Create "configurations" which are easier to update than hardcoded variables but less visible than current GUI

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AguaClara Infrastructure Design Engine - a software tool that designs AguaClara water treatment plants and their components.

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Create "configurations" which are easier to update than hardcoded variables but less visible than current GUI #57

Closed fletchapin closed 3 years ago

fletchapin commented 3 years ago

Add “configurations” which would be easier to update than hardcoded variables but not available to the user (like expert inputs are). For example, the dimensions of bolts to use in the CDC should be configured in case we need to update it but never needs to be exposed to the user.

Right now, everything is visible to the user in a GUI and quickly becomes daunting.

oliver-leung commented 3 years ago

Are you thinking of implementing this in a new feature type?

fletchapin commented 3 years ago

Not exactly sure how we'll implement it. We could create a document which saves all these hardcoded values so there's one place to update/import them, or it could be more complex than that

oliver-leung commented 3 years ago

Just to be sure, by "hardcoded", do you mean literally typed out in a Feature Studio, or could it also be input values to Features in a Part Studio?