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