Introduction

When you create and configure a new process component, you can select various parameters from its simulation process flow (sub-flow) that you want to modify or study. Typically, this results in creating matching parameters in the design driver component and creating mappings (links) between these new parameters in the process component and the corresponding sub-flow parameters. In some cases you may want to manually map parameters from a process component to its subflow to pass the parameter information through various levels of the model. For more information, see Defining and Mapping Parameters and File Parameters in the Isight User’s Guide.

When certain process components are created and configured, Isight automatically creates an output aggregate parameter called process_component Results. After execution, Isight writes basic results to this aggregate parameter.

Many of the process components have the following similar functionality:

• Setting table options. You can right-click on the table to set table options such as selecting all parameters and grouping parameters. See Setting Table Options.

• Editing attributes for multiple parameters. You can select parameters and edit their attributes from a dialog box instead of entering values into each table cell. See Editing Attributes for Multiple Parameters.

• Mapping options and attributes to parameters. You can map technique options, execution options, and attributes to parameters (Mapping Options and Attributes to Parameters).

• Importing and Exporting Process Component Configuration Files. You can provide the configuration for processcomponents by importing information from a file. Similarly, you can export the configuration information using the same methods. See About Importing and Exporting Configuration Files.