List Processing and Sequencing

List Processing

When applicable, blocks can accept list inputs instead of singular inputs. The block will then become a listed block of the same length as the input list. We refer to this as list processing—it can be useful for running through a series of input options, as shown below. 

In this example, instead of using three Periodic Lattice blocks, we can use just one to create three lattice structures with different beam thicknesses.  We can further automate this process using sequencing blocks.

Sequencing

If you create a scalar list, use one of our three sequencing blocks below. These blocks can be found in the Math tab under Utilities.

A Sequence creates an equally spaced sequence of values.

A Sequence from Bounds will create an equally spaced sequence between two values.

A Random Sequence will create a sequence of random scalar numbers from 0 to 1.