The Information tab of the Simulation Settings dialog displays some summary information regarding your simulation:
The top part of the dialog provides two fields (Author and Analysis description) which allow you to identify the author and provide a brief description for your run. These fields have two uses:
- They are written to the Run Log Text that is stored with a GoldSim model once it has been run. It contains basic information regarding the simulation, and any warning or error messages that were generated.; and
- They can be inserted into result charts using keywords Text delimited by the % symbol (e.g., %x_unit%) that can be used when creating chart styles to insert context sensitive text (e.g., for axis labels)..
The bottom part of the dialog provides some useful summary statistics for the model, including the number of model elements and graphical components, and the degree of subcontainment. The number of levels of subcontainment does not refer to the number of Containers; it refers to the number of hierarchical levels of Containers. For example, if the model contained Containers B and C (in parallel), the model would have 1 level of subcontainment; if B contained another Container An element that acts like a "box" or a "folder" into which other elements can be placed. It can be used to create hierarchical models. named C, the model would have 2 levels of subcontainment.
The dialog also indicates the total size of the results being saved for all elements within the model. This information can be very useful in helping you to manage the size of the model file.