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EASY5

Take Advantage of EASY5 Version 6.0 - Chart 1

Take Advantage of EASY5

® Version 6.0

Peter KamberEASY5 Product SupportMay 16, 2000

EASY5


What we heard from our users Give us the ability to make our schematics look more like WE want them to Allow us to write our user-code blocks in C Make it easier for us to put EASY5 schematics and results in documents Make it easier to print under Windows Give us some plotter improvements (3D, multiple y-axes, data-tagging) Allow us to annotate plots and schematics Allow us to better manage, document, and configure our models Give us longer names for EASY5 variables! No more I/O limits either. Give us integer/boolean data types for use in our user-code blocks Give us access to online help and documentation Give us the ability to display data on our schematics

Primary Motivations

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Timeline started development April 1999 in release now (April/May 2000)

14 major enhancements updated GUI new model generator updated plotter new and updated editors

Other improvements updated “look” over 400 bug-fixes over 50 “minor” enhancements

License management changes new encryption keys

vendor daemon - “easy5lmd” allows you to run both “old” and “new” versions simultaneously

new license files required

Overview

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


EASY5 6.0

Manual-Override of Connection Line Routing C Code Component On-Line Documentation PDF/HTML-Based Info Pages Exportable Graphics Plotter Improvements Shortcut Menus Find Component - Find Input/Output Name Alternate/Multiple Icons HTML-Based Model and Library Documentation Interactive Simulation Watch List Simulation Monitor Windows Improvements Miscellaneous

Major Enhancements

EASY5


Prior versions used a “best-fit” automatic routing scheme

EASY5 6.0 adds capability to manually override any connection line routing move endpoints

move line segments

move submodel connection nodes

New approach combines best of both methods - auto and manual routing

Manual Override of Connection Line Routing

EASY5 6.0

Pitch Command

-1

1

Digital Comp.2nd Order Select Flow

Type

Feedback Gain

1

Blade Dynamics

0s+2500

s +10s+25002S2 SW

Current

error

Servo valvetest data

Pitch_cmd

Pitch_fdbk

Calculated Flow

CCODE

Pitch_angle

blade_pitch_5(3) - Blade dynamics and pitch control model.

“Pick-off” connection Endpoints moved

EASY5


Similar to Fortran code component - enter C code into component C code converted to a function, as source code file named: <model>_c.c

EASY5 takes care of all interface coding

C source file accessed separately from Build menu

C source code automatically compiled, and linked with EASY5 model code

States, tables can be added to C code as done with Fortran component

C Code Component

EASY5 6.0

C source file

C object file

Linkcode

Modelexecutable

<model>_c.c

<model>.o

<model>_c.o

<model>.exe

EASY5


User-Defined External Fortran or C Code want to “connect” it to your EASY5 model typically will need access to source code (to allow compilation) object code must be compatible with EASY5 and system libraries store multiple object files in COFF libraries or archives for simplicity

Compiling from any EASY5 Command Shell:

easy5x -fc filespec Fortran

easy5x -cc filespec C

Debug mode set environment variable ezdebug=true prior

Library Creation from any EASY5 Command Shell:

LIB /out:xx.lib [filespec] Windows (MSF, DVF, DVF6)

ar xx.a [filespec] Unix or Win32/GNU

Managing External Fortran or C Code

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


New EASY5 Guide

Opened from EASY5 via new Help Menu

Uses Adobe Acrobat Reader® 4.0

freeware provided by Adobe Systems

PDF-based document provides

access to all EASY5 documents Release and Install Notes

All application library documentation

Standard set of EASY5 documentation

Technical Notes, etc.

The EASY5 Guide includes several navigation aids search tools navigation buttons hyper-text links

On-Line Documentation

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Info Page Online documentation for each library component

Pre-EASY5 6.0 Short one-page description of component

Built using EASY5’s icon editor

EASY5 6.0 Additionally allows either PDF or HTML formats Up-to-date and complete documentation Acrobat Reader or Web Browser automatically launched Constructed using modern documentation applications (Word, Framemaker, etc)

Macro library developers: makes it much easier to document each component provide others the necessary data to help them use your library display multiple pages, provide more information (e.g. theory, examples) maintain a single source for all documentation HTML info pages can be automatically generated

PDF/HTML-Based Info Pages

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Pre-EASY5 6.0 graphics output: PostScript

® or HPGL

®

difficult to import into most office applications

EASY5 6.0 graphics output: WMF, (PS, HPGL)* *Unix

export schematic diagrams or plots via “Export”

WMF graphics file enhanced Windows metafile format standard graphics format used by Microsoft Windows

®

same format used for all Windows hard-copy output

Import EASY5 graphics files into most office applications for documentation

annotate EASY5 graphics text flows around graphics

Exportable Graphics

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Multi Y-axis plots over-plot up to 6 variables with 6

separate y-axes

Data tagging allows you to "tag" one or more

data points with an arrow or circle

and display the data values.

Text annotation add text anywhere to your plots,

and edit the color/font/size.

Edit attributes select a graphics element and

edit the attributes, such as line

color and type, axis scale, title, etc.

