Creating a Manufacturing Scenario

You can create a manufacturing scenario that uses the activities you have created to see how these activities work in a simulation. A manufacturing scenario may include an assembly sequence or consist of unordered activities.

Before you begin:

Create activities such as tracks and 3D animation activities. Add some of these activities in an assembly sequence. You can also create simulation states to associate with the scenario. This scenario assumes that you have already activated the 3D Simulation environment.

  1. From the Verification section of the action bar, click New Manufacturing Scenario .
    The Manufacturing Scenario dialog box appears.
  2. Under Name, enter a name for the manufacturing scenario, such as Scenario.1.
  3. In the Excitations tab, under Activity, select the inputs for the scenario, such as tracks, assembly sequences, or choreography actions. Then, click the right arrow to move them from the Available to Referenced section.

    Note: Tracks and choreography actions exist as independent entities and as a part of the assembly sequence. Once you add the sequence, you do not need to add them to the scenario individually.

  4. Under Simulation State, select the initial state of the scenario. There can only be one initial state referenced at a time.
  5. In the Probes tab, select the probes to analyze the simulation.

    Note: You can include multiple excitations and probes in a simulation if they do not impact the same products or resources. Otherwise, the resulting simulation behavior can be unpredictable. Only excitations and probes previously defined are available.

  6. In the Parameters tab, enter the time limits for the simulation under Start Time and End Time, then the simulation step size under Time Step.
    The configuration of the parts or resources involved in the scenario are calculated at regular intervals (as determined by the Time Step) between the Start Time and End Time.
  7. Verify that the Generate Animation check box is selected. This controls the creation of the scenario animation result.

    Important: This parameter is selected by default. Animations are required to properly generate usable scenario results. Many of the probes rely on its presence. This check box must remain selected except under very specific circumstances. For example, if you have a very large simulation and if you do not require result analysis.

  8. Click Preview.
    The Experience Player appears. You can use it to step through the scenario.
  9. Once you have previewed the scenario, close the Experience Player, and click OK.
    The new Scenario.1 appears in the Scenarios panel.

  10. In the Scenarios panel, right-click Scenario.1 and select Simulate and Generate Results.
    The Simulate and Generate Results dialog box appears. If you have multiple scenarios, you can click Select All Scenarios to generate scenarios from them all.
  11. Click OK.
    The scenario is simulated. You can also click Results panel to see the results of the scenario.

This creates a scenario. The most recent scenario created or selected is the current scenario. Thumbnails of the activities, probes, and states that are part of the current scenario have a check mark in their upper right corners.