FloWorks 2024 released

FloWorks 24.0.5 is now available (27 August 2024). This version of FloWorks is intended for use with FlexSim 2024.

If you are using FloWorks with FlexSim 2023 (LTS), please use FloWorks version 23.0.5 (LTS). If you are using FloWorks with FlexSim 2023 Update 2, please use FloWorks version 23.2.2.

For FlexSim 2024 Update 1 or FlexSim 2024 Update 2, please use the FloWorks version starting with 24.1 or 24.2, respectively.

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

View the full release notes in the online documentation.

FloWorks 24.0.5 (27 August 2024)

Bug fix: Version 24.0.4 installer contained an incorrect module (.t) file
Bug fix: Removed ProcessFlow activities which are only available from 24.1 from the drag/drop library

FloWorks 24.0.4 (6 August 2024)

Bug fix: FlowToItem was not behaving correctly when an item buffer was used.
Bug fix: Fixed a timing issue when FlowToItem got starved while an item was being released.
Bug fix: Fixed some rounding issues in event scheduling.
Bug fix: Fixed Quick Properties product combo when product has been deleted.
Bug fix: Missing states 19 and 20 added to state profile.
Bug fix: Fixed several issues in FlowConveyor visualization.
Bug fix: Invalid curved FlowConveyor animation fixed.
Bug fix: Invalid initial content for Segmented Pipe fixed.
Bug fix: "FlowConveyor content changes are not allowed" error (and subsequent exception) fixed.
Improvment: Curved conveyor now also supports FlowConveyor length property.
Improvement: Tank label hidden in FlowItems (FlowVessel and FlowTruck).
Improvement: Cleaned up the variables in the FlowItems' model tree.
Improvement: Tank size/position and max content changed for FlowTruck, also as FlowTaskExecuter.
Improvement: Slight optimization in preventing unnecessary FlowControl events.
Improvement: Added SetMaxContent for FlowToItem and improved handling for Flow Tanks.

FloWorks 24.0.3 (17 April 2024)

QuickProperties behavior improved.
Fixed invalid manual references.
Fixed missing code completion documentation

FloWorks 24.0.2 (6 March 2024)

Made activity path references in warning message more clear
Restore missing Flow Trigger Process Flow activities to the library
Fixed Tank level indicator settings for some tank shapes
Add Accumulating checkbox to the Conveyor properties

FloWorks 24.0.1 (5 February 2024)

Added vertical splitter to Mixer recipe editor and other small layout improvements.
Fixed missing icons in statistics panel pin menus.
Flow Polygon Tank property panels fixed and documentation updated.
Added "Fill Sideways" property for Flow Polygon Tank.
IsMultiProduct setting on Flow Tank is now a proper property.
Renamed Flow Tank shapes from Cylindric and Rectangular to Tank and Container, respectively.
Fixed "Copy Production Plan" button in Flow To Item properties.
Some objects were not correctly reset.
ItemToFlow statistics were accessible through .output instead of .input.

Breaking changes:

Deprecated the input.triggerAmount, input.triggerInterval, output.triggerAmount, and output.triggerInterval properties.
FlowObject.stats.input and FlowObject.stats.output now return a Tracked Variable.
Cylindric level indicator now expects size of bounding box instead of center and radius. The update script will try to convert these for you.

FloWorks 24.0.0 (14 January 2024)

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.5 below.
Improved warning and error messages throughout
Fixed rounding issue in Mass Flow Conveyor

FloWorks 23.2.2

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.5 below.

FloWorks 23.2.1 (7 November 2023)

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.4 below.

FloWorks 23.2.0 (10 August 2023)

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.3 below.

FloWorks 23.1.3

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.5 below.

FloWorks 23.1.2 (7 November 2023)

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.4 below.

FloWorks 23.1.1 (26 July 2023)

All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.3 below.

FloWorks 23.1.0 (12 April 2023)

Segmented Pipe: removed virtual content and fixed properties
Changed default content of flow tanks and mixer from 50,000 to 1,000.
All bug fixes in FloWorks 23.0.2 below.

FloWorks 23.0.5

Rounding error mode added to Flow control.
Improved error message when new content exceeds max content
Added ratios function to FlowComposition
Error message doesn't show time when stepping, but shows it when running
Bug fix: Flow Pipe "Calculate Max. Content From Size" was not working
Bug fix: Statistics nodes content, input and output checked during rate precalculation
Bug fix: Flow control group panel Statistics renamed to Tracked Variables
Bug fix: FlowComposition interface fixed
Bug fix: GetProductTypeAmount function fixed for new flow conveyor
Bug fix: Tank full event is not scheduled in some cases
Bug fix: Flow rates are not always converted when using non-standard units
Bug fix: FlowPipe max content update in QuickProperties also updates the current content
Bug fix: Set flow rate activity does not always set both in and outflow rate
Bug fix: Level indicator is not allowed to be set to 0
Bug fix: Several Segmented Pipe draw issues fixed
Bug fix: Names of FloWorks ProcessFlow activities were made more consistent with FlexSim style
Bug fix: Set Product Type activity shows list of defined products when using a product table
Bug fix: Name dropdown of ProcessFlow statistics popup also working for FloWorks activities
Bug fix: Fixed On Full / On Empty event sometimes firing twice for the same tank top / bottom

FloWorks 23.0.4 (7 November 2023)

Bug fix: Fixed several errors in Flow Conveyor content calculations
Bug fix: Additional checks on input / output and triggers when rounding content

Backwards Compatibility Note:

The following change may change the way updated models behave.

Bug fix: Fixed an issue with binding of interface classes. This sometimes caused replications to get initialized incorrectly in an existing FlexSim experimenter instance.

FloWorks 23.0.3 (26 July 2023)

Bug fix: Module dependency shows invalid module version number
All bug fixes in FloWorks 22.0.7 below.

FloWorks 23.0.2 (12 April 2023)

Moved flow control to toolbox
Support time series, level triggered event and workability in Tools.create and Tools.get
Added context menu option to disable time series in toolbox
Added dot syntax to create flow controls, get the default flow control, and request recalculation of a flow control's network
All bug fixes in FloWorks 22.0.6 below.

FloWorks 23.0.1 (16 March 2023)

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).