Sourcing and Sinking Workpieces during Simulation

Generate Workpieces

You can create simulation parts that generate at a specified rate.

From the Setup section of the action bar, click Simulation part creation .

The Simulation part creation dialog box appears, and you are prompted to select a parent resource.
Select the parent resource.

The Creation of simulation part creation dialog box appears, with the selected resource shown as the Parent resource.

Generator name allows you to enter a unique name for the generator.

Click the color swatch to specify a different color for the generated parts.
Click to select a Product to generate in the work area.

A copy of the selected product initially appears at the resource origin in the specified color.
In the Coordinates section, Click to select a location in the work area where the sink object is to be positioned.

You can manually enter or edit location values for X, Y, Z, U, V, and W relative to the selected Defined from value (World or Resource origin).
In the Frequency section, you can define the rate at which parts are inserted based on one of the following modes.
- Time, where a new part is created after a specified Time Interval.
- Speed, where a specified Speed factor can be constant or a factor of the Current resource speed.
- Distance, where a part is created at a fixed interval of Distance.
- Signal, where a part is created based on receiving a signal trigger of a specified Type.
Select Activate to control the creation of the part simulation through a signal. WhenActivate is not selected, no signal processing occurs.
Optional: Click the Attributes tab to assign an attribute to the generated part.
1. Click to add a new attribute.
  
  The Attribute valuation dialog box appears.
2. Enter a Name and define a Value for the attribute, and click OK.
  
  The new attribute appears in the list.
  
  Click to delete an attribute from the list, or click to edit an existing attribute.
Assigning attributes to parts is useful when you want only specific parts destroyed after they are generated.
Click OK to close the Creation of simulation part creation dialog box.
You can double-click the sourced part in the work area to open the Edition of simulation part creation dialog box when subsequent editing is required.
From the top bar, click Play to view the generated workpieces.

Destroy Workpieces

You can define a detection zone to sink all generated parts, or only those with specific attributes that you have defined.

From the Setup section of the action bar, click Simulation part transformation .

The Simulation part transformation dialog box appears, and you are prompted to select a parent resource.
Select the parent resource.

The Creation of simulation part transformation dialog box appears, with the selected resource shown as the Parent resource.

Generator name allows you to enter a unique name for the generator.

Click the color swatch to specify a different color for the generated parts.
In the Detection zone section of the Input part tab, click to select a location in the work area where the sink object is to be positioned.

You can manually edit location values for X, Y, Z, U, V, and W relative to the selected Defined from value (World or Resource origin).

You can edit the size of the default detection zone box with the Box length, Box width, and Box height parameters.
Optional: If you have defined attributes on sourced workpieces that you want to destroy, select Parts with specific attributes to specify them.
1. Click to specify an attribute to filter.
  
  The Filter on attribute dialog box appears.
2. Enter an Attribute name and specify an Attribute value to filter, and click OK.
  
  The filter appears in the list:
Click OK to close the Creation of simulation part transformation dialog box.
You can double-click the box that defines the detection zone in the work area to open the Edition of simulation part transformation dialog box when subsequent editing is required.
From the top bar, click Play to view the sourcing and sinking of the workpieces.