# SimVar<no value>

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This **Node** can be used to retrieve a SimVar ([Simulation Variables](../../../programming-apis/simvars/simulation-variables/)) value. The output value will depend on the options you set up in the [Inspector](../menus/#h5) window:

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The available options are:

 

-   ##### SimVar

    Selecting this will open a drop-down list of all the different SimVars available to you.  

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Only the following SimVars are currently implemented correctly:

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    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_LATLONALT  
    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_LATLONALTPBH  
    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_WORLDVELOCITY  
    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_WORLD\_ROTATION\_VELOCITY  
    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_BODY\_VELOCITY  
    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_BODY\_ROTATION\_VELOCITY  
    SIMVAR\_STRUCT\_SURFACE\_RELATIVE\_VELOCITY  
      
    Other sim vars can still be used, and the majority will return a floating point (scalar) value. If the value being returned should be a boolean value, then 0.0 is considered "false" and anything greater than 0.0 would be "true".

 

-   ##### SimVarIndex

    Here you can select the SimVar *index* value. Not all SimVars require this value, but it is needed for things like engines, where you need an index to indicate which engine you want to retrieve a value from.

 

-   ##### Unit

    This is for setting the unit type of the SimVar being retrieved. It can be any one of those listed here: [Simulation Variable Units](../../../programming-apis/simvars/simulation-variable-units/)

 

 

### Node Output

The output of the node will very much depend on the SimVar that is being used to generate it, however **currently the supported SimVars will only return a 3 value vector**.