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I am trying to load models into a licensed version of SIMIO RPS that have been created in the academic version of Simio. I am getting a meesage that states that these non-commercial models cannot be loaded into a commercial version of Simo. Is there a way to load theses non-commercial models into the licensed version of Simio RPS? I would like to be able to take advantage in using these academic models to provide solutions that we are identifying.

Hello everyone, I am creating a new "customize" model and try to enable addon process, but I cannot find this option in the following list.

Hello, i am using the Financials Properties in Simio. In this simple model, i have parameters for different cost types (see in the picture). All the cost types are used with the default financial states. The dynamic label of the ModelEntiy shows the expression "ModelEntity.Cost", so it roll all the cost components up in the particular entity. The entity in the processing has a value of 76.84. (rolled up) Now my question is, is it possible to see all the cost components for all my model entity, for example as a expression in a floor label or in a data table. Thank you!

Hello! So I am using a source that is sending out 9 different entities, each with a priority 1-9. They are listed in a Data table called 'Part Data' This is the 'Table Row Referencing' call I am using in 'Before Creating Entities' in the 'Row Number' section: PartData.Priority.RandomRow I want to switch this to use a Random.Normal(mean, sd) - is that possible with discrete values in the table? Thank you for any help you can provide!

I want to create a list of materials from data table. I can refer to inventory replenishment policy from table by adding by adding "replenishment policy" property from data tables. But how do I define the default values of Re order point and Up to Level parameters for these auto-created materials? I cannot see such option even in the built in Material Table Scheme. Any help is really appreciated. Kind regards

Hi all, I want to create a list of tasks from data table which I will use in the server objects tasks sequence. When I want to refer to all of the properties of material requirements to data tables, I am facing a restriction as follows: a) I can refer the material "Action Type" (Consume\Produce) property from server object to data table by adding an "MaterialActionType" enumeration property to data table. b) If referencing in a) was NOT done, for the selected action type (lets say produce was selected), I can refer the "production type" (Material/Bill of Materials) property by adding a "MaterialOptions" enumeration property to data table. However, when I do the task in a) an additional row appears in server object, now showing both consumption type and production type in properties. Then I am unable to set reference to data table as in b) any more. Is it possible to refer BOTH "Action Type" (Consume/Produce) and "Material Options" (Material/BOM) simulatenously? If yes how? Could you please guide? Kind regards, Tolgahan

Hi, I want to generate one type of product with one interarrival time. I have one source and one model entity. However, this entity can have different lengths following probabilities. Depending on these properties, the processing times at the servers will be shorter or longer. I tried to assign a state to the entity before this entity exits the source so ModelEntity.Length becomes DataLength.prob.randomrow. where DataLength is a table with the different lengths and the probabilities associated with those Lengths. The only thing is that it is a property and not a state, but I do not know how to do it in another way. Afterwards, I have different processing times at the servers depending on the different characteristics of my entity. For example, server1 will have different processing times depending on the length. How can I reference to the good processing time say I have added a column to the table DataLength with the associated processingtimes according to the lengths? Finally, I would also like keep track of those different lengths generated and see what the model produced in the end. Thank you for your help, Emilie

Hello. I have a vehicle that moves through Top level model to Submodel. However, Entity in Submodel Could not Call the vehicle in the top level model. Thoughts as to why it gets stuck here? RideOnTransporter_In_Submodel.spfx

Hi, I am trying to build an object library for an airport terminal. For this, I build the objects as separate models and place them in a 'sampleairport' model for testing them all together. The 'sampleairport' model contains all the objects, so it has no issue referencing to properties from the placed objects. However the other way around does not seem possible. For example; I want the user to import a standard format flight schedule, which will be uploaded in the 'sampleaiport' model. Now I need to reference this table from the other models, but Simio does not allow me to do this? Is there a way I can reference the table or other properties from models in my other models? Thank you Jason

A single track demo model of train operation from pit to port. You can define number of wagons, locomotives, the position of locos, the sequence of the fleet, etc. Contact me if you have any questions. PitPortDemoModel.spfx

How do I access a table column by name using a table property defined for the model? In my model, I have multiple data tables each with the same named columns defined for each. Each table has a different number of rows. For a run or a set of replications, I want to select a table to use. I have defined a model-level table property named _SelectedTable to support this. During simulation runs, I want to access this selected table's data by row and column name. Specifically, I want to use this data to update model entity state variables. I also want to stop creating entities when all of the rows of the table have been accessed. I've tried two partial solutions to this problem (attached), but neither are ideal. 1. Create a large set of decide add-on processes to choose the decide the correct table and explicitly reference it by its name. This requires a lot of redundant steps and maintenance if tables are added or removed. The attached example contains just two tables. Controls OptionId and _SelectedTable must be set to either (Option1 and tableOption1) or (Option2 and tableOption2). The first control selects the Entity Type and the second selects the Table. 2. Using the column index number instead of the column name, I found I can use the table property to access the selected table. This method is prone to error if the table schema changes. It is also unclear which table properties, such as "AvailableRowCount" are accessible via this approach. The attached example contains two tables just as the previous. The control _SelectedTable chooses which table from which data is acccessed. In practice, the data tables will be substantially larger than the ones included in the attachments. Looking forward to constructive guidance, Ryan table_selection_by_name.spfx table_selection_by_column_number.spfx

Hello, I am interested in doing a simulation model with a colleague. Because of this we want to reduce the workload by dividing the tasks to be done. Is it possible or is there any way to join different files (models) into a final one? Or copy objects from one model to another? Thanks in advance.

