Starting in the main window of SCOUT, the menu command Objects|Special computations opens the list of special computation objects. These objects perform (sometimes lengthy) computations that are not wanted with every update of the model.
The Edit command shows the current object's parameter dialog, Update forces a re-computation of the object's data. If an object of this type is displayed in a view, a click on the display also starts the re-computation of the data.
At present the following special computation objects are available: