Creating a Cockpit

You can create a cockpit to have a single graphical view of the model. It summarizes the values of the key parameters and variables using text or graphs.

See Also
Simulating a Model in a Cockpit
Displaying Properties
Editing Parameters and Variables
  1. From the Design section of the action bar, click Create Cockpit .
  2. In the Cockpit creation dialog box, enter the name and description of the cockpit.
    A cockpit is created with the specified name as the title of the cockpit. For more information about the interface of the cockpit, see About Cockpit.
  3. To categorize and edit the parameters of interest:
    1. From the Cockpit section of the action bar, click Create Parameters Category to create a parameter category.

      Note: You can also click , under the categories of parameters.

    2. Enter the name of the category in the Add a category dialog box and click OK.
    3. Drag the parameters you need into the category area.
    4. Optional: Double-click the parameter name to edit it.
    5. Optional: Modify the values of the parameters.
      The row of a modified parameter is highlighted using orange color in the first column.

      Important: When you edit or reset a parameter, all the occurrences of the parameter in the cockpit are updated or reset. For example, when you reset a parameter in the parameters category, the parameter is also reset in the variables area of the cockpit.
  4. To add the variables to be simulated:
    1. From the Cockpit section of the action bar, click Create Variable Area .
    2. Drag the variables into the text area.

      Tip: You can drag the parent node of a variable array to plot all its elements at once.

    3. Optional: Double-click the variable name to edit it.
  5. To add a model diagram, a plot, or a text area, use the commands in the Cockpit section of the action bar.

    For more information, see Cockpit Section.

The cockpit is created. You can expose this cockpit for analysis using the Expose to Analyst command from the Lifecycle section of the action bar. For more information, see Exposing Templates.