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17 Mar: Bug fix releases 22.0.5, 22.2.3 and 23.0.1 are now available.

FloWorks 23.0.0 is now available (06 January 2023). This version of FloWorks is intended for use with FlexSim 2023.

If you are using FloWorks with FlexSim 2022 (LTS) you can upgrade to FloWorks version 22.0.4. If you are using FlexSim 2022 Update 2, you can upgrade to FloWorks version 22.2.2.

All versions can be found in the Downloads section of your FlexSim account on the 3rd party modules tab. Please do not hesitate to report any bugs, usability improvements and feature requests to [email protected].

About FloWorks

FloWorks is a 3rd party module developed and maintained by Talumis BV (talumis.com). It provides faster and more accurate modelling and calculation of fluid systems than the default FlexSim fluid library. It is especially useful within the oil, gas, and bulk industry both for production and supply chain optimization. This module requires a FloWorks license with active maintenance.

For any questions, please email [email protected].

Release notes

FloWorks 23.0.1

• All bug fixes in FloWorks 22.0.5 below.

FloWorks 23.0.0 (6 January 2023)

• Improvement: FlowConveyor snapping improved between conveyors.
• Improvement: Made FlowConveyor properties available in property tables.
• Improvement: Extra FlowConveyor options added, such as virtual length support.
• Improvement: Compare Properties enabled for all active FloWorks objects.
• Improvement: Toolbox items "Level Triggered Event" and "Time Series" support disabled icon.
• Improvement: MassFlowConveyor supports stacked products.
• All bug fixes in FloWorks 22.0.4 below (please note the Known Issues information there).

FloWorks 22.2.3

• All bug fixes in FloWorks 22.0.5 below.

FloWorks 22.2.2 (6 January 2023)

• All bug fixes in FloWorks 22.0.4 below.

FloWorks 22.0.5

• Bug fix: Content issues when using warmup time.
• Bug fix: Input and output trigger ammount issues when using warmup time.
• Bug fix: Solver crashed with (large) networks that contains cycles.
• Improvement: Complete new solver mode added, that improves solver times.
• Improvement: OnEmpty and OnFull are now fired when setting the content using script or ProcessFlow activity.

FloWorks 22.0.4 (6 January 2023)

• Bug fix: Solved FlexSim crashing when FlowControl had invalid references in member list.
• Bug fix: Legacy flow conveyors were (silently) failing in some cases.
• Bug fix: Flow Amount for ItemToFlow and FlowToItem can be set correctly.
• Bug fix: When copying an object it sometimes lost its Flow Control reference.
• Bug fix: Requesting statistics through FlowObject.stats raised an error.
• Bug fix: When setting flow content through code the state is now correctly updated.
• Improvement: Small wording fixes in the user manual.
• Improvement: Updated tutorials.
• Improvement: Updated several outdated or incorrect tooltips.