Usage
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.. _installation:

Installation
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The RTC-Tools channel flow library can be installed with pip:

.. code-block:: console

   (.venv) $ pip install rtc-tools-channel-flow

Open Modelica Connection Editor
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RTC-Tools uses the Modelica language to describe the mathematics of the system we wish to optimize or simulate. There are several editors for Modelica models, but the `OpenModelica Connection Editor <https://openmodelica.org/free-and-open-source-software/omconnectioneditoromedit/>`_, or OMEdit, is a free and open-source graphical connection editor that can be used to construct RTC-Tools models.

RTC-Tools and the RTC-Tools channel flow library
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Examples of RTC-Tools models that use the channel floe library can be found in the `RTC-Tools documentation <https://rtc-tools.readthedocs.io/>`_.