Containers are perhaps the most important element type in GoldSim, because they allow you to create hierarchical, "top-down" models.
A complex model may consist of many hundreds or thousands of individual elements. In order to manage, organize and view such a model it is useful (in fact, essential) to create separate sub-groups or collections of elements. Such sub-groups are created in GoldSim by placing elements into Containers. A Container is simply a "box" into which other elements have been placed. In a sense, it is like a directory folder on your computer. Containers can be placed inside other Containers, and any number of levels of containment can be created.