The Settings Menu

The Settings Menu

Settings->Show Toolbar

Shows or hides the toolbar.

Settings->Show Statusbar

Shows or hides the statusbar.

Settings->Show Log View (Ctrl-b)

Shows or hides the logging view.

Settings->Show Component Supplier (Ctrl-t)

Shows or hides the Component Supplier.

Settings->Display Costmap

Shows or hides the cost factors of the views. For debugging purpose only.

Settings->Timing

Opens a dialog for simulation timing setting. You can set the simulation speed, the simulation time and the view update speed.

Screenshot Timing Widget

Execution speed

Sets the duration of one simulation cycle here. Possible range is from 1ms to 1s. The minimally usefull value depends on your system.

Fast as possible

Enable this check box if you want the fastest simulation. KSimus starts a new simulation cycle immediately after completion the last if this option is enabled.

Simulation time per tick

Set the simulation time per simulation cycle here. This means the time which elapses each cycle in simulation purpose. Possible range is from 100ps to 1s.

Synchronized to execution speed

Enable this check box if you want to synchronize the simulation time to the execution speed. This means not mandantory real time, because this depends on the system load and the exection time of a simulation cycle.

View update speed

Set the update time of the GUI here. Possible range is from 1ms to 1s. But the update is allways synchronized to the execution speed. This means that the update speed can not be faster than the execution speed.

Tip

Lower the update speed if the system load is too high.

Synchronized to execution speed

Enable this check box if you want to synchronize the update speed to the execution speed.

Settings->Grid

Opens a dialog for grid setting. It is possible to enable the grid, select the style and the color.

Screenshot Grid Widget

Enable grid

Enables or disables the grid.

Style

Sets the style of the grid.

Color

Sets the color of the grid.

User defined grid

Sets the pitch of the grid. The default pitch is 8 pixels, which is the smallest raster of KSimus.

Settings->Package Files

Opens a dialog for selection package files. Package files contains additional components. It is possible to use additional locally installed package files.

Screenshot Grid Widget

Package directories

Lets you select directories which contains KSimus package files. All package files in this and all subdirectories will be load at application start. The default is $KDEDIR/lib/ksimus/.

Browse

Opens a file dialog and lets you select an additional directory. After the selection the directory is shown in the single line edit field. You can modify it and/or add it with the Add button to the list. The directory is not added before you press the Add button!

Add

Adds a directory from the single line edit field to the package directory list. If the single edit line is empty or the directory exists already in list the button does nothing. The package file configuration is only evaluted at the application start. Because of this, the new configuration influence KSimus not before an application restart.

Remove

Removes the highlighted directory from the package directory list. The package file configuration is only evaluted at the application start. Because of this, the new configuration influence KSimus not before an application restart.

Package files

Lets you select single KSimus package files. This is useful if you develop your own package file, because you don't need to install it for testing. The default is no files.

The using of Package files is analog to the using of Package directories.

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