'General' tab

You make general settings for the respective FMU under the General tab. This primarily involves selecting the FMUs to be imported. The other parameters, such as the Generation tool or the FMU type, are automatically recognized in the FMU using the Modeldescription.xml file. These settings are necessary because the exporting tools do not always export all the required information to an FMU or because of tool-specific peculiarities. The exporting tools supported by the respective version can be recognized by the Generation tool drop-down field. If the tool you are using (which generates pure source code FMUs) is not listed here, you can store the information on the build process in a description file as described at Integration of additional tools and thus integrate the tool into the TE1420.

For Model Exchange FMUs, another necessary setting is the solver to be used for solving the differential equations.

If an FMU is exported via Model Exchange, it contains only the corresponding differential equations describing the model. Not included in the FMU are then the solvers to solve these equations. Solvers from the internal TwinCAT solver library are available in the Solver selection box. The solvers can be selected for solving the equations. If an FMU was exported via co-simulation, it already contains the solver. Co-Simulation must then be selected in the Solver selection box.

There are also the following extended parameters, which are collapsed by default and do not normally need to be adjusted.