Defining and Visualizing Simulation Scenarios

You can create/edit and visualize the simulation scenarios.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:

Open the data to which scope and operations are already assigned, and then select the desired Production System Simulation workbench.

Related Topics
Updating Simulation Scenarios
Simulating Scenarios
About Simulation Scenario Incident Diagnosis
Viewing Simulation States and Results

Create Simulation Scenario

You can create the simulation scenarios.

  1. Select a system either in Live System Editor or PPR Context and click Production System Simulation .

    The following dialog box appears.



  2. Fill the Name and Description fields and click Finish.

    A simulation object with a scenario gets created and opens up in the SIMULIA window.

    Note: For the first time, scenario creation launches the SIMULIA window. After you switch back to the Live System Editor, you can edit scenarios with the Edit Scenario Parameters .

  3. To select a Scenario:

    • Select a Scenario and click Simulate and Generate Result command.

      By default, the current scenario is selected automatically.

    • Right-click a scenario in the PPR Context, and select Simulate and Generate Results.
    1. Click OK in the Simulate and Generate Result dialog box.



      Generally, a PLM update operation is launched first, then both the Computation Status dialog box and the Simulation progress bar appears. The Computation Status dialog box displays the status and time of each simulation run.



      The result of scenario appears under the Result node.



      Note: If an error is detected during the computation, the Incident Diagnosis dialog box appears to let you understand, analyze, and solve the problem.

  4. Switch to Live System Editor.

Edit Simulation Scenario

You can edit the simulation scenarios.

  • To edit the scenario parameters:
    • Click Edit Scenario Parameters in the Live System Editor to edit the scenario parameters.

      The Scenario Parameters dialog box appears.

    • Double-click the Scenario in SIMULIA window to get the following dialog box and modify the simulation parameters.

    1. Modify the parameters and click OK or .


      • Simulation Time: Time after which simulation automatically stops.
      • Warmup Time: Time at which statistics collection starts.
      • No. of Runs: Number of times for which simulation runs.

      Note: For multi run simulation, specify number of runs greater than 1.

      Note: It is recommended to edit scenario parameters this way as it avoids unnecessary switch (back and forth) between SIMULIA window and Live System Editor.

    2. Click Preview to launch the simulation toolbar to execute and control the system simulation.

      See Simulation Player Toolbar

Visualize the Flow Animations in Live System Editor

You can visualize the flow animations in the Live System Editor. The Objective Factor is provided in the Define Scenario Input Parameters dialog box of all systems. You can specify the operating cost in Operating Cost field. The operating cost can be negative or positive. If the operation cost field is zero, the objective factor of the system is taken into account for tracking the objective.

  1. Switch to Live System Editor.

    The following window comes in view.

    the active scenario is selected.

  2. Click to get Edit Simulation Object sub-toolbar.



  3. Click to add a scenario in the Scenario drop-down list.



  4. Click to remove a scenario in the Scenario drop-down list.



  5. Click to get Edit Scenario sub-toolbar.



  6. Click Edit Scenario Parameters to edit scenario parameters.

    See Defining and Visualizing Simulation Scenarios

  7. Click Edit Scenario Inputs and select a system to edit scenario inputs.

    Modify the scenario inputs in Define Scenario Input Parameters dialog box.

  8. Click Preview Scenario launch the simulation toolbar to execute and control the system simulation.

  9. Click Generate and View Results of Scenario to view the saved/generated simulation results.