Simulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 1 of 70f|ÅâÄtà|ÉÇDr. Xueping LiUniversity of TennesseeIE406, I & IEUTKSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 2 of 70A Guided Tour Through ArenaChapter 3Last revision August 19, 2006Simulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 3 of 70What We’ll Do ...• Start Arena• Load, explore, run an existing model Basically the same model as for the hand simulation in Chapter 2 Browse dialogs and menus Run the model Look at results• Construct the same model from scratch• Use just these basic building blocks in a case study to address a real operational question• Tour menus, toolbars, drawing, printing• Help system• Options for running and controlSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 4 of 70Behavior of Arena• Arena is a true Windows application Appearance, operation, functions, are standard Interoperability with other software (MS Office, CAD) Interact, communicate with other software (Chapter 10)• Assume you already know basics of Windows: Disks, files, folders, paths Mousing, keyboarding Resizing, moving, maximizing, minimizing windows Menu operations Ctrl, Alt, Shift keys Cut, copy, paste Filling out dialog fieldsSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 5 of 70Starting Up• Installing Arena – Appendix E• Locate icon or shortcut; double-click Or, Start > Programs > Rockwell Software > Arena 10.0 >Arena 10.0 Licensed vs. Academic, Evaluation mode• See File, View, Tools, Help menus Other menus present if a model file is open• Toolbars with buttons Unless a model file is open, only New model file, Open model file, Template Attach/Detach, Context Help (click it, then click on buttons or menu items)• Tooltips – roll over toolbar buttons for names• Quitting Arena: File > Exit or Alt+F4 or top right buttonSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 6 of 70Opening an Existing Model• File > Open … or button Navigate to desired disk/directory Click > Open or double-click Model 03-01.doe Book models: Rockwell Software\Arena 10.0\Book Examples More examples: Rockwell Software\Arena 10.0\Examples• Model window (usually on right side of Arena window) Where model is built Resize, maximize, minimize, scroll/pan, zoom Can have multiple model windows open at once• Cut, Copy, Paste within Arena, and between Arena and other applications (when sensible)Why the .doe default extension to Arena model filenames?Simulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 7 of 70Flowchart and Spreadsheet Views• Model window split into two views Flowchart view– Graphics– Process flowchart– Animation, drawing– Edit things by double-clicking on them, get into a dialog Spreadsheet view– Displays model data directly– Can edit, add, delete data in spreadsheet view– Displays all similar kinds of modeling elements at once Many model parameters can be edited in either view Horizontal splitter bar to apportion the two views View > Split Screen (or push ) to see both flowchart and spreadsheet views (otherwise, get just flowchart view)Simulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 8 of 70Project Bar• Usually down the left edge of Arena window• Hosts panels with modeling building blocks: modules Both flowchart and spreadsheet modules• Displays one panel at a time Switch to different panels via horizontal buttons Panels for Basic Process, Reports (after running), Navigate (to different views within a model or to different hierarchical submodels, thumbnail), … others can be attached (Template Attach button ) for different modeling levels, specialties• Usually docked to left edge but can move, float• Hide it via View > Project Bar or its own smallSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 9 of 70Status Bar• At very bottom of Arena window• Displays various information sensitive to status Coordinates of cursor in “worldspace” Simulation clock value, replication number being executed, number of replications to be done, when simulation is running• Hide by clearing (unchecking) View > Status BarSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 10 of 70Moving Around, Up, Downin Flowchart View of Model Window• Underlying world space for model (x, y) coordinates, arbitrary units (thousands in each direction)• Pan with scroll bars, arrow keys, thumbnail• Zoom in (down): or + key or thumbnail• Zoom out (up): or – key or thumbnail• See all at min altitude: or * key• Named views Save a pan/zoom view for different parts of model Assign a Hot key (case-sensitive) Access via View > Named Views … or ? key or • Display grid ( ), snap to grid ( ) toggles• Rulers, alignment, guides, glue – see textTo navigate via keyboard, the model window must be active ... click in it.Simulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 11 of 70Modules• Basic building blocks of a simulation model• Two basic types: flowchart and data• Different types of modules for different actions, specifications• “Blank” modules are on the Project Bar To add a flowchart module to your model, drag it from the Project Bar into the flowchart view of the model window– Can have many instances of the same kind of flowchart module in your model To use a data module, select it (single-click) in the Project Bar and edit in the spreadsheet view of the model window– Only one instance of each kind of data module in your model, but it can have many entries (rows) in the spreadsheet view– Can edit via dialog – double-click on number in leftmost columnSimulation with Arena, 4/e Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour Through Arena Slide 12 of 70Flowchart Modules• Describe dynamic processes Nodes/places through which entities flow Typically connected to each other in some way• Basic Process panel flowchart module types: Create, Dispose, Process, Decide, Batch, Separate, Assign, Record• Other panels – many other kinds• Shape like flowcharting (also use colors for hints)• Two ways to edit Double-click to open up, then fill out dialogs Select