A common usage pattern for resource entities in Simulation Studio consists of the following fundamental steps: create, store, locate, allocate, use, deallocate, and dispose. Each of these steps might use one or more Simulation Studio blocks. In addition to all the regular modeling blocks, six resource-specific blocks are available in Simulation Studio: the Seize, Release, Resource Pool, Resource Scheduler, Resource Agenda, and Resource Stats Collector blocks. These six blocks, together with the other regular blocks, provide all the powerful resource management capabilities in Simulation Studio.

The following sections provide a high level overview of each step in the common usage pattern for resource entities. For additional information about the individual blocks that are mentioned in each of these sections, see Appendix A: Templates.