The SIMUL8 Brain

Friday’s Tip – What’s in a name?

Did you know that you can change the name displayed at a work center and keep your actual naming conventions intact? Work centers have a ‘display name’ property which allows…

Friday’s tip – Adding resources for breakdowns and repairs

Did you know that you can add a resource requirement to repairing a work center? Typically in a manufacturing environment you will have a crew of mechanics to make all…

Friday’s Tip – Visualize your shift patterns in a Gantt chart

Viewing shifts in a Gantt chart view is great as it allows you to see the shifts of all your resources in one place, in a time orientated chart.As well…

Friday’s Tip – Add spreadsheet results to Results Manager

Simulation is all about testing several scenarios and see how these scenarios compare (with the aim to select the best scenario in the end). The easiest way to compare scenarios…

Friday’s Tip – See the details of all your objects in one place!

To see the details of all your objects in one place go to the “Data & Rules” tab in the Objects section on the new SIMUL8 2011 ribbon  - there is a…