Plotter Improvements

EASY5 6.0

Closed_loop response to gust; Roll_cmd=0; Engine Thrust=constantClosed_loop response to gust; Roll_cmd=0; Engine Thrust=constant

0 5 10 15 20 25 300.799

0.8

0.801

0.802

0.803

0.804

0.805

-0.02

-0.016

-0.012

-0.008

-0.004

0

0.004

Closed_loop response to gust; Roll_cmd=0; Engine Thrust=constant

0 5 10 15 20 25 30-0.03

-0.02

-0.01

0

0.01

0.02

0.03

1.219E+4

1.22E+4

1.22E+4

1.22E+4

1.22E+4

1.221E+4

1.221E+4

TIME

alph

a (r

ad)

ALT

_ME

AS

Angle of Attack (rad); Altitude (m)max. alpha(2.890173,0.022713)

TIME

Mac

h

TH

ETA

_ME

AS

Mach; Theta (rad)

(4.624277,-0.018109)

Gust occurs at 2.0 secs

EASY5


What are shortcut menus? Provide a quick way to access commonly used commands via popup menus

Context sensitive: shortcut menus contain only commands that apply to the item

selected with the right mouse

Shortcut menus available for: components connection lines schematic diagram submodels submodel connections connecting components

Shortcut Menus

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Find Component Window Select components from alphabetical list EASY5 finds and highlights the component, opening/closing submodels as needed. Either open the data table (Examine), or continue to find other components.

Find Component/Name

EASY5 6.0

Find I/O Name Window Select variable name from alphabetical list Finds and highlights the component that contains the variable Either open the data table, or continue to find other names

EASY5


Useful for alternate representations“Feed-back/forward” gain blocks

“EASY5” vs. ISO (HC Library)

Custom icons

Better match your EASY5 model to your application-specific schematic New icons can be easily added to augment existing sets:

Icon Search Directories./xx/iconsUSERLIB/xx/iconsEZHOME/easy5x/dict/xx/icons

Icon Files

yy.icon_name.icon

xx = library tagyy = component nameicon_name = icon name

Multiple/Alternate Icons

EASY5 6.0

Example of an ISO Hydraulic Schematic Per Alternate HC Library Icons

EASY5


HTML = Hyper-Text Markup Language standard format for all web browsers

Document your model as an HTML-formatted file component description

data tables: input parameters, output states and variables

code for user-code components

contains hyperlinks to make it easy to find components, submodels

HTML-formatted documentation of Macro Libraries automated documentation

use command: easy5x -dp xx -html

users can then access info pages for all library components

Web browser is automatically started to displays HTML document Unix default: netscape (set EASY5_BROWSER to override)

HTML-Based Model & Library Documentation

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Example of Model HTML Documentation

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Watch List Component (IS Library) Configured completely at run-time

once added, no need to rebuild model executable add/delete quantities during the simulation

Used to display any model parameter, output state or output variable during a simulation Can change any parameter value (marked blue) during a simulation

via “Set” button

Special variables TIME, CPUSEC (marked green) Useful for gaining insight to your model by allowing you to “step through” a simulation Sample rate as specified by TAU (multiple of TINC)

Interactive Simulation Watch List

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Embedded GNU Compiler Suite for Windows free compiler, library manager, and linker can be installed by EASY5 Setup program

New EASY5 Text Editor used to view/edit most EASY5 text files (e.g. listings, log files) uses an enhanced Windows text editor control over fonts and size search/replace tool “Go To Line Number” capability, status bar personalized settings

Access to Windows Print Manager print to any Windows printer control over printer, printer options, paper size, etc. personal printer settings are saved

Windows Improvements

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Replacement for Interactive Simulation feature

Can be used at any time during a simulation to check on progress

Based on EASY5 Plotter full feature plotter

comparison plots

binary plot file (fast)

print intermediate results

Data updates automatic

manual

Simulation Monitor

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Read/Write Excel® CSV data files

CSV - common format for ASCII data files (comma-, tab-delimited data) Matrix Algebra Tool (MAT) scripts

load_delim - load a CSV filesave_delim - create a CSV file

GP/WR component - saves output in CSV format, if specified

Data input improvements “Click” to focus is now default (used to be “Pointer” focus) ”pre-warping" the cursor of single input fields when possible

Maximum Name Length Increased to 28 Characters improved mnemonic naming previously 12 characters includes Fortran and C code input/output names

Accommodating Ever Larger Models and Extensions Number of User-Code and Extension Inputs/Outputs: unlimited Sort block limits increased to 3000 Number of components per model increased to 1500

Miscellaneous Enhancements

EASY5 6.0

EASY5


Give us the ability to make our schematics look more like WE want them to Manual override of connection line routine Alternate/Multiple icons

Allow us to write our user-code blocks in C C-Code Component

Make it easier for us to put EASY5 schematics and results in documents Exportable Graphics

Give us access to online help and documentation The EASY5 Guide HTML/PDF-based Info Pages

Make it easier to print under Windows Give us longer names for EASY5 variables! No more I/O limits for Extensions.

28-character names

Allow us to annotate plots and schematics Plot annotation

Allow us to better manage, document and configure our models HTML-based docmod

Give us integer/boolean I/O data types for use in our user-code blocks Give us some plotter improvements (3D, multiple y-axes, data-tagging)

multiple y-axes, data-tagging, improved ease of use 3D: use external plot packages or applications such as Excel via CSV

Give us the ability to display data on our schematics

How did we do?

EASY5 6.0

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