Manufacturing Simulation with Plant Simulation and Simtalk (eBook)

Title Page 2
Preface 5
Table of Contents 7
Table of Examples 15
Introducing Factory Simulation 18
Uses 18
Definitions 19
Procedure of Simulation 19
Formulation of Problems 19
Test of the Simulation-Worthiness 20
Formulation of Targets 20
Data Collection 20
Modeling 21
Executing Simulation Runs 22
Result Analysis and Result Interpretation 22
Documentation 22
Plant Simulation 24
First Steps 24
Online Tutorial 24
Examples 24
Help 24
Website 25
Introductory Example 25
The Program 25
First Simulation Example 26
Modeling 29
Object-Related Modeling 29
Object-Oriented Modeling 29
Standard Classes in PLANT SIMULATION 33
Overview 33
Material Flow Objects 33
General Behavior of the Material Flow Objects 33
The Source 41
The Drain 45
The SingleProc 45
The ParallelProc 45
The AssemblyStation 48
The Buffer 50
The DismantleStation 51
The Store 55
The Line 56
AngularConverter and Turntable 60
The Track 66
The Sorter 67
The FlowControl 71
Resource Objects 76
Usage and Example 76
The Worker-WorkerPool-Workplace-FootPath Concept 77
The Broker 77
The WorkerPool 78
The Worker 79
The Footpath 79
The Workplace 80
Worker Transporting Parts 81
General Objects 82
The Frame 82
The Connector 84
The EventController 85
The Interface 87
Icons 91
Basics 91
The Icon Editor 91
Drawing Icons 92
Inserting Images 92
Insert Images from the Clipboard 92
Inserting Images from a File 93
Changing the Background Color of the Frame 94
Animation Structures and Reference Points 94
Basics 94
Set Reference Points 95
Animation Structures 96
Animating Frames 97
Programming with SimTalk 100
The Object Method 100
Introductory Example 100
The Method Editor 102
Line Numbers, Entering Text 102
Bookmarks 102
Code Completion 103
Information About Attributes and Methods 103
Templates 104
The Debugger 105
SimTalk 105
Names 106
Anonymous Identifiers 106
Paths 107
Comments 109
Variables and Data Types 110
Variables 110
Operators 114
Mathematical Operators 114
Logical (Relational) Operators 114
Assignments 115
Branching 117
Case Differentiation 119
Loops 120
Conditional Loops 120
For-Loop 122
Methods and Functions 123
Passing Arguments 123
Passing Several Arguments at the Same Time 124
Result of a Function 125
Predefined SimTalk Functions 126
Method Call 128
Simtalk and Material Flow Objects 132
Attributes of the Material Flow Objects 132
State of Material Flow Objects 134
Operational, Failed, Pause 134
Ready 136
Empty 137
Occupied 138
Full 138
Capacity 139
Suspending Methods 141
Observer 142
Content of the Objects 144
Sensors 147
User-Defined Attributes 149
Mobile Units 154
Standard Methods of Mobile Units 154
Create 154
MU-Related Attributes and Methods 155
Length, Width, and Booking Point 156
The Entity 157
The Container 158
Attributes of the Container 158
Loading Containers 158
Unloading Containers 160
The Transporter 173
Basic Behavior 173
Attributes of the Transporter 173
Routing 175
Methods and Attributes of the Transporter 182
Information Flow Objects 197
The List Editor 197
The CardFile 198
StackFile and QueueFile 209
The TableFile 214
Basic Behavior 214
Methods and Attributes of the TableFile 216
Calculating within Tables 218
The TimeSequence 222
Basic Behavior 222
Settings 222
The Trigger 226
Basic Behavior 226
The ShiftCalendar 229
The Generator 231
The AttributeExplorer 232
The EventController 235
Statistics 236
Basics 236
Statistics Collection Period 236
Activating Statistics Collection 237
Statistics – Methods and Attributes 237
User Interface Objects 243
Chart 243
The Sankey Diagram 251
The Bottleneck Analyzer 254
The Display 255
The Comment 258
The Report 259
User Interface Objects 266
General 266
Elements of the Dialog 266
The Dialog Object 267
Insert Elements 267
Callback Function 269
The Static Text Box 270
The Edit Text Box 270
Images in Dialogs 271
Buttons 273
Radio Buttons 274
Checkbox 276
List View 278
Tab Control 280
Group Box 280
Menu and Menu Item 280
Accessing Dialogs 281
Protection of Methods and Objects 282
Validation User Input 283
Type Validation and Plausibility Check 283
Message Box 284
HTML-Help 285
Data Exchange 286
DDE with Plant Simulation 286
Read Plant Simulation Data in Microsoft Excel 286
Excel Data Import in Plant Simulation 287
Plant Simulation Remote Control 289
DDE Hotlinks 290
The File Interface 291
The ODBC Interface 292
Setup an ODBC Data Source 293
Read Data from a Database 295
Write Data in a Database 296
Delete Data in a Database Table 297
SQL Commands 298
Plant Simulation 3D 301
Sample Project 301
Views and Move in Plant Simulation 3D 302
Control the Simulation in Plant Simulation 3D 302
Index 304