Instantiating a Component

You can instantiate a component from any browser displaying packages.

These browsers are:

The main Package Browser
Any light Package Browser
The Preferred Classes Browser
The Proposed Classes Browser
The Classes for Forced Elements browser

This task shows you how to:

Instantiate from Any Package Browser
Instantiate from Any Other Browser Displaying Packages

Before you begin:

Create a behavior representation (either a behavior library or a functional or logical behavior).
In this behavior representation, create a new class with a Model class type (Motor).
This Motor model is the destination class, i.e. the class in which you instantiate a component.

Instantiate from Any Package Browser

You can instantiate a component from the main Package Browser or any light Package Browser.

Before you begin: In this scenario you work with the main Package Browser.

From the Package Browser, double-click to activate the Motor model.

Warning: You cannot instantiate a component neither in a package nor in a PLMInterface or PLMConnectors model (these two models are reserved for ports mapping purpose).

The empty Motor model appears from the Component Browser.
From the Package Browser, expand Modelica > Electrical > Analog > Basic to select the Resistor class.
Drag the Resistor class from the Package Browser to the diagram layer.
The Resistor 2D representation follows the cursor.

Position the cursor in the diagram layer of the active model, then drop it on the desired location.

Tips:

To instantiate a class, you can also right-click the class from the Package Browser and select Instantiate .
For some classes without graphics, for example, classes in Modelica.SIUnits, it is convenient to instantiate by drag and drop to the Component Browser. For more information, see Dragging a Model, Block, Type, or Record to the Component Browser.

The Resistor component is created in the Motor model.

The Resistor is instantiated in the diagram.

Instantiate from Any Other Browser Displaying Packages

You can instantiate a component from the Preferred Classes Browser, the Proposed Classes Browser, or the Classes for Force Elements browser.

Note: It is possible to instantiate classes from any of these browsers even if the corresponding libraries are not opened in the main Package Browser; the corresponding libraries are opened when instantiating the classes.

Before you begin:

In this scenario you instantiate a class from the Preferred Classes Browser.
The class to be instantiated (in this scenario Resistor) must be present in the browser you work with.

From the Package Browser, double-click to activate the Motor model.
Warning: You cannot instantiate a component neither in a package nor in a PLMInterface or PLMConnectors model (these two models are reserved for ports mapping purpose).

The empty Motor model appears from the Component Browser.
In the Preferred Classes Browser, navigate to display the class Resistor. See Navigate in the Folder Structure of the Preferred Classes Browser.
Drag the Resistor class from the Preferred Classes Browser to the diagram layer.
The Resistor 2D representation follows the cursor.

Position the cursor in the diagram layer of the active model, then drop it on the desired location.

Tips:

To instantiate a class, you can also:
1. Right-click the class from the Preferred Classes Browser.
2. Select Instantiate . The context menu is closed and the command is activated.
3. Click the diagram layer at the convenient location.
For some classes without graphics, for example, classes in Modelica.SIUnits, it is convenient to instantiate by drag and drop to the Component Browser. For more information, see Dragging a Model, Block, Type, or Record to the Component Browser.

The Resistor component is created in the Motor model.

The Resistor is instantiated in the diagram.

Note: The second step in this task illustrates an important feature of the Preferred Classes Browser; the navigation is mostly much easier since the structure is not so deep and the number of classes are less than in the main Package Browser.