Creating a Voltage Source

Add a global voltage source to Port1 for the default configuration, StandardConfiguration1.

myVoltageSource = myProject.Contents.SolutionConfigurations.GlobalSources:AddVoltageSource(myPort)
myVoltageSource.Label = "Source1"

Figure 1. A voltage source is added to Port1.

1. A voltage source is a object and since there may be multiple objects in the model, it is part of the SourceCollection.
2. Search for SourceCollection in the Help¹.
3. In the Help, under SourceCollection > Method List, search for methods that are applicable to voltage sources:
   • AddVoltageSource (properties table)
   • AddVoltageSource (portterminal Port)

   To create a voltage source, we will use the method:

   AddVoltageSource(portterminal Port)

4. Fill in the port terminal (use port, Port1):

   AddVoltageSource(Port1)

5. Determine the syntax to prepend to AddVoltageSource:
   1. Since AddVoltageSource is a method, it is indicated by prepending a “:” (colon).

      :AddVoltageSource(myPort)

   2. In the Help, under SoureCollection > Usage locations, note the following:

      SolutionConfigurations collection has collection GlobalSources2

      Since we know that Contents is the one of the top levels in the configuration tree, the result is then:

      Contents.SolutionConfigurations.GlobalSources:AddVoltageSource(myPort)

   3. Since the project is the highest level, we prepend our reference to the project:

      myProject.Contents.SolutionConfigurations.GlobalSources:AddVoltageSource(myPort)
      

6. Add a reference to the newly created voltage source:

   myVoltageSource = myProject.Contents.SolutionConfigurations.GlobalSources:AddVoltageSource(myPort)

7. Set the voltage source label to Source1:

   myPatch.Label = "Source1"

   Tip: View the VoltageSource (object) in the Help for a short example.