Add submodel variables and parameters to a Group

The Mini Inspector also displays the Groups that you have defined in your submodels. The variables and parameters from the submodels appear at the same level as the variables and parameters from the parent model. That is, you will see a flat list of variables and parameters for each Group. Parameters and variables from the parent model appear before the parameters and variables from the submodels.

If you configure a submodel as an array of submodels in its parent model and you add scalar variables and parameters from that submodel to a Group, the scalar variables and parameters from each submodel array element appear in the Group under an expandable and collapsible node that has the name of the scalar variable or parameter.

If you want the parameters and variables from the submodels to appear in the same Group as your parameters and variables from the parent model, you must create that same Group in the submodels.

Add submodel variables and parameters to a Group in the parent model

1. Open the Model Editor for the submodel.

2. Expand the Groups area.

3. Select Add Group . A new Group appears in the list.

4. Select the Name column, enter the name of the Group, and then press Enter.

   All Groups that you create for the submodel also appear in the parent model. If you want the submodel parameters and variables to appear in an existing Group in the parent model, the name of the Group in the submodel must be the same as the name of the Group in the parent model.

   Tip: Groups that exist only in the submodels always appear at the bottom of the list of Groups in the Mini Inspector. If you want to move a Group from a submodel up or down in the list, you can can create an empty Group of the same name in the parent model and move that Group up or down in the list of Groups.

5. Expand the Parameters area and locate the parameters that you want to add to the Group.

6. In the Group list for those parameters, select the Group.

   The submodel parameters now appear in the Mini Inspector for the parent model, under the specified Group.

7. Expand the Variables area and locate the variables that you want to add to the Group.

8. In the Group list for those variables, select the Group.

   The submodel variables now appear in the Mini Inspector for the parent model, under the specified Group.