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This procedure
describes how to run a simulation. |
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This procedure
assumes that you have a process with activities loaded. |
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Select the process or an activity
on the PPR tree. |
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If you select an
activity instead of a process, only
the activity will be simulated, not the whole process. See
Simulating a Selected Activity. |
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Click Time Based Replay
in the Synchronization Management toolbar.
The Process Simulation command box and Simulation Control Tools toolbar
appear. |
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The table below provides the
meaning of each of the VCR-like buttons. |
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Jump to start
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Pause
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Step forward (by default, shows simulation one tenth of a
second at a time. To alter the number of seconds or other time
units, use the spinner that controls speed. To alter the time
units, To alter the time units, see Tools > Options > General >
Parameters and Measures Units.)
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Run (shows simulation as continuous motion)
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Jump to end
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Simulation mode: Single/continuous.
The simulation mode determines whether the simulation is shown
once or continuously; pressing this button toggles between the
two modes.
The image to the left shows the default simulation mode: Single,
that is, to show the simulation once.
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The image to the left shows the continuous
simulation mode button.
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Step size
To increase or decrease the speed of the simulation, use the
spinners.
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Simulation time
Users may input a value in the time editor field. The simulation
engine will attempt to "jump" to the given time. If the input value
is outside the simulation start-end boundary, the following actions
will be taken:
- If the input value is greater than the end time, the simulation
will stop when reaching the end and a message will be displayed to
the user.
- If the input value is smaller than the start time, the
simulation will stop when reaching the start and a message will be
displayed to the user.
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The use of the
commands in the Simulation Controls toolbar is explained in the procedures
following this one. |
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Select the buttons described in
the table above that provide you with the features of your simulation that
you want to see.
Animation occurs in the 3D view. |
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To end the simulation:
- Press the X (close) button in the upper right hand corner of
the Process Simulation command box OR
- Select the orange Process Simulation icon (it will return to its
original colors).
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