System and method for computer simulations

摘要

A system and computer-implemented method for tracking and displaying computer files used in computer simulations of engineered or industrial process plants. The system includes a computer processor, computer readable medium, and control logic stored on the computer readable medium and executed by the processor. The processor is operative to run the computer simulation of the plant and automatically compiles a list of all files used and/or created during the simulation. In one embodiment, the list includes information about the location/path of each file on the system and its associated software program required to open and view the file contents. The list may further be displayed to a system user and allows the selection of one or more files to be viewed. The processor retrieves, opens, and displays the selected files from the system to the user.

主权项

1. A system for tracking and displaying computer files usable in computer simulations of an engineered process plant, comprising:
a computer processor and computer readable medium accessible to the processor; a plurality of grid computers, each grid computer configured to receive instructions from said computer processor; control logic stored on the computer readable medium and executed by the processor, the processor when executing the control logic being operative to:
implement a data object that tracks, stores, retrieves and displays all simulation-related files used or created during the computer simulations, said data object configured to receive data and instructions from one or more grid computers of said plurality of grid computers performing the computer simulations, in real time during the computer simulations, wherein each grid computer is configured to run at least one of a plurality of different modeling calculations;run the simulations of the process plant, compile a list of all simulation-related files used or created during the simulations by storing information identifying each simulation-related file in the data object;display the list; andautomatically associate, in real-time during the simulations, each simulation-related file with a software program required to open and display the contents of each simulation-related file.