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3 Dymola 2013 FD01
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Additions and improvements in Dymola
A number of improvements and additions have been implemented in Dymola 2013 FD01. In
particular, Dymola 2013 FD01 provides
• Extendable user interface; special packages can be used to define content of menus and
toolbars, enabling e.g. defining own commands and define packages with your own
collections of favorite models.
• Modelica Text editor improvements.
• More default settings can be saved between sessions, e. g. settings for the Modelica Text
editor.
• Splitting of models now also supports creating base classes.
• Saving start values in model; enabling saving initial conditions and parameter values to
the model from the variable browser.
• User-defined selections of variables to be saved in result file, simplifying post-
processing.
• Plotting general expressions.
• Signal operators in plots.
• Curves defined by parameters can be plotted using a new in-built function.
• Visualizing simulation signals as tables in addition to curves.
• Linear systems analysis improvements.
• Possibility to select whether the model should be compiled as 32-bit or 64-bit executable
on 64-bit platforms.
• A number of limited availability (LA) features are also provided; please see
corresponding section below.
3.1.2 New and updated libraries
New libraries
The following libraries are new:
• Electric Power Library, version 2.0
• Engine Dynamics Library, version 1.0
• Hydro Power Library, version 2.1
• Liquid Cooling Library, version 1.0
• Thermal Power Library, version 1.5