Modeling at the physical level

Modeling at the physical level

A physical model has a hierarchical object structure, made available in an open document. A physical object in the structure may be shown as

• A form containing fields for parameters and list fields for lists of components of different types.
• A 2D- or 3D-drawing showing the components of the object in real scale.
• A tree structure of components and parameters.

The object model is changed by inserting components and editing parameters via the open form. For example, the form for a Zone model may have list fields for walls and loads.

The user may open components to edit their parameters and possibly insert subcomponents etc.

In some cases, objects at the mathematical level can appear as components in the physical model.

See also Physical models in applications.