Chapter 6 Simulating a Business Process Model


Defining diagram simulation properties

From the Simulation tab of the diagram property sheet, you can display the following SIMUL8 extended attributes:

Name Internal code Value Description
Diagram scale DiagramScale 100 The percent scale value is applied to the symbol coordinates from the top left corner of the diagram
Finance currency symbol FinanceCurrencySymbol $ Currency used by the finance properties of the objects. Use "E" for Euro. Financial results are displayed in the SIMUL8 Finance→Income Statement window
Finance overhead cost FinanceOverheadCost 0 Fixed costs. These non-object based costs will be included in the SIMUL8 Finance→Income Statement window
Finance overhead revenue FinanceOverheadRevenue 0 Fixed revenues. These non-object based costs will be included in the SIMUL8 Finance→Income Statement window
Simulation running time SimulationRunningTime 2400 Number of time units that the simulation will run while collecting results information
Time unit TimeUnit Seconds Unit used for the timing values in the property dialogs of the objects. For units smaller than seconds use decimals of units e.g. 0.001 = 1 millisecond

For more information on how to display the diagram property sheet, see "Diagram properties" in the Diagrams and Symbols chapter of the Core Features Guide .

 


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