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conditional parameter
Posted May 23, 2024, 9:00 a.m. EDT Geometry, Modeling Tools & Definitions, Modeling Workflow Version 6.1 2 Replies
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Hello COMSOL Community,
I am working on a COMSOL model that involves multiple geometric components, and I want to create a flexible simulation where users can choose which components to include or exclude before running the model. My goal is to allow users to control these options via the Application Builder interface.
Specifically, I have three geometric components in my model, and I want users to have the option to:
Include all components. Include any combination of the components. Exclude all components except the ones they select. I would like detailed guidance on how to:
Set up conditional statements for geometric components in the model. Link user input from the Application Builder to control these components. Ensure the model updates correctly based on these inputs. What are the best practices for defining these conditional parameters and incorporating them into both the model and the Application Builder interface?
Any detailed advice or examples would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance for your help.
David
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You can use programmatic "if" statements in the geometry tree to enumerate a parameter and determine if a geometric entity gets created.
So, for simplicaity, you could have a cylinder and a cube as possible geometric entities to model.
In your parameters, you can have a parameter called "cylinder" and a parameter called "cube".
Your "if" settings window would have a statement like cylinder==1, to determine (parametrically) if your cylider is created or not. See attached simple example.
You can extend this to an Application by having the user select which geometric entities they wish to include.
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Hello David,
You could use if statements, like Mark mentioned above. An example can be found here.
Another approach is to use the concept of selections, along the lines of what is done in this blog post.
If it was me, I would probably take the easy way out and go a third route:
With only 3 components, there are "only" 8 possible cases (empty set, A, B, C, A+B, B+C, A+C, A+B+C) to deal with. I would create 8 separate Components, each dealing with one of those cases. I'll grant you that it's not an elegant solution, but it's going to be easy to set up, debug and maintain over time. Otherwise, depending on the specifics of your problem, you are going to have to deal with changing numbers of boundaries, changing numbers of domains/overlaps between objects, even possibly changing physics, etc based on which case you're in, and that may get messy.
Best,
Jeff
-------------------Jeff Hiller