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UNDERSTANDING VMODEL

Reusing models or parts of models.

Sometimes you find yourself making models that are similar to other models you have made. In this case, you might want to use models you have made or parts of models you have made again instead of starting from scratch. In Vmodel you can store parts of models or whole models in the library. Then you can reuse them. Vmodel lets you reuse things in different ways.

Direct reuse of described objects and processes:

In this case you might want you might want to make a model that reuses some described basic objects or some processes you have already made. For example, if you describe a school of fish and use it in a lake model, maybe you want to reuse it in an aquarium or an ocean model. In this case, you store the described basic object, "school of fish" in the library, and just pull it out and use it again.

Reuse of basic objects with changes:

Sometimes you will want to make something that is like something you have made before. For example, you might want to change "dog" to "cat" or "school of fish" to "pod of whales." In this case you can pull the thing you have made out of the library and rename it. You can also add new parameters to it. Then use it any way you would use a basic object. If you want you can put your changed object back into the library with a new name.

Reuse of whole models:

Sometimes an entire model will be like another entire model. For example, if you made a model of a lake, you might want to reuse it to be a model of an ocean. In that case open the whole model, add or change anything that you need to and save with a new name.

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