MoVE A Standalone Modelica Vector Graphics Editor

Abstract

Modelica models can have a graphical icon defined as a bitmap or vector graphics. Vector graphics have several benefits, the most obvious being free scaling of images from icon to poster size. With OpenModelica there already exists one open source tool that can be used for editing these vector graphics icon annotations, but it does not reach the usability comfort of professional vector graphics editing tools.In this paper we present the Modelica Vector graphics Editor (MoVE), a standalone open source editor for Modelica's vector graphics syntax that provides many convenience features inspired by the vector graphics editor Inkscape. These features include grouping, snap to grid, move to foreground/background, rotation handles, and drawing perfect circles and squares as well as horizontal and vertical lines when holding Shift.We hope that MoVE, as a part of the Modelica Tool Ensemble (MoTE), can enrich the open source ecosystem of Modelica by simplifying the creation of more elaborate vector graphics icons for Modelica models.

Mo|E A Communication Service Between Modelica Compilers and Text Editors

“…MoTE will also include a vector graphic editor called Modelica Vector Graphics Editor (MoVE) (Justus et al, 2017) and a diagram editor called Modelica Diagram Editor (MoDE) (Hoppe et al, n.d.). Together with Mo|E these tools provide alternative user interfaces for the interaction with existing Modelica compilers, which allow a simpler interaction than full-fledged IDEs like OpenModelica.…”