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Time | Narration |
00:01 | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Icon and Diagram Views. |
00:06 | In this tutorial, we are going to learn:
how to specify icon and diagram views of a class, |
00:14 | how to insert a polygon and ellipse in Icon/Diagram View. |
00:20 | To record this tutorial, I am using: OpenModelica version 1.9.2. |
00:27 | You may use any of the following operating systems to practice this tutorial: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X or FOSSEE OS on ARM. |
00:39 | To understand and practice this tutorial, you need knowledge of class definition in Modelica. You need to know how to specify annotations. |
00:51 | Prerequisite tutorials are mentioned on our website. Please go through them. |
00:57 | Icon and Diagram Views enable viewing a model graphically. |
01:03 | Annotations can be used to specify Icon and Diagram Views of a model. |
01:09 | Icon View is specified using Icon Annotation whereas Diagram View is specified using Diagram Annotation. |
01:19 | They enable drag-and-drop functionality for component-oriented modeling. |
01:25 | We will discuss more about this feature in upcoming tutorials. |
01:30 | Now, let us try to understand the syntax of Icon and Diagram Annotations. |
01:37 | As we saw in previous tutorials, annotations can be better understood as records. |
01:44 | Hence, Icon and Diagram annotations can be considered as records with coordinateSystem
and graphics as the fields. |
01:55 | We will look at each one of them individually. |
01:58 | coordinateSystem may be considered as a record with the following fields: extent,
initialScale, preserveAspectRatio and grid. |
02:10 | We will understand them through an example. |
02:15 | Here is an example demonstrating the syntax of Icon/Diagram Annotation. |
02:22 | Now, let me switch to OMEdit. |
02:26 | We will understand icon and diagram annotations through an example named bouncingBallWithAnnotations. |
02:35 | Please download this file from our website. |
02:39 | This model was used in previous tutorials. |
02:42 | Please watch prerequisite tutorials for more information on this model. |
02:48 | I have already opened bouncingBallWithAnnotations in OMEdit. |
02:54 | Double-click on its icon in Libraries Browser. |
02:58 | The model is now open in Icon View. |
03:02 | Switch to Icon View if it opens in either Diagram or Text View. |
03:08 | Let me shift OMEdit window to the left for better visibility. |
03:14 | You can observe a circle on white background in Icon View of this model. |
03:21 | I will be referring to the white space in Icon View as canvas. |
03:27 | Note that the canvas is divided into grids. |
03:32 | We will first learn how to manipulate the properties of canvas. |
03:37 | Then we shall learn how to insert a circle and a polygon. |
03:43 | Right-click on the canvas beside circle. Select Properties. |
03:51 | A dialog-box pops up as shown. |
03:55 | Note that there are categories named Extent, Grid and Component. |
04:04 | Extent signifies the extent of canvas. |
04:07 | The fields named Left and Top correspond to coordinates of top left corner of the canvas. |
04:16 | Left corresponds to the horizontal coordinate and Top corresponds to the vertical coordinate. |
04:24 | Similarly, Bottom and Right correspond to the coordinates of bottom right corner of canvas. |
04:33 | Now, let us change the Left field to -200 units. Click on Ok. |
04:41 | Note that the canvas expanded to the left by 100 units. |
04:47 | Right-click on canvas once again and select Properties. |
04:53 | Grid signifies the size of grid. |
04:57 | Note that the units of extent and grid differ by the Scale Factor. |
05:04 | Change Horizontal field in grid to 4 units. Click on OK. |
05:11 | Note that the size of grid has increased in the canvas. |
05:16 | These properties of Icon View can also be manipulated using Icon annotation in the Text View. |
05:24 | Note that any change in Icon View is accordingly reflected in Icon annotation. |
05:32 | Let us try to understand this. Go to the top of modeling area and click on Text View. Scroll-down a little bit. |
05:43 | coordinateSystem, as we have seen in slides, is a field in Icon annotation. |
05:50 | extent is a field in coordinateSystem. It has two pairs of numbers. |
05:57 | We have already seen how to manipulate the extent, using Properties dialog box. |
06:04 | The first pair of numbers is {-200,-100}. |
06:09 | The first number of this pair that is -200 denotes the horizontal coordinate of the top left hand corner of canvas. |
06:20 | Similarly, -100 represents the vertical coordinate of the same point. |
06:27 | The second pair represents the coordinates of bottom right corner of white space. |
06:35 | Note that these 4 numbers correspond to top, bottom, left and right fields, we have seen in Properties dialog box. |
06:45 | Now, let me change extent using Properties dialog box of Icon View. |
06:52 | We will then see if it changes correspondingly in annotation of Text View. |
06:59 | Let me switch to Icon View. |
07:02 | Right-click on the canvas and select Properties. |
07:07 | Change the Left field to -150.00. Click on Ok. |
07:14 | Click on Text View. Scroll down. |
07:18 | Notice that the first pair of coordinates in extent has changed to {-150,-100} from {-200,-100}. |
