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How to generate n parameters/options in parameter-window?

I have the following code:

parameter Boolean Powerplant_on_Bus=true
    "Activate/Deactivate Conventional Energy Generation on Bus" annotation (
    Evaluate=true,
    HideResult=true,
    choices(__Dymola_checkBox=true),
    Dialog(group="Generation"));

  parameter Integer n[:]=
    "Number of Conventional Powerplants connected to the Bus"  annotation (
    Dialog(group="Generation", enable=Powerplant_on_Bus));

The result is this: Parameter Window

With the following code I want to generate an option for choosing a profile table for the Powerplant in the paramter window:

replaceable model Powerplant_Profile =
      IntegraNet.HighVoltage.Basics.Tables.ElectricGrid.GenericPowerDataTable   "Load-profile data table for Powerplant Generation" annotation (choicesAllMatching=false,Dialog(tab="Powerplant",enable=Powerplant_on_Bus));

The result looks like this: Parameter Window "Powerplant"

My goal is to generate n options for choosing a powerplant-profile. For example: When I have choosen 5 Powerplants in the first parameter window in the field "n" I want to have 5 fields for choosing a profile in the parameter window "powerplant".

Thanks you for help.

Solution

  • As far as I know dynamically changing the shown parameters directly in the parameter dialog is not possible currently in Dymola.

    As a workaround - although I'm not sure if this is exactly what you need - there is the following way to do something similar.

    package N_options
  package Data
    record Default "Default Record"
      parameter Real p1=1;
    end Default;

    record Data1 "Data set 1"
      extends Default(p1 = 2.3);
    end Data1;

    record Data2 "Data set 2"
      extends Default(p1 = 4.5);
    end Data2;
  end Data;

  record DataSelection
    parameter N_options.Data.Default data annotation (choicesAllMatching);
  end DataSelection;

  model MyModel
   parameter DataSelection vectorizedData[:];
  end MyModel;

  model MyExample
    MyModel myModel(vectorizedData={
      N_options.DataSelection(data=N_options.Data.Default()),
      N_options.DataSelection(data=N_options.Data.Data1()),
      N_options.DataSelection(data=N_options.Data.Data2())})
      annotation (Placement(transformation(extent={{-10,-10},{10,10}})));
  end MyExample;
end N_options;

    This comes down to:

    • A package containing your data
    • An (intermediate) record where you can select which data you want to be able to choose
    • A model containing the data as a parameter
    • An example

    Double-clicking the myModel in the example gives you the following dialog in Dymola: Parameter Dialog

    Clicking the 'Edit' button then shows: Sub-Dialog for parameter editing

    In the second dialog you can select the number of data-sets you want to use and which one should be chosen.