Finding entities in models

Use the Find palette to find entities in your model. Once you find the entity you are looking for, you can

• Double-click it in the Find palette to navigate to the entity in the model. When you double-click the entity, the default panel for the entity is displayed so that you can view or edit the entity's properties.
• Drag it into the Equation box on the Equation panel to define another entity's equation.
• Drag it into a box in the "Parameters" section of the Equation panel to define an entity's parameters.
• Drag it onto an input or output device such as tables, graphs, list input devices, knobs, etc.

To find entities

1. From the Interface, Map, or Model menu, choose Find, or click at the top of the panels.

   The Find palette opens and displays a list of all model entities, sorted by type.

   

2. Type a letter (or consecutive letters) in the name of the entity you want to find. The Find palette updates to display only those entities that contain the letter sequence you typed.

3. Use the Show, Order, and Look in options at the bottom of the Find palette to narrow the search and display found entities in the order you want.

Note: The Find palette stays open while you work on the model until you close it by clicking in the Find palette.

To navigate to a found entity

• Double-click the entity's name in the Find palette.

  If you are viewing the Interface layer, the software navigates to the Model layer, highlights the entity's icon, and displays the entity's default panel so that you can view and/or edit its properties.

  If you are viewing the Map or Model layer, the software highlights the entity's icon on the current layer and displays the entity's default panel so that you can view and/or edit its properties.

  If you are viewing the Equation layer, the software highlights the entity's equation in the equation list.

To use a found entity in an equation

1. If you haven't already done so, select the entity for which you want to define the equation and then select the Equation panel.
2. Use the Find palette to find the entity that you want to include in the equation.
3. Drag the entity from the Find palette to the Equation box on the Equation panel.

To use a found entity in an input or output device

1. Navigate to the input or output device in which you want to use the entity.
2. Use the Find palette to find the entity that you want to use in the input or output device.
3. Drag the entity from the Find palette to the input or output device.

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