chiaha-SLX plays Proof Animation layout and trace files (.lay and .atf) in its browser workspace. Open the files you already have, or run an SLX model that writes them and watch the animation when the run ends.
Files you have. In the workspace’s Animation tab, press Open… and choose the .lay and .atf files together. The layout draws, and the trace plays on it.
A model that writes them. An SLX model that writes a layout and a trace with filedef and write file= plays them as soon as the run ends. Models that already write Proof files keep their animation.
Either way you can seek, change speed, zoom, pop the animation out into its own window, or go full screen. Open the coffee counter example in the workspace to see one.
filedef lay output name = "counter.lay";
filedef atf output name = "counter.atf";
...
write file=atf (time) "time _.____\n";
write file=atf (id) "create person _\n";
write file=atf (id) "place _ on queue\n";
write file=atf "set bar busy top 1\n";
write file=atf (id) "set _ color F2\n";
...
write file=atf "end\n";The reader follows Proof’s published file syntax. Command words can be shortened the way Proof allows (TI for TIME, PLA for PLACE), and names are matched without regard to case.
| File | Commands | In chiaha-SLX |
|---|---|---|
| Layout (.lay) | DEFINE, COLOR, LINE, ARC, FILL, TEXT, MESSAGE, BAR, PIE, SEGMENT, VIEW; paths with accumulation, queues, classes | Plays |
| Trace (.atf) | TIME, DT, CREATE, PLACE, MOVE, DESTROY, SET, WRITE, ATTACH, DETACH, ROTATE, PLOT, END | Plays |
| Both | Isometric views, split windows, rear guide point motion, sounds | Not yet |
If an animation doesn’t look the way it did in Proof, send the two files to info@chiaha.com and we’ll look at it.
Files you open in the Animation tab are read in your browser and aren’t sent to our server. When you run a model, the run happens in a temporary folder on our server that’s deleted as soon as the run ends. We don’t keep your model or its results.
Animation is part of chiaha-SLX on every plan, including the free one. To open and run the models behind your animations, read running SLX models in your browser.
Proof Animation and SLX are trademarks of their respective owners. ChiAha is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.