Rockwell Automation Arena Packaging Users Guide - Manual (Page 77)

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The above example shows how to place animation manually. Arena Packaging also has
several features for placing default animation of variables automatically. Simply double-
click into the main dialog box of a module and check the Animation options. For example,
if you selected all the animation options for a basic machine, the following default anima-
tion would be placed:
References in Arena and SIMAN template modules
Arena Packaging variables can be referenced in a number of places in the Arena and
SIMAN templates. This is useful when integrating discrete system logic using those
general-purpose tools. Some examples using modules from the Basic Process and
Advanced Process panels are shown below.
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Use the Assign module from Basic Process to assign the values of Packaging variables
to your own user-defined variables.
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Use the ReadWrite module from Advanced Process to write the values of Packaging
variables to the screen or external files.
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Use the Decide module from Basic Process to branch entities according to conditions
based on Packaging variables.
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Use the Hold block from Advanced Process to hold an entity until a condition based
on Packaging variables is true.
Nomimal run speed
Input rate
Units processed
Product
Starved
Run speed
Speed factor
Good units
produced
Good output rate
Blocked
State