Getting Started

GETTING STARTED WITH ARENA
Arena .plb libraries
The list of standard Arena picture libraries includes:
• Buldings.plb
• Equipment.plb
• Faces.plb
• Factory.plb
• General.plb
• Machines.plb
• Medical.plb
• Objects.plb
• Office.plb
• Office Equipment.plb
• People.plb
• Symbols.plb
• Vehicles.plb
• Workers.plb
Common shapes may be placed from any of these categories, or they may be added
from the Arena Symbol Factory or other image source by pasting from your
Clipboard into a specific library. If you wish to create your own library of shapes,
simply select New from the Entity Picture Placement window. The “Current Library”
displays “(None Opened)” because the new library has not yet been named or saved.
Simply select Add for each library shape you wish to include in your new library file
(or an existing one), and draw or paste the appropriate images onto the picture editor
board. Remember to drag-and-drop the Ride Point to the appropriate position on your
image.
Arena Symbol Factory
Arena animations can also be enhanced using Arena Symbol Factory’s extensive
library of over 4,000 symbols. These symbols can be used for entity, resource,
transporter, or global pictures, or as graphic symbols within a model window. You
can copy these images directly to the Arena model window, add them to your own
libraries (.plb files), or add them to any of the standard Arena picture library files.
The Symbol Factory application
The Symbol Factory is launched from the main Arena toolbar by selecting Tools >
Arena Symbol Factory. The application screen contains three distinct areas: the
Preview pane, showing an enlarged image of the currently selected symbol; the
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