The Source panel defines what items the source creates and when they're created.
The following properties are on the Source panel:
This is used to define what class of flow item the source will create. To view and edit flow item classes, select Go to Flowitem Bin in the drop down, or go to the open the Flowitem Bin using the Toolbox.
This menu specifies the way that the source creates flow items. It has the following options:
The following properties only appear when Inter-Arrival Time is selected as the Arrival Style:
If this is checked, one flow item will be created at time 0. The next will be created at the end of the first inter-arrival time.
A function that returns the amount of time the source should wait before creating the next flow item.
The following properties only appear when Arrival Schedule or Arrival Sequence is selected as the Arrival Style:
If this box is checked, the schedule or sequence will continually repeat itself until the model is stopped. In the case of a schedule, the arrival defined in row 1 will occur 0 seconds after the time defined for the arrival in the last row. This means that the arrival time for the very first row of the table is only used once for a given simulation. Note that this initial delay can be used as a warm-up period. If you would like to specify an interval time between the arrival time of the last row and the arrival time of the first for when repeated, then add another row to the end of the table and specify a quantity of 0.
This opens the Arrivals window where you can edit the arrivals in a table view.
The Arrivals window has the following properties:
This specifies how many rows are in the arrival table.
This specifies how many columns are in the arrival table. Additional columns will be added for labels and their initial values that will be added to the flow items when they are created.
- This button adds the table as
a row in the Excel Importer.
This is the time in model time units that the arrival will occur (Arrival Schedule only).
Specifies the name of the flow item when it's created.
This number specifies how many flow items will be created during this arrival.
These columns specify the labels that will be added to created flow item and their initial values.