GAME: an object-oriented approach to computer animation in flexible manufacturing system modelling

Graphically animating results from a simulation is typically a tedious programming task. GAME (graphic animator for modelling and evaluation) is a graphical editor and animator dedicated to discrete flow manufacturing system which authorizes both the building of a manufacturing system topology with graphical objects and the animation of these objects via discrete event simulation results. The object-oriented design of GAME allowed other domain tackling (computer systems, networks, administrative systems, . . .). GAME is independent of the simulator used upstream and was mainly designed for communication, decision-making, simulation model validation and debugging. An implementation of GAME was achieved with C++. The current version has been validated on many industrial sites with the QNAP2, and SIMAN simulation software