code generation option
allows the subsystem to be scheduled in a low priority idle loop as
a separate thread. |
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Event Logging |
A new eventLog and eventLogDisplay block allow quiet background
logging of system errors and events without disturbing the overall
system run. Events can be logged directly from the diagram or from
user written DLLs. The VisSim real-time analog data subsystem now
uses the event log to avoid halting a run upon the encounter with an
unexpected event. |
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Time Delay block handles Complex data |
The continuous time delay can now work with complex data |
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Min and max blocks now handle scaled int |
The min and max blocks will now simulate and generate code for
fixed-point scaled integer inputs |
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File name macro expansion |
The VisSim Macro expansion facility has been expanded to include
standard VisSim variables. String variables are used verbatim,
numeric variables are converted to text before expansion. |
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Start-up scripting |
Enhanced matrix syntax adds cos, diag, eye, exp, inv, log, log10,
min, max, ones, rand, sqrt, sum, sin, reshape, zeros as well as
standard arithmetic operations. |
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Import block feature |
Improved to read and write .csv files. The import block now
understands 0xabc hex numbers.. |
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Export block feature |
Improved to allow large user specified header text, force output of
trailing zeros for column alignment, optional time stamp for each
row of recorded data. |
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Visualization Features
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Description |
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Compound block coloration |
You may now specify custom colors for individual compound blocks.
Compound blocks with a local time step are colored with a green
cross hatch. |
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General Features
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Description |
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Key shortcuts |
Ctrl+A selects all blocks; Ctrl+Z undoes last operation, Ctrl+Y
redoes last operation. Ctrl+F4 closes current window. |
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New tool bar icons |
Improved tool bar icon legibility makes buttons easier to read on
high resolution screens. |
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Autosave |
Guarantee simulation integrity with an autosave option |
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Printable area delineation |
An optional blue box shows the part of the model that would be
printed given current print settings. |
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Automatic file reload at startup |
Get working faster by automatically reloading the last saved model
at VisSim initial startup. |
