In my previous entry on the Claytex blog post, I explained how to export FMUs for Co-Simulation with inline integration settings. For most users, this would suffice, however for users wishing to export source code CoSim FMUs with Inline Integration, the methodology required is slightly different. At first glance, it appears to not be possible, but it is.
It is important to cover source code FMUs, as some users require re-compilation of the FMUs post-export to conform to their system architecture and / or deployed applications.
Procedure
STEP 1: Select inline solver settings
While in the Simulation tab, select the base solver type of Euler. Then, set the desired inline integration option to be used via the Realtime tab in the Simulation Setup menu. Be sure to select the inline integration order if required by the selected inline integration method. Note that this can also be done via text in the commands window with advanced flag settings as well as within a function or script used to more consistently create your FMU.
STEP 2: FMU type selection.
To apply inline integration including source code, only 3 options are available (due to selecting source code export); Model Exchange, Co-simulation using Cvode, and Model exchange and Co-simulation using Cvode. The fourth option on the list, Co-simulation with Dymola solvers, is incompatible with source code export.
If you are noticing that some of the co-simulation options listed in step 2 specify Cvode, and the others are only Model exchange… then you may give up and think you may not be able to export a model with Inline Integration.
But don’t!
The difference between the “Co-Simulation with Cvode” and “Co-Simulation with Dymola Solvers” options is that the latter can include proprietary Dymola solvers in the exported FMU. For this reason, the option of exporting as a source code FMU is prohibited.
The former option of “Co-Simulation with Cvode”, actually (and counter intuitively) enables export with inline integration.
STEP 3: Verifying exported model
We can verify that our FMU has exported with a fixed step solver including inline integration easily, by either checking the model description .xml file of the FMU or by loading the FMU and reading the documentation.
Closing remarks
Although it seems not to be possible at first glance, exporting a source code CoSim FMUs with Inline Integration is in fact a task which is supported in Dymola. If you ever have a need for generating a source code FMU with inline integration, hopefully this blog post will help you achieve the task!
Nate Horn – Vice President
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