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Project Configuration

This page focuses on Project Configuration, detailing how to access, manage, and customize your projects on the sim4sys platform. It covers project selection, member management, and essential settings adjustments to streamline your workflow.

Selection​

To initiate a project, navigate to the sim4sys homepage. Upon arrival, you will be presented with a list of projects to which you have been granted access. To open a project, simply double-click on it.

Projects list

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Guest participants in a project are limited to running scenarios without the ability to modify them.
Contributors, on the other hand, are empowered to create and amend scenarios.
Owners possess the authority to adjust the roles of project members, as well as to edit and delete any scenario.

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Projects listed under the "Recent" tab can be effortlessly deleted by clicking the "red cross" button: red_cross

Configuration​

As the owner of a project, you can access its settings by clicking on the configuration button displayed here: Project configuration button

Project configuration page

Unit parameters​

This section will allow you to set up the units that will be used in your projects. You can enable and disable the different units, displayed and organized into different unit categories: Length, Angle, Speed, Rotation Speed, Acceleration, Rotation Acceleration, Frequency and Temperature.

Every category of units listed.

You can also choose from a set of predetermined options among three possibilities:

  • Custom: Nothing will be enabled by default, allowing you to choose your units from zero.
  • International System: Will only enable the relevant international system units including meters, radian, degrees, seconds, Hertz, Kelvin, etc.
  • Imperial System: Will only enable the relevant imperial system units including inch, yard, foot, miles, Fahrenheit, etc.
Every set of units listed (Custom, International System, Imperial System)

It is also possible to create a new unit if you can't find one that fits your needs. For this, jump into the relevant category, and click on the small add icon, from which a popup should appear:

The Create new length unit popup, where you can choose the name, its abbreviation, and the conversion formula from another known unit such as meter.

After adding it, it should appear in the category, enabled, with the possibility of removing or editing it:

An example added unit, called attoparsec, is enabled in the list of units.

Naming, Topics, Avatar​

This section allows you to modify the project's name and icon.

Project Members​

In this section, you can oversee which users have access to your project. It provides the functionality to add or remove users and designate their roles within the project (either as a contributor or guest).

Advanced​

Caution is advised when navigating this section. It contains options to alter the project's file path or to completely delete the project.

Project Page​

In the left sidebar, there are two primary tabs:

  • Project: This tab outlines the components that constitute the selected project.
  • Scenario: This tab details the elements that characterize the selected scenario.

Tabs on left lateral view

Scenarios related to a project are organized within the "Scenarios" folder. To access a specific scenario, simply double-click on the scenario or click on the green eye icon.

Scenarios tab

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  • To gain access to a particular project, you should reach out to the project owner.
  • The scenario execution buttons and the right sidebar menus (parameters, mappings, test criteria applications, etc.) become accessible only when a scenario is opened.

Within the specific project tab, you can view various elements and parameters. These can be defined and adjusted as needed:

Project tab

Project Constants​

In this section, you have the ability to define constants for use throughout your project.
Each project constant should be of a simple type, such as a string, integer, or decimal number.

Project constant