Viewing and Creating Units

One of the more powerful features of GoldSim is that it is dimensionally-aware. You enable this capability by assigning display units The units (e.g., m, g, $/day) in which an output is displayed within GoldSim. (and hence dimensions An output attribute for an element that defines the dimensionality (in terms of Length, Time and other fundamental dimensions) of the output.) to the elements (and hence to the inputs and outputs) of your model. You can enter data and display results in any units

GoldSim has an extensive internal database of units (all of these units are listed in Appendix D of the User's Guide). You can also create your own units.

When you create a link, GoldSim ensures dimensional consistency and carries out all unit conversions internally. For example, you could add feet and meters in an expression, and GoldSim would internally carry out the conversion. (If you tried to add feet and seconds, however, GoldSim would issue a warning message and prevent you from doing so.)