SIMUL8 Work Center Properties

SIMUL8 work center property sheets contain all the standard process tabs, along with the Simulation tab.

The following simulation properties apply to atomic and reuse processes only:

Name

Description

Replicate

Specifies an alternative number of processes which perform the same tasks. Using the Replicate number is a way to copy the process.

Default value: 1

Scripting name: Replicate

Capital cost

Specifies the accumulated data on the flows of money at the end of simulation. Financial results can be viewed in SIMUL8, by selecting Finance > Income Statement.

Default value: 0

Scripting name: FinanceCapitalCost

Cost by time unit / Cost by unit

Specify the usage cost of the process by time unit and work unit.

Default value: 0, 0

Scripting name: FinanceCostByTimeUnit, FinanceCostByUnit

Priority

Specifies that the process with the highest priority will be given the resource first (from 0 to 100), if two processes both require the same resource before they can start working.

Default value: 50%

Scripting name: ResourcePriority

Release

[If unchecked] The resource must wait for the work item, if the process cannot send the work item to the next simulation object.

Default value: true

Scripting name: ResourceRelease

Distribution

Specifies a method for simulating the variations that occur in timing in the process:

  • Average [default]

  • Exponential

  • Fixed

  • Normal

  • Uniform

Scripting name: TimingDistribution

Lower / Upper bound

Specify the lower and upper bounds for the uniform timing distribution type. Samples from a uniform distribution are equally spread between the lower bound and the upper bound.

Default value: 10, 11

Scripting name: TimingBoundLower, TimingBoundUpper

Standard deviation

Specifies the normal timing distribution type. For the average distribution type, the standard deviation value is set to: average value / 4.

Default value: 0

Scripting name: TimingStandardDeviation