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Integrating models into a unified simulation
environment
Models developed in many different languages can easily be
integrated into the VTB environment. This makes the VTB the most extensible
simulation environment. Whether the model developed, for example, in ACSL is a
legacy model or the modeler is simply used to developing models in ACSL, this
model can easily be brought to the VTB and used with other models: either VTB
native entities or models imported from yet other languages.
Such functionality is provided by the VTB wrapper entities. For example, in order to bring the Simulink model into the VTB, the user can use the Simulink11.vtm wrapper entity and provide the path to the Simulink model (the mdl file), and at this point the wrapper is configured and the system is ready for simulation. Wrapper entities for other languages utilize similar procedures. For details on using each of the wrapper entities, please click on the name of the entity in the picture above (under "VTB Model").
The VTB entities can also be created in C++. C++ is the
native language for creating the VTB models. Use of the C++ language ensures
that the VTB native models are the most efficient and the most versatile models
possible. For more information on how to create VTB model entities in C++,
please see the VTB Modeler’s Guide.
To facilitate the model development in C++ from the user
equations, the VTB provides several tools, such as the User-Defined Device
(UDD), Paragon, and the VTB Model Builder. More information about these tools
and about other methods of creating the VTB
model entities is available here.
