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Save Subsystem

(Standard Interface) File → Save As → Subsystem            Shared Dialog Box
Saves a subsystem, and optionally renames it, to the selected database or directory. Use this dialog box to create new subsystem variants or update an existing variant's definition.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Subsystem Name
Select the subsystem you want to save and, optionally, rename. The menu lists all open subsystems.
New Subsystem Name (optional)
Enter a new name for the subsystem.
Select one of the following options: Existing Variant, New Variant, Delete all Variants
Existing Variant
Select the existing variant you wish to update.
New Variant
Enter a name to create a new subsystem variant.
Delete all Variants
Select this option to remove all variant definitions from the subsystem file. The current state will be the new "default".
Minor Role
Select a minor role to identify how your template-based product should use the subsystem when creating an assembly of subsystems for Analysis. Your template-based product displays different pull-down menus to set the minor role depending on the major role of the template:
For Adams Car and Adams Driveline:
■any
■front
■rear
■trailer
File Format
Select the file format to use when saving the new file to the target database:
■TeimOrbit - Saves the file in the traditionally used format. See TeimOrbit File Format.
■XML - Saves the file in an industry-standard data format. See XML File Format.
■Binary - Saves the file in Adams binary format. See Binary File Format
Target
Select either Database or Directory.
■Database - The target database for the subsystem. The menu lists all writable databases.
■Directory - Select a directory in which to write the subsystem file.
Close subsystem after save
Select if you want to close the subsystem after saving it.
Include Parameter & Hardpoint comments
By default, TeimOrbit subsystem files will include parameter variable and hardpoint tables with comment lines. If you wish to turn off these comment lines, deselect this toggle.
Subsystem Objects
If turned on, select any objects created at the subsystem-level (in the Standard Car or the View Interface) that you wish to save to the subsystem file, such as requests, measures, or design objectives.
Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments:
■If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, your template-based product displays the Entity Comments dialog box.
■If recording comments for any other entity type, your template-based product displays the Modify Comment dialog box.
Learn about Recording Comments.
Database Info
Select to display the Information window, which lists currently available databases. Learn about Working with the Information Window.