Getting Started

4 • THE ADVANCED PROCESS PANEL
Unstore module
DESCRIPTION
The Unstore module removes an entity from storage. When an entity arrives at the
Unstore module, the storage specified is decreased and the entity immediately moves
to the next module in the model.
TYPICAL USES
• Removing the entity from an animation location when processing is complete
• Tracking the number of customers within a grocery store (unstore upon exit)
PROMPTS
Prompt
Name
Type
Storage Name
Set Name
Set Index
Attribute
Expression
Description
Unique module identifier displayed on the module shape.
Method of specifying the storage name as a Storage, Set,
Attribute, or Expression. Default will remove an entity from
the last storage that it entered.
Name of the storage to which the entity will be added. Applies
only when the Type is Storage.
Name of the storage set from which the storage is to be selected.
Applies only when the Type is Set.
Index into the defined storage set that contains the desired
storage name. Applies only when the Type is Set.
Name of the attribute whose value contains the storage. Applies
only when the Type is Attribute.
Expression that is evaluated to the storage into which the entity
is placed. Applies only when the Type is Expression.
Adjust Variable module
DESCRIPTION
The Adjust Variable module adjusts a variable to a target value at a specified rate. This
module might be used with the Rotate By Expression option in Global and Resource
pictures to present smooth animated rotations of pictures. It might also be used to
approximate/ animate a continuous increase or decrease to a variable value over time.
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