Getting Started

B Library Shapes and Symbols
Arena .plb picture files
Arena’s picture libraries (*.plb files) contain images that you may use for entity,
resource, and global pictures. You can use the images in these libraries for any of
these three types of picture animation. You also can copy these pictures into your own
libraries, draw new pictures in Arena’s picture editor, or add pictures from the Arena
Symbol Factory to any .plb file. View the online help topic “Animating Objects” to
learn more about adding symbols to your picture libraries.
The Basic Process library supplies a set of default entity pictures that are preloaded
into your Arena models. When you start a model, Arena adds the pictures from
BasicProcess.plb to the entity picture list (see the Edit > Entity Pictures menu).
Also, the predefined names associated with these pictures are added to the entity
picture list (for example, Picture.Report) in the Entity module and Entity picture
placement dialog box.
Example pictures in Basic Process.plb
Report Bike Airplane Man Woman Blue Ball Red Ball
Green Ball Yellow Ball Boat Box Diskette Letter Red Page
Blue Page Yellow Page Green Page Envelope Truck Van Widgets
Email Telephone Package Fax
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