Dear Simio employee, I have two questions about 'getting' the average holding time for all the realisations of my subclassed vehicle. I want to know how long an entity is on a vehicle, on average. I tried it with two processes, but both don't work. I don't understand why the following doesn't work (process GemTijdOpAGV): And I also don't understand why the process TijdContainerOpVoertuig doesn't work. I don't understand the error: 'Model Entity does not match the model', or something like that. I created two instances of de model entity, named 'container and pallet', but it seems like I can't use model entity in some processes and in others I can. Why is that and when can you use model entity and when not? (This is also true for instances of a vehicle.) I have attached the model below, but it is still in progress. I hope to hear from you soon! With kind regards, Thomas Haven_v1 project DS model met RS en dus intelligent MTS.spfx

Hi, I have several sources that create the same container entity, yet every container entity created carries out different tasks throughout the model. I would like to change properties of specific container entities, for example, each time the container entity in "lane 1" gets filled, it changes the speed of that container entity (not of all the population of container entities). How can I do this? Thank you!!!

Hello, If I have created a list state variable (The list just contains each day of the week. ie: "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", etc...) and I want to assign a new value in a state assignment of the facility to a particular day within the list state variable how can I do this? It seems like I can only reference the List State Variable as a whole but I don't know how to assign values to the contents of the variable.... Thanks!

Hello, I am fairly new to Simio and having a bit of an issue trying to understand how I can create the pull down option for "ModelEntity.Row", when trying using an "Assign" step to set the Entity Weight. I hope this makes sense and I have attached a few pictures. The first is a screenshot of my process in the simulation I am working, and as can be seen I do not get an option that reads "ModelEntity.Row" and/or "ModelEntity.RowOreWaste". the last two pictures are from simulations I am using as reference when creating my process and simulation model. thank you

Hello everyone, First time here! I'm trying to combine 2 different models in the same file, the model on the left will create the model entities (colored dots below the model) and send them to the model on the right through the node OUT2, then, on the right model, the vehicle will pick the entity and decide its destination depending on the type of entity, the issue here is that the right model can't identify the entity as it's created on another model and will be called "Model1.Entity" instead of "Entity", i don't know how to ignore the "Model1."part. I've tried to use model entity's state variables, hoping to be able to read them with the expression "ModelEntity.NameOfVariable", but i can't seem to assign values as it says that "Specified name was not found". Fusing both models in the same model it's not an option as i want to be able to make different configurations. Thanks! CONFIGURADOR.spfx

Hi, In my project, I have the (main) model of object type 'fixed' and a model of object type 'server'. In one of the processes executed by the model 'server', I want to add a search step that searches a specific entity in the entity population of the main model. How can I do this? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, Christa

Hi SI Forum, I am a student using the student version and ran into a problem of the size of my model. I had too many objects in my model environment and needed to split my control model apart from my future conditions model. This might not have been the best approach, but it was the best way I could think to solve the issue at the time. In the model, I did use different random number streams for each random variable. My question is: how can I compare a future conditions model to a control model if they were run in separate project files? Is this possible? When looking through the outputs, all response variables are correlated in the future conditions model, but not to the control model. I've already requested a large model upgrade to help with this issue in future runs of this model. However, I'm trying to understand what's causing the difference between the models. If both models are using common random number streams for the random inputs, why wouldn't the control model response variables be correlated to the future conditions model outputs? Maybe there is a way to link the two models. Is it possible to have two models in the same project file by linking them somehow? Additionally, if you have other ideas on best practices for reducing redundancy in modeling practice, it would be great to learn from your experiences! Thanks!

I was wondeing if is there any way of doing a warm up period for the model. I know that's easy to do in the experiments mode, but It whould be great to be able to do it somehow in the facility view. Any suggestions? Rds.

Heya! I'm quite new to Simio, At the moment, I am wondering in what way I should model the following: Im trying to model a simple roadway, with entities being able to catch up with one entity ahead and keeps following this entitiy to form a sort of "train". At the moment I am using decides steps such as: ModelEntity.NetworkDistanceTo.NextEntityAheadOnLink< "certain distance" --> if true ModelEntity.Movement.Rate +0.5. But this solution only sort of works when im using one path. I know there is something like ModelEntity.Location.X, which should work wherever the entity should be. So, is there any smart way to 'connect' the entities (with a maximum number of entities able to connect) And how to I make them accelerate so they are able to catch-up?

Hi, I wanted to implement in my model that certain entities exhibiting a certain trait will have to go to a certain node in my diagram, while entities exhibiting another trait will have to go to another node in my diagram. This characteristic can be made referenced to in one of my Data Tables, under one of the columns in that table. I also used the Decide step, where I changed the DecideType to "condition based" and wrote the condition as: Datatable[CurrentRowNumber].characteristic > (A number). However, the flow of the entities do not abide by the decision logic. How may I resolve the problem? Thank you!