OPNET Modeler user interface
Zheng Lu, Hongji Yang · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2012
This chapter walks through graphic user interfaces of OPNET Modeler to help familiarize the reader with the modeler's basic operations. If you are already familiar with OPNET Modeler, its user interface and basic operations, you may ignore this chapter. The user interfaces described in this chapter include: Project Management Dialog, Modeler Preferences Dialog, OPNET Editors, Simulation Results Browser, and OPNET Documentation Browser. Project management OPNET projects can be easily managed in OPNET Modeler. In “File” menu, a user can choose to create a new project, open an existing project, delete a project, or add a model directory, etc. To create and open a custom project within a directory, you can follow these steps: Create a directory where you want your OPNET model project files to be saved. For different projects, you may create individual directories. From OPNET Modeler, go to “File – Manage Model Files” menu, choose “Add Model Directory” to add the newly created directory. Then you'll be prompted to confirm model directory as shown in Figure 3.1. You can check both “Include all subdirectories” and “Make this the default directory” options. It is noted that “Make this the default directory” option will force files of other new projects to be saved in this directory. Therefore, it is advisable to always select this option for a new project in order to save the files of the new project into a separate directory. […]