State Management Panel

The State Management panel provides options for managing simulation states. You can select one or more objects and add or remove them from the current state. You can also modify the attributes of a state manually or import the attributes from another state.

To access the dialog box, select New Simulation State.

This page discusses:

Name Bar

Name
You can accept the default name or provide your own.

You can select one of the following BI Essential commands. When you are in creating or modifying a simulation state, you can access either the BI Essentials Definition or Preview command, but not both.

BI Essentials Definition
Selecting this option launches BI Essentials for State Definition. See State Definition and State Preview.
BI Essentials Preview
Enables you to turn on or off BI Essentials.

Advanced Options

Context contains the following options:

Global
All objects (product or resources) are taken into account when deciding what needs to be stored in the state.
Partial / ASO
Only the ASO, its children, and associated objects (such as attached objects) are taken into account when deciding what needs to be stored in the state.

By default, Global is selected.

The scope determines which objects in the state are compared to the nominal state (also known as the design state). Scope contains the following options:

Selected Objects Only
With this option, only objects that have a different position, different graphical attributes, or applicative data, such as DOF values are stored. Alternatively, this option includes objects that the users have been manually selected. The selected context is also taken into account.
All Objects in Context
All objects from the selected context are stored in the state. This mode may slow down saving the data when the data set is large.

By default, Selected Objects Only is selected.

The fields in the Object List provide the following information:

Number (#)
The list index.
Object
The name of the object.
Position
If this field is left blank, the position is identical to the design position.
If this field shows Modified, the position differs from the design position.
Color
If no color is displayed, then the color has not been set for the object.
If a color is displayed, that is the color set for the object.
Transparency
If this field is left blank, then transparency has not been set for the object.
If a percentage is displayed, that is the transparency set for the object.
Visibility
If this field is left blank, then visibility has not been changed for the object.
If Shown is displayed, the object is set as visible.
If Hidden is displayed, the object is set as hidden.
Log
If this field is left blank, then no change has been performed on the object during the current state authoring transaction.
If Added is displayed, the object was added to the state.
If Removed is displayed, the object was removed from the state.
If Modified is displayed, the properties of the object that are applicable when editing a state have been modified.

If you select an item on the Object List, it is highlighted in the work area. You can multiselect items in the list.