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Indefinite Simulation in Modelica

I would like to run a simulation until I tell it to stop i.e. run it without entering a specific stopTime. Does the Modelica language provide for this functionality and, if so, does a tool like OpenModelica Connection Editor have this capability?

I checked the Modelica Specification, but did not see anything regarding this topic.

Solution

  • The Modelica language does not prevent a tool from implementing such a feature, but there are no annotations to set up such an experiment from what I know.

    In OMEdit, you can have a look at the interactive simulation option. It is not as well polished as simulating with a stop time but should be able to show you simulation results while simulating (the functionality is sometimes used for real-time simulations that never stop, but then usually with OPC-UA instead of the OMEdit GUI).