3D Simulation for Manufacturing

Overview
Conventions
What's New?
User Tasks
Building a Simulation
Creating a New Activity
Creating and Editing a Viewpoint Activity
Creating a Visibility Activity
Creating Text Message Activities
Creating a Pause Activity
Creating a Delay
Creating a Device Move Activity
About Motion Attributes
Editing a Device Move Activity
Creating a Grab Activity
Creating a Release Activity
Editing Simulation Activities
Analyzing Components of Simulations
Measuring Between
Measuring Distances between Geometrical Entities
Customizing Measure Between
Measuring Angles
More about Measure Cursors
More about the Measure Between Dialog Box
Measuring Item
Measuring Properties
Customizing Measure Item
More about the Measure Item Dialog Box
Modifying Simulations
Saving and Restoring the Initial State
Updating Cycle Times
Using Automatic Synchronization
Compiling a Simulation into a Replay
About Retain Initial State
Compiling a Video Simulation
Turning On/Off Design Model Updates
Running Simulations
Viewing a Simulation
Viewing Information Boxes during Simulations
Using Activity Filtering and Other Options for a Specific Simulation
Running the Simulation in Real Time
Using Activity Options
Using Visualization Options
Using Instant Replay
Observing Other Process Views with a Simulation
Simulating Processes with Tasks Assigned to Resources
About Resource Simulation
Adding Analysis to Simulations
Creating a Clash (Interference) Check
Creating a Distance Check
Creating a Band Analysis Check
Selecting the Analysis Configuration
Configuring Analysis Objects
Configuring Device Settings
Configuring Robot Settings
Configuring IO Settings
Setting Analysis Mode
Setting Automatic Clash Detection
Viewing Analysis Data
About Check Clash Options
Exporting Analysis Results to a File
Using Simulation Analysis Data
Controlling Visualization Settings
Using Data Readout
Using Simulation Trace
Managing Message Windows
Using Object Layout Commands
Attaching Elements
Aligning Objects
Distributing Elements
Moving Objects with the Quick Translate Command
Snapping Resources
Snapping Using 3 Points
Snapping to the Center of a Polygon
Snapping to a Surface
Controlling the Process Environment
Choosing a Selection Mode
Seeing Distance Analysis Outside of Simulations
Changing the Current Axis
Seeing Attachments
Using Offset Planes and Advanced Offset Planes
Using the Manipulation Handle
Using the Step Input Box and Construction Elements
Seeing the World Coordinate System
Seeing Reference Frames
Seeing Assembly Constraints
Workbench Description
Menu Bar
Simulation Toolbars
Analysis Tools Toolbar
Simulation Analysis Toolbars
Simulation Activity Creation Toolbars
Layout Tools Toolbars
Select Toolbars
Environment Tools Toolbars
Customizing
Simulation
Analysis
Device Analysis
Robot Analysis
IO Analysis
Simulation Trace
Performance
Measure Tools
DMU Clash
Glossary
Index