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Ramp Functions: 6 Units Plot Create Plot

This document describes how to create and plot ramp functions in a modeling software. It explains that ramp functions linearly increase with a user-defined slope starting at a specified time/location. It provides instructions on how to add a ramp function, specify its parameters like start location, slope, and cutoff, and enable smoothing. It notes that plotting the function will generate a plot group with the ramp function and extrapolation lines.

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Ramp Functions: 6 Units Plot Create Plot

This document describes how to create and plot ramp functions in a modeling software. It explains that ramp functions linearly increase with a user-defined slope starting at a specified time/location. It provides instructions on how to add a ramp function, specify its parameters like start location, slope, and cutoff, and enable smoothing. It notes that plotting the function will generate a plot group with the ramp function and extrapolation lines.

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6 Under Units, specify units for the function’s input and output, if desired.

Click the Plot button ( ) to generate a preview plot of the function. Click the Create
Plot button ( ) to create a plot group and a plot for the function plot. A plot group
for a piecewise function contains three connected line graphs: a line graph of the
piecewise function and two line graphs using dashed red lines, Left Extrapolation and
Right Extrapolation, that show how the selected extrapolation extends the piecewise
function on both sides.

Ramp Functions
A Ramp function ( ) is a linear increase with a user-defined slope that begins at some
specified time. The ramp function is a function of one variable (the time t, for
example).

1 In the Model Builder, right-click Global Definitions or Definitions and select


Functions>Ramp ( ).
2 Enter a Function name.
3 Under Parameters:
a Enter a Location value s0 for the start of the ramp. The function evaluates to 0 for
values less than its start location and increases linearly for values greater than the
location.
b Enter a Slope k of the ramp.
c To ensure that the value never exceeds a certain point, select the Cutoff check box
and enter a value.
For an input variable s, a start location s0, and a slope k, the ramp function’s value
is 0 for ss0 and kss0 for s s0.
4 Under Smoothing:
a To turn on the smoothing function at the start or the cutoff, select the Smooth at
start or Smooth at cutoff check boxes.
b Enter a value in the Size of transition zone field to control the amount of
smoothing. Use smoothing to improve the behavior of the model by avoiding
discontinuities that are difficult to handle numerically. Smoothed ramp functions
have continuous first and second derivatives.

Click the Plot button ( ) to generate a preview plot of the function. Click the Create
Plot button ( ) to create a plot group and a plot for the function plot.

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