Production System Simulation Options

The various options available in Production System Simulation Options dialog box are discussed.

Related Topics
Displaying Simulation Traces
Defining and Tracking Simulation Objective
Displaying Future Events
Viewing Simulation States and Results
Detecting Bottleneck Charts

When you open the Production System Simulation Workbench you can see the Simulation Option in right side of the authoring window. Click this icon to get the Production System Simulation Options dialog box.

Simulation Options



By default, the Simulation Options tab is opened.

Run Time
Specifies the allotted time.

By default, the Run Time is 100s.

Warm-up Time
Specifies the preparation time.

By default, the Warm-up Time is 1000s.

Animation Step Size
Specifies the animation step size.

By default, this check box is not selected and Animation Step Size is 0.1s.

No Animation Step Size
Specifies the no animation step size.

By default, this check box is selected and Animation Step Size is 0.1s.

Reset Random Number Streams on Negative Distribution Sample
Select this check box to reset random number streams on negative distribution sample.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Resample
Select this check box to resample the streams.

By default, this check box is selected.

Return Zero
Select this check box to returns to zero.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Monitoring Options



Display Systems utilization
Select this check box to display System Utilization tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Display Products inventory
Select this check box to display Product Inventory tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Display Future Events
Select this check box to display Debug Simulation Events tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Display Charts of selected system
Select this check box to visualize system specific charts along with dynamic updates.

After selecting this check box, by default the Current State command is launched. You can directly select the system for which you wants to see the current state during simulation. See Viewing Simulation States and Results

By default, this check box is not selected.

Cache chart options and positions
Select this check box to position some system specific charts with different views at different locations on authoring window. When you restart the simulation then all the opened system specific charts automatically gets opened at their respective places in the same view which you kept.

By default, this check box is not selected.

State Highlighting
Select this check box to preview the tile updates.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Display Traces
Select this check box to display Debug Simulation Events tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Analysis Options



Track Objective
Select this check box to display Track Objective tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box.

By default, this check box is not selected.

Detect Bottlenecks
Select this check box to display Bottleneck tab in System Performance Monitor dialog box and to start the bottleneck detection analysis.

By default, this check box is not selected.