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Analytica User GuideCreate and edit a modelChange class of an object

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You can press on the class of a variable or module in an Object window or Attribute panel to open a popup menu. The options depend on whether the node is a variable or a module.

Variable classes

Module classes

To change class, just select another option from the menu. The shape of the node and other class-dependent properties change automatically.

Tip

You cannot change the class of a function, and you cannot change a variable into a module, or vice versa.

For more, see Classes of variables and other objects.

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-===Module Subclasses===
-All [[Modules and Libraries|modules]] contain other objects, including sometimes other modules. There are several different subclasses of module:
-[[File:Chapter4 28.png]] '''Model: '''Usually the top module in a module hierarchy, saved as a separate file (document with extension <code>.ana</code>). Any nondefault preferences (see [[Preferences dialog]], uncertainty options (see [[Uncertainty Setup dialog]]), and graph style templates are saved with the model, but not other module types.
-[[File:Chapter4 29.png]] '''Module: '''A collection of nodes displayed in a single diagram. A standard module contains a set of other nodes, and is usually part of the module hierarchy within a model or other module type.
-[[File:Chapter4 30.png]] '''[[Using filed modules and libraries|Filed module]]: '''A module whose contents are saved in a file separate from the model that con- tains it. A filed module can be shared among several models, without having to make a copy for each model.
-[[File:Chapter4 31.png]] '''[[Libraries|Library]]: '''A module that contains functions and sometimes variables. Read-in libraries are listed in the '''Definition '''menu below the built-in libraries, with a hierarchical submenu listing the functions they contain, giving easy access.
-[[File:Chapter4 32.png]] '''[[Using filed modules and libraries|Filed library]]: '''A library saved in a file separate from the model that contains it. A filed library can be shared among several models, without having to make a copy for each model.
-[[File:Chapter4 33.png]] '''Form: '''A module containing input and output nodes. You can easily create input and output nodes in a form node by drawing arrows from their original node to the form (for outputs) or from the form to the variable for inputs. See [[Creating Interfaces for End Users]].
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