07:30 | This is due to the change that we have made in Icon View using Properties dialog box. |
07:37 | Hence, any change in Icon annotation creates a corresponding change in Icon View and vice-versa. |
07:46 | A discussion of other fields of coordinateSystem like ScaleFactor is beyond the scope of this tutorial. |
07:54 | Let me go back to the slides. |
07:57 | We have discussed earlier that Icon annotation has coordinateSystem and graphics as its elements. |
08:06 | graphics record may have the following items: Line , Rectangle , Ellipse , Polygon, Text and Bitmap. |
08:17 | Now, we will discuss how to insert these items in Icon and Diagram views. |
08:25 | Let me go back to OMEdit. |
08:29 | We shall understand these annotations in three steps. bouncingBallWithAnnotations already has a circle inserted in its Icon View. |
08:40 | The circle is obtained using Ellipse annotation. Let us first try to modify its properties. |
08:49 | Note that an Ellipse is inserted and its properties specified in graphics field of icon annotation. |
08:59 | Let me go to Icon View. |
09:02 | Right-click on the blue space within circle. Select Properties. |
09:09 | OriginX is the horizontal coordinate of center of ellipse. |
09:15 | Similarly, OriginY is the vertical coordinate of the center of ellipse. |
09:22 | Extent1X is the horizontal coordinate of left-most point on the ellipse. |
09:29 | Extent1Y is the vertical coordinate of top-most point on the ellipse. |
09:36 | Similarly, Extent2X and Extent2Y correspond to the right-most and bottom-most points on the ellipse. |
09:48 | Line Style is used to vary the properties of border line. |
09:53 | Click on Color under Line Style. |
09:57 | This allows you to change the color of border. |
10:01 | Let me choose red and click on OK. |
10:05 | Click on Pattern drop down menu, under Line Style. |
10:10 | This allows you to change the pattern of border. I have chosen a solid line. |
10:17 | Thickness field specifies the thickness of border. |
10:21 | Change it to 0.5 units. |
10:25 | Click on Ok |
10:27 | Notice the change in color of border to red and the increase in thickness. |
10:34 | Now, right click on the circle once again and select Properties. |
10:40 | Under Fill Style, click on Color. |
10:44 | Choose Black in the Color Palette. Click on Ok. |
10:49 | This color represents the color to be filled in the interior of the ellipse. |
10:56 | Now click on Fill Pattern drop-down menu. |
11:00 | Choose FillPattern.Horizontal and click on Ok. |
11:06 | Note that the fill color changed to black and the pattern changed from solid to horizontal lines. |
11:15 | Let me now switch to Text View to explain Ellipse annotation. Click on Text View. Scroll down. |
11:25 | lineColor takes three numbers which define the color of border. |
11:31 | Each of these three numbers can take values between 0 and 255. |
11:38 | They correspond to the RGB intensity of the color used. |
11:44 | fillPattern specifies the pattern to be filled in the interior. |
11:51 | extent is identical in context to the extent field of coordinateSystem. |
11:57 | LineThickness represents the thickness of border. |
12:02 | Note that all these fields can be changed using Properties dialog box as we have already seen. |
12:10 | Now, let me switch to Icon View to construct a new ellipse using the tool bar. Click on Icon View. |
12:19 | Let me rearrange the existing circle to free up some space. |
12:24 | Right click on the circle and choose properties. |
12:29 | Change Extent2Y to 0 units. Click on Ok. |
12:35 | Now to insert a new ellipse, click on Ellipse button in the toolbar. |
12:42 | Left click somewhere in the canvas and hold the mouse and drag it. |
12:50 | Leave the mouse after an ellipse has been created. |
12:55 | Right-click on the ellipse and select Properties to change its properties as you wish. Click on Ok |
13:05 | Similarly, you may insert a Line, Polygon, Rectangle and Text using the Tool Bar. |
13:13 | Now, let me explain Diagram View. Click on Diagram View. |
13:19 | Note that a line has been inserted here. The properties of this line are specified in Diagram annotation. |
13:28 | Switch to Text View to understand Diagram annotation. Scroll down. |
13:35 | Diagram annotation is similar in its syntax to Icon annotation. |
13:41 | It has coordinateSystem and graphics as its component records. |
13:47 | The properties of the Line inserted in Diagram View are specified here. |
13:53 | The fields of Line annotation can be easily understood. |
13:58 | Now, let us understand the difference between Icon and Diagram Views. |
14:04 | Let me shift OMEdit Window to the right. |
14:09 | Save the model by pressing Ctrl + S. |
14:13 | The figure shown in Icon View appears as an icon in the Libraries Browser as can be seen here. |
14:22 | Whereas, the Diagram View is used significantly in component-oriented modeling. |
14:29 | We shall learn more about component-oriented modeling in the upcoming tutorials. |
14:35 | Now let me go back to the slides. |
14:39 | Ellipse has the following fields as we have already discussed. |
14:44 | As an assignment, insert a line, polygon, rectangle and text in the Icon View of model. |
14:53 | Modify their properties and understand their annotations. |
14:58 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
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