Property Sheets: Submodel Property Sheet

From DSL

The Submodel property sheet can be displayed by right clicking on the name of the submodel in the Tree view or right clicking on the icon of the submodel in the Graph view. This will display the Submodel popup menu. Select Submodel Properties from the menu.

Note: Double clicking on the submodel will open the graph view of the submodel, it will not open the Submodel property sheet.

The property sheets, once opened, consist of several tabs. Various tabs can be accessed by clicking on the tab name.

A typical submodel property sheet is shown below:

General Tab:

Shown above is the General tab of the submodel property sheet.

Identifier: It displays the identifier for the submodel. You can also specify your own identifier. Identifiers must start with a letter, and can contain letters, numerals and the underscore character. The identifier for the submodel shown above is Sub4.

Name: It displays the name for the submodel. You can give your own name for the submodel. It has no limitations like the identifier. The name for the submodel shown above is Middle Level

Statistics: It shows the statistics of the submodel:

• The no. of nodes of each type used in the submodel.

• The no. of arcs used in the submodel.

• The no. of submodels used within the submodel.

• The no. of text boxes used in the submodel.

Format Tab:

The format tab is used to specify the visual properties of the submodel. It affects how the submodel is displayed in the graph view. Shown below is a snapshot of the Format tab of Submodel Property sheet.

It is similar in function to the format tab of the Node Property Sheet.

See Format section of Node Property Sheet for more information.