User manual

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Contents
1 Important notes on Dymola .................................................................................................... 5
2 About this booklet ................................................................................................................... 5
3 Dymola 2014 FD01 .................................................................................................................. 6
3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1.1 Additions and improvements in Dymola ................................................................................................ 6
3.1.2 New and updated libraries ...................................................................................................................... 7
3.1.3 Limited Availability Features ................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Developing a model ......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2.1 New version of Modelica Standard Library available ............................................................................ 8
3.2.2 Full Modelica Compliance ..................................................................................................................... 8
3.2.3 Improved presentation of check messages .............................................................................................. 9
3.2.4 Hiding graphical connections ................................................................................................................. 9
3.2.5 Selected commands (built-in functions) available from the package browser ...................................... 11
3.2.6 Multiple conversion of libraries supported ........................................................................................... 11
3.2.7 Minor improvements ............................................................................................................................ 12
3.3 Simulating a model ........................................................................................................................................ 13
3.3.1 Improved presentation of translation messages .................................................................................... 13
3.3.2 Opening of result files by drag-and-drop or double-clicking supported ............................................... 17
3.3.3 Plot window .......................................................................................................................................... 18
3.3.4 Animation window ............................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.5 Scripting ............................................................................................................................................... 20
3.3.6 Minor improvements ............................................................................................................................ 23
3.4 Installation ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.1 Installation on Windows ....................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.2 New command line argument available for license handling ............................................................... 25
3.4.3 Hardware requirements and recommendations ..................................................................................... 26
3.4.4 Software requirements .......................................................................................................................... 26
3.5 Other Simulation Environments ..................................................................................................................... 28
3.5.1 Dymola – Matlab interface ................................................................................................................... 28
3.5.2 Real-time simulation ............................................................................................................................. 28
3.5.3 FMI Support in Dymola ....................................................................................................................... 29
3.6 Advanced Modelica Support .......................................................................................................................... 34
3.6.1 New Java interface for Dymola (LA) ................................................................................................... 34
3.6.2 Support of new initialization rules in Modelica .................................................................................... 34