What’s new in 24.10

In release 24.8 we implemented the ability to "detach" UI windows from the browser and place them in any convenient location. In this release, we have extended this feature to the following windows:

Now the user can arrange almost all Engee service windows on the monitor as he/she likes, and we have implemented the ability to save this layout so that he/she can return to it at any time. The user can save multiple templates, delete irrelevant ones, and easily switch between them. It’s really convenient.

Implemented saving libraries for Python in the user’s compute space. Now you don’t need to reinstall them every time you restart the environment.

We have implemented the ability to quickly connect multiple blocks. To do this, select them with Shift, press Ctrl (or ⌘ on macOS) and click on the desired block to connect.

We have updated the view of unconnected connectors on lines. They are now different for directional and physical signals.

Earlier we implemented for you the ability to change the colours of blocks, and now you can do it for several blocks at the same time, also by selecting them via Shift.

Collected advanced settings into Advanced tab and hid tabs that are enabled only when advanced options are selected. Now it is much easier and more convenient to deal with block.

Added rigour to the symbols that are used in Chart. Now the user must pre-define all symbols as Input, Output, Local, Parameter, etc. If a symbol is not set, the user will see a simulation kernel error.

In pilot mode we have added support for runtime checks of invariants of physical models (for now only for Gas library). For example, the temperature and pressure of gas in the system should not fall below the minimum set by the user. If an invariant is violated, an execution error will occur. This will significantly increase the reliability of your physical models.

Added discrete solvers that are used for models without continuous states. This allowed to speed up their compilation, initialisation and simulation up to two times. A discrete solver can be selected manually, but even if a continuous solver is configured, Engee automatically detects the need for it and uses a faster, discrete solver if there are no continuous states in the model.

We have improved the algorithm of processing discrete elements at different frequencies. Now, when selecting a variable step solver, multi-frequency models are simulated faster in many cases, because the solver stops only at the moments of discrete elements processing, not at the base frequency.

Sometimes there were situations when the physical model "stood still" and seemed to hang. We have taught Engee to detect such situations when the solver takes a certain number of consecutive steps of a user-defined minimum length. In such a case, the environment will stop the computation and give an error message to the user with a recommendation to change the solver settings. This increases the transparency of the computational experiment and allows to detect problems with the model or solver settings earlier.

We have updated the icon for modelling control. It is now clear when the model is paused.

The code generator now displays messages in the diagnostic window when code is generated from the Engee GUI. This allows you to see both error messages and a successful code generation message.

The RITM machine selection setting is now tied to a specific model rather than being global. This is useful when you need to work with multiple RITM machines and run different models on different RITM machines.

We have significantly optimised the mechanism of signal recording on RITM. Now the signals recorded in the model do not consume additional memory while the real-time application is running.