Clearly, the answer to this question naturally ended. There are many things to consider when computing time can be a factor.
For distributed models (for example, finite differences), using simple models and then using the connect equations to link them in the appropriate order is not the best way to create models. Experience has shown that this method significantly increases the translation time to an unbearable length. It is better to create distributed models in the same approach that is used in MSL Dynamic pipe (not quite as if it were similar).
Changing the approach, as described, is much faster in translational time (orders of magnitude for larger models,> ~ 100,000 equations) than using connect operators, since the number of distributed elements increases to large numbers. This has been verified using Dymola 2017 and 2017FD01.
The following are some related materials, pointed out by others, that may be useful for more information:
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