For repeating task Tecnomatix Plant Simulation offers the possibility for automatation. Therefore Tecnomatix Plant Simulation and each object provide a pre-defined set of methods.

Common used operatoors and methods of Tecnomatix Plant Simulation are found in the Help-Library in the chapter "Reference Help > SimTalk":

• Arithmetic operators:
  
  • Addition +
  • Subtraction -
  • Multiplication *
  • Floating-point division /
  • Integer division //
  • Modulo operation \\
    
    
• Logical operators:
  
  • AND
  • OR
  • NOT
    
    
• Relational operators:
  
  • equal than ==
  • greater than >
  • greater or equal than >=
    
  • smaller than <
  • smaller or equal than <=
    
    
• Converting data types:
  
  • bool_to_num
  • datetime_to_string
  • num_to_bool
  • str_to_date
  • str_to_datetime
  • str_to_length
  • str_to_num
  • str_to_obj
  • str_to_speed
  • str_to_time
  • str_to_weight
  • to_str
    

Download section

The intermediate simulation model of the previous chapters can be downloaded here.

1. You have to add the class elements for automation. Therefore open the "Manage Class Library"-Dialog by left-clicking on "File > Manage Class Library...". Please add the following automation class libraries (found under "InformationFlow"):
• Method,
• Variable, and
• Socket.
2. You can change the selection at any time chosing the menu entry "Menu > Manage Class Library...".
3. If desired, you can save this model to any location for example to "05_Automation.spp" on your desktop.

In the course of this tutorial you will further extend this model.