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The State Management option controls the
execution of the start conditions in the other simulation commands. If this
option is enabled, the simulation synchronizes to the start condition of
any simulated activity before executing the simulation details. If this
start condition is not available or if the State Management option is
disabled, the simulation engine will only execute the simulation details
for the current activity.
This option provides the default value for the State Management
option exposed in the Process Simulation command and in the
Automatic Synchronization commands.
 The
default value for this option is disabled. |
| As with process creation, the Apply End
Condition option is only available when the State Management
check box is selected. If the State Management
and Apply End Condition check boxes are both selected, the user
sees the 3D window getting updated with the end condition, in addition to
3D context, start condition, and real time simulation output for the
activity. The order in which these conditions get applied is:
- 3D context
- start condition
- simulation execution
- end condition.
The
default value for this option is that it is unavailable. |
| For these types of activities, you determine
whether the activities are enabled, and then what the activity's behavior
is. As with process creation, enabling any or all of the
activities listed means that you see the effect of those activities as you
run a simulation, automatic synchronization, or process verification.
Disabling the activities means that you do not see their effects as you run
a simulation, automatic synchronization, or process verification.
Visibility Activities are always enabled.
When you run a simulation, automatic synchronization, or process
verification, the dialog boxes for process simulation, automatic
synchronization, and process verification options enable you to override
any defaults set here on a per-view basis.
The possible behaviors are:
- Process (default value) or Parent for
the Text Message Activities, Annotation Activities,
and Visibility Activities.
- When users select Process, the scope of the
activity is the whole process (e.g., a Text Message Activity
remains visible from its insertion point to the end of the process,
unless another Text Message Activity is inserted to delete
the original).
- When users select Parent, the scope of the
activity is limited to the parent activity (e.g., a Text Message
Activity remains visible from its insertion point to the end of
its parent activity; a second Text Message Activity is not
required to delete the original).
- N/A for the Viewpoint Activities and
Pause Simulation Activities. The scope of these activity types
cannot be controlled during simulation.
- Continue (default value) or Pause for
the Hyperlink Activities. When Continue is
selected, the simulation continues to play after displaying the hyperlink
window. When users select Pause, the simulation pauses after
displaying the hyperlink window, to allow users to inspect the
information displayed. To continue the simulation, users perform an
action specific to the simulation playback command they are currently
using (e.g., in the case of Process Simulation, pressing the
Play Forwards button).
For most simulation commands (i.e., Process Simulation,
Process Verification, and Auto Synchronization),
these behaviors are only applied if the activities of that type are enabled
for simulation (i.e., marked Yes in the Enabled
column). For the Compile Simulation and Compile Video
Simulation commands, the behavior options apply for the supported
activity types even if the corresponding activity types are not enabled.
The
default Enable value is that all the
activities except Visibility Activities are enabled.
The default Behavior value for all activities except
Hyperlink, Viewpoint, and Pause Simulation Activities
is Process; the default for Hyperlink Activities is
Continue; the default for Viewpoint and Pause
Simulation Activities is N/A. |
