I'm trying SysML parametrics for the first time. I have a working constraint block and can get the simulate function working. However, it seems to only one concept of the output: an X-Y plot.
What I'd really like to do is assign constants to the SysML Properties (e.g. like Tagged Values) and use them as inputs to constraint blocks (rather than having to input them every time I pop up the simulate dialog). Also, I wish the output were just simple numbers (again e.g. Tagged Values) rather than an X-Y plot.
For example, suppose I'm trying to model the total power draw of a system based on component draw (simple summation). I know I could do this in say, a spreadsheet, but it would be nice to do it directly in my SysML model. I have no need to vary one or more component power draw variables, they're constant. I just want to compute the total power draw and have it appear on one of the diagrams.
Visually (in text
):
PowerA (value=15 Amps) ---> [ + ] ---> TotalPower (value=30 Amps)
PowerB (value=15 Amps) --->
(And while I'm at it, I wished EA worked a little more like a spreadsheet, where I could just go to something like a tagged value and enter a constant or a formula. Just let me throw a single line of JavaScript in and let me access some simple things directly as JavaScript variables, like a 'Value' field of a contained Part or Property, or something like that. Something simpler and lighter weight than drawing a whole diagram. I'll cross-post this bit in the suggestions.)
