PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS

DAY 1

• Introduction to simulation studies
  • Overview of Plant Simulation
  • Get started with Plant Simulation
  • Explore the Plant Simulation graphical user interface
• Perform a basic simulation study (begin)
  • Define a target, analyze a simple system, and acquire data
  • Create a simple model
  • Validate the throughput of a simple model
  • Prepare to create a new model from the previous model
  • Create a more detailed model to produce a better result (begin)

DAY 2

• Perform a basic simulation study (finish)
  • Create a more detailed model to produce a better result (finish)
  • Implement basic objects to analyze results
• Extend a model to include more realistic, modular components
  • Create a hierarchical model
  • Identify inherited objects and attributes
  • Navigate and change 3D viewer visualization
  • Simulate machine processing time and failures with distributions
  • Material flow objects with a capacity greater than one
• Extend a model to include conveyors and workers (begin)
  • Model length-oriented objects (begin)

DAY 3

• Extend a model to include conveyors and workers (finish)
  • Model length-oriented objects (finish)
  • Setup time, assembly, and dismantle objects
  • Create user-defined attributes and data tables
  • Use basic workers and work shifts
• Extend a model to include presentation collateral (begin)
  • Create experiments and custom reports
  • Gather time, cost, and power consumption statistics

DAY 4

• Extend a model to include presentation collateral (finish)
  • Add textured plates, point clouds, and backgrounds
• Extend a model to include custom logic/methods (begin)
  • Insert custom logic
  • Use the Method Debugger and anonymous identifiers
  • Run a method during a simulation
  • Set attribute values with methods
  • Control frames and access data in tables (begin)

DAY 5

• Extend a model to include custom logic/methods (finish)
  • Control frames and access data in tables (finish)
  • Access data in tables, built-in methods, and convert data
  • Create conditional methods and access the contents of an object
  • Model transport systems and setup time
  • Collect statistics with methods
  • Save and load data into a Plant Simulation table