Because up to 60 percent of the value of automobiles and fighter aircraft are sourced from suppliers, the Digital Manufacturing environment must be accessible across the supply chain to support today's B2B method of doing business. Experience from all these areas inspired the development of analysis and optimisation tools as an integral part of the simulation objects that continuously monitor and evaluate the operation of each simulation object and its interactions at a local and global level. Thus, for example, bottlenecks in a material flow are automatically detected and Sankey diagrams generated. These analysis tools work with global evaluation wizards which, for example, make it simple to create specific Gantt-charts etc, and using Genetic Algorithms modules the simulation system can even propose better layouts or operating strategies. It is shown that the simulations performed with the new tools are more efficient than the conventional algorithms.
Numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of the new simulation tools.
Proof Animation is a family of products for adding animation to discrete event simulations. Its vector-based geometry provides a large animation canvas and the ability to zoom in or out, while maintaining crisp, clear images. Proof s open architecture makes it ideally suited for serving as a concurrent or post-processed animation engine for models written in a wide variety of simulation and programming languages. Proof s superior power and performance assure smooth, realistic motion for animations, regardless of their size, complexity, or application. Proof uses Microsoft s DirectDraw interface for accessing video hardware.