Slots Fields

The specification for Slots has these fields:

key

Optional-string
unique (within a Model) machine-readable identifier matching [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*

Example

force_1

name

Optional-string
Human-readable identifier

Example

Force at Boundary Condition 1

dimensions

Optional-number (integer-valued) | array of integer-valued numbers, default is 1 (scalar)
dimension of inputs to in-slot, array of dimensions for matrices / tensors

Example

1

is_continuous

Optional-bool, default is true (real)
flag to indicate whether slot values are integer or real numbers

Real NumbersIntegers

True

False

units

Optional-Units
Values related to the slot measurement units

default_value

Optional-number | null
default value for in-slot, if null then the value for the in-slot needs to be set/fed at a later point in time.

Warning

Default value must not be set for out-slots!

ranges

Optional-array | null
valid range of values (2-tuple array minimum maximum values OR array of discrete valid scalars).
If a valid range is not known a-priori: null / omitted