In my recent experiments with Eclipse and the SSC, I’ve discovered the Type_of statement. Maybe this existed in the standard advanced modeling, but since it’s all new to me, I wanted to make sure that I capture what this means and how it can be used.
constraint RACK_MTLS {
name “Add Materials to the Rack”
objects:
?C is_a (300)CLASS_NAME
restrictions:
type_of(?C,(material)(300)(nr=material_name))
}
Now the thing with the type_of statement is that it allows you to instantiate a material. So for example, I was playing with a configurable material, call it a rack. Now the rack has some components that are required for part of the system, but they are contained at the rack level. Well, the component could have multiple iterations. So I add the type_of statement above, and now from the rack, I have the ability to instantiate material_name. material_name can be configurable, or just a component you want to add to the system multiple times. The next thing I plan to tackle is how to automatically add it to the configuration based on some rules. In the meantime, type_of is another trick I’ll keep in my back pocket.
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