The dialogue below appears when a new free-form profile is created or when a free-form profile is selected for editing by means of a double click or the Edit button. It displays the properties of a free-form profile and allows it to be edited.
Supply a name by which the profile will be known in the various profile selection controls throughout the software by editing the “Profile name” text box. As with other profiles, categories can be specified into which the profile falls by using the “Categories” control. This allows filters to be used in the profile selection controls.
An “Associated profile” may optionally be specified. This is a standard weekly or annual profile which will be used in place of the free-form profile for loads simulations.
Free-form profile data is stored in .ffd files. The “Free-form data” drop-down list displays all existing .ffd files for this project; selecting one of these files will load the data from the .ffd file and displays it in the “Profile Time Series” table below, where it may be edited.
If required, a .ffd file can be imported from another location into the project and set as the active file by clicking “Import” and selecting a valid .ffd file. Alternatively, a new .ffd file can be created, by clicking “New” or selecting <None> from the “Free-form data” dropdown menu. This deselects the selected .ffd file and depopulates the list of data points below. Furthermore, if “Save” is clicked while the free-form data is set to <None>, a dialogue box will appear requesting that a .ffd filename be specified, to which the data will be saved
As with other profiles, free-form profiles may be set as modulating or absolute. The unit type of the profile values can also be set to metric or imperial. The user can also specify a description of the profile, perhaps including details of the measurements used to collect the data.
The “Profile Time Series” table provides a table of values that serves as a way to inspect the data, or to change values or dates/times of those values.
