Simulation Properties

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Simulation Properties

The Simulation Properties dialog enables the user to define parameters for running the simulation, such as, simulation time and warm-up period. The simulation properties can be opened in one of three ways:

Selecting Simulation Properties from the Simulation menu.
Clicking on the Simulation Properties icon from the Process Simulator toolbar.
Right clicking anywhere on a blank part of the layout and selecting Simulation Properties from the pop-up menu.

Define run length by This allows you to specify what time measurement the run time is being specified for; Time Only, Weekly Time, or Calendar Date
Warmup Period Allows you to specify whether there is to be a warmup period. Click in the box, if yes.
Warmup Length This is a pre-run to get the model to a steady state condition. This is typically only needed if the process is being evaluated for its performance in a steady state. All statistics are reset at the end of a warmup period.
Run length (Time Only) This is the duration for running the simulation. Run length can be defined by a set number of hours, days, or weeks. By default this is set to 40 hours.
Time Unit The unit of time used when the simulation is run.
Run length (Weekly Time) Run length may also be defined by weekly time, where you may choose specific dates for the warm-up, start, and end times. If shifts are defined, it is important to note that the simulation always starts on Monday morning at 12:00 A.M.
Run length (Calendar Date) Run length may also be defined by calendar date. Choose exact dates and times to begin the warmup period and to start (and thus end the warmup) and end the simulation.
Number of Simulation Replications This is the number of replications to run for this simulation. If you place the "at" symbol (i.e., @) immediately preceding a number in this box, you can run the specific replication indicated by that number. Note that you can run a specific replication if, and only if, you have run at least that number of replications previously.
Pause at Start Pauses the simulation before it begins.
Adjust for Daylight Saving Time This option, checked by default, will have the simulation account for Daylight Saving hours.
Unit for Avg CT Display Allows you to select the unit of time that will be used for the average cycle time.
Clock Precision Select the clock units you want to display at runtime. This also reflects the lowest time unit precision the statistics will be collected at.
Animation When checked animation will be displayed during simulation. When unchecked the animation is disabled, the simulation will run faster and statistics will still be collected. With this option unchecked, animation cannot be turned on with the run-time animation toggle option.
Initial Animation Speed Use the slider to set the speed of the animation when the simulation begins.
Output viewer(s) to launch after simulation Select between Output Viewer, Minitab or Visio External Data. By default the check box for Output Viewer is selected.
Visio External Data By default the check box for Output Viewer is selected.
Customize When the Visio External Data option is checked, clicking the Customize button allows you to select the simulation data to include in the external data graphics functions.
Submodel Layout allows you to choose how many submodels are placed on a row during simulation. You can either limit the number of submodels per row based on a boundary specified in pixels or by number of submodels.
- Layout boundary (in pixels) This specifies the maximum amount of space (in pixels) allowed before submodels are added to a new row.
- Number of submodels per row This sets the specific number of submodels allowed before submodels are added to a new row.
- Start submodel layout on second row Forces the first submodel to be added to the second row, so that only the main model will be present on the first row.
Initialization Logic Initialization logic allows you to initialize arrays, variables, and other elements at the beginning of a simulation run. You can develop the logic through using either the Logic Builder or the Free Form Logic window. Other common uses of initialization logic include:
- displaying messages
- prompting for values
- activating subroutines that process logic based on a timer.
Termination Logic Termination logic allows you to summarize data or write special statistics to an array at the end of a simulation run. You can develop the logic through using either the Logic Builder or the Free Form Logic window. Another common use of termination logic is displaying messages.

From here you can click Run Simulation to run the simulation with the properties you have defined.

Click OK to save the property settings or Cancel to exit without saving.