Simulation tip of the month – Waitexpired

Software:

Siemens Plant Simulation, version 14

Tip:

New functionality with Waitexpired

Why it’s useful:

Greater flexibility

How it works:

It’s now possible to set a time limit on how long the waituntil command waits unless triggered already. Previously, the Waituntil function would continue to run for as long as it took to trigger, but with the new Waitexpired functionality you can set your choice of time limit on how long to wait before the command is ignored and the code continues to run.

The code for how to use it:

waituntil SingleProc.Empty wait 60

if waitExpired

(SingleProc)

else

@.delete

End

Since version 14 of Plant Simulation was released by Siemens earlier this year, the team at Simulation Solutions have been making the most of the latest functionality, including:

• Seeing the paths your workers walked during a model run with the new worker Sankey diagram
• Easily setting up where MUs are placed in 3D objects with the animation area option (added to the MU animation setting in 3D),
• Having the option to scale parts automatically in 3D.