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Expression Builder for Queue-Length-

Plot Expression

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More on Menus – File Menu

• Model-file management
• Template attach/detach
• DXF import (from CAD packages), Visio import
• Color palettes
• Printing
• E-mail open model file
• Recent models
• Exit from Arena

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Edit Menu (cont’d.)

• Properties – display internal Arena object

properties

• Links – to link to other files (spreadsheets,

sounds, etc.)

• Insert New Object – from other applications

(e.g., graphics)

• Object – edit object imported from another

application

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View Menu

• Zooming – discussed before
• Zoom Factor – step size when zooming
• Views – canned Arena views of flowchart view
• Named Views – define, change, use views
• Grid/Snap/Grid Settings – control grid, snapping
• Layers – which objects show up in which mode
• Split Screen – toggle for viewing both flowchart and spreadsheet views, or just one of them
• Toolbars – decide which toolbars show up
• Project/Status Bar – toggle to show up or not

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Arrange Menu

• For modeling, graphics objects – first select object(s)
• Bring object to Front, Send it to Back — for “stacking” effects
• Group, Ungroup
• Flip around Vertical, Horizontal line
• Rotate object (90° clockwise)
• Align objects on top, bottom, left, or right edges
• Distribute objects evenly (horizontally, vertically)
• Flowchart Alignment – arrange flowchart modules (horizontally, vertically)
• Snap to Grid the selected object(s)
• Change Snap Point on object that gets snapped Docsity.com

Object Menu

• Connect tool – changes cursor to cross hairs
• Auto-Connect newly placed module to selected module – toggle on/off
• Smart Connect – new connections in horizontal/vertical segments rather than one diagonal segment – toggle on/off
• Animate Connectors – to show entities moving (at infinite speed for statistics collection)
• Submodel – define and manage hierarchical submodels (see Chapter 5)

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Window Menu

• Cascade, Tile multiple open model windows
• Arrange Icons for any minimized model windows
• Use system Background Color — use Windows colors rather than Arena settings
• List of open model windows

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Help Menu

• One of several ways to get into Help system
• Arena Help Topics – TOC, Index, Find
• Using Help – info about Windows Help systems
• List of attached modeling panels – click to get Help on that one
• Web links to product support
• Information on product support
• About Arena… version number, etc.

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More on Drawing

• Draw via toolbar buttons only (no menus):
• Line, Polyline (hold Shift key for 45 0 ), Arc, Bézier Curve
• Box, Polygon, Ellipse (fill, line, shade)
• Text (font, size, style)
• Colors for Lines, Fill, Text, Window Background
• Line Style, Fill Pattern
• By far best way to learn: just play around

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Printing

• Print all or parts of flowchart view of active model window – supports color
• Usual Print, Print Preview, Print Setup (File menu)
• Could consume many pages … also prints named views separately  Print Preview, select only what you want for printing
• Alternative to printing directly from Arena: PrintScreen key — sends screen to clipboard, paste into another application  Alt+PrintScreen — sends only active window to clipboard  Could first pass through a paint application to crop, etc. Docsity.com

More on Running Models

• Run Menu; Standard & Run Interaction toolbars
• Run / Setup – many options for controlling the run  These are attached to the model, and are not global
• Run / Go – run simulation “normally” (depends on selects from Run / Run Control and Tools / Options / Run Control )
• Run / Step – one “step” at a time (verify, debug)
• Run / Fast-Forward – disable animation (faster)
• Run / Pause (or Esc key) – freeze run, resume with Go
• Run / Start Over – go back to beginning of simulation Docsity.com

More on Running Models (cont’d.)

• Run / End – get out of run mode
• Run / Check Model – like compiling
• Run / Review Errors – for most recent Check
• Run / Run Control / Command – bring up interactive command-line window to control run
• Run / Run Control / Break – set times, conditions to interrupt for checks, illustration
• Run / Run Control / Watch – bring up a window to watch a variable or expression during run

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