1. IntroductionΒΆ

This user manual explains how to install and use SimulatorToFMU.

SimulatorToFMU is a software package written in Python which allows users to export a memoryless Python-driven simulation program or script as a Functional Mock-up Unit (FMU) for model exchange or co-simulation using the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standard version 1.0 or 2.0. This FMU can then be imported into a variety of simulation programs that support the import of Functional Mock-up Units.

A memoryless Python-driven simulation program/script is a simulation program which meets following requirements:

  • The simulation program/script can be invoked through a Python script.
  • The invocation of the simulation program/script is memoryless. That is, the output of the simulation program at any invocation time t depends only on the inputs at the time t.
  • The inputs and the outputs of the simulation program/script must be real numbers.

Note

The FMU uses the Python 2.7/ C API for executing the Python-driven simulation program/script.