FlexSim 2018 Update 2 is available.
If you have bug reports or other feedback on the software, please email [email protected] or create a new idea in the Development space.
Release Notes
- Added an interface for running experiments and optimizations on the cloud.
- Added a mechanism for adding new charts as experimenter performance measures.
- Added a Sankey Diagram to the dashboard charts.
- Added a Milestone Collector statistics tool and chart templates.
- Added a way to customize how objects draw their 3D shape meshes.
- Added {} syntax to specify FlexScript expressions in SQL queries.
- Added a Down Behavior tool that can be used by Time Tables and MTBF MTTR objects.
- Added a message() method to the Object class to replace sendmessage() and senddelayedmessage().
- Added a varchar bundle field type for variable-length strings.
- Added status bar updates to the table view.
- Updated the bar and pie charts with more options and data formats.
- Added duration settings to the gantt chart.
- Added new task sequence classes to the FlexScript API.
- Added a getCategoryName() method to the TrackedVariable class.
- Added getEntryFromValue() and reevaluateBackOrders() methods to the List class.
- Added padStart() and padEnd() methods to the string class.
- Added an option to sort back orders independent of entries when reevaluating back orders.
- Added an option to configure a list to always leave its entries on the list.
- Added events to the Statistics Collector.
- Added options for sorting rows in statistics collