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Starting the application

When TCN TimeAnalysis starts it will automatically load the file you were working with the last time you closed it and present the network model found in it.

The network files are stored in a XML file format, an open file format described in the TCNDL specification.

You can load any file conforming to the TCNDL specification into the application. It might be created previously using TCN TimeAnalysis, created manually or imported from some other file format through the import plug-in.

Upgrade

If the file to be loaded adheres to an older version of the TCNDL specification, it must be upgraded.

As an convenience, the installation includes a upgrade_tcn_files.bat file in the root, which can be used to convert a whole directory of files.

File Menu (Topology bar)

     
New Create a new empty topology.
Open… Load a stored topology.
  Recent Load a recent opened file.
Save Save the topology to the current file.
Save As… Save the topology by specifying a file.
Print… Print the topology drawing.
Preferences… Preferences
  Exit Exist the application.

File Menu (Simulation results bar)

     
Open… Load a stored simulation.
  Recent Load a recent opened simulation.
  Exit Exist the application.

File/Print Menu

     
Print Setup Print preferences.
Print Preview Display a preview of the print.
Print Do print!

Help Menu

     
User Guide Opens this manual.
What’s New? Opens the What’s New document.
Third-Party Opens the Third-Party license page.
About… Information about this application.