Output Controls

Output controls provide a mechanism by which a Dashboard can display the outputs of a GoldSim model. This is done by linking the control to the output of an element within the model. There are six output controls:

• Result Display;

• Digital Result Display;

• Thermometer;

• Result Status Display;

• Text Result; and

• Result Window.

Unlike an input control, an output control can be linked to almost any kind of element. There is, however, one important restriction: output controls are intended to display scalar outputs. Hence, if you wish to link the control to a vector or a matrix, you must select a single item from the array.

If a control is not yet connected to an element, GoldSim indicates this by outlining the control with a dashed red line:

When viewed in the Player, a control that was not connected to an element would simply be grayed out.

If you right-click on an element that is linked to one or more output controls, you can immediately jump to those controls:

Similarly, if an output control is linked to an element, you can jump to the connected element from the control’s context menu:

Note that if an element is not directly linked to an output control, but is referenced by the control in order to hide and/or disable it, this is also indicated in the context menu for the element:

Similarly, if a control has specified attributes that reference outputs for hiding and/or disabling the control, the element(s) associated with these outputs are displayed in the context menu for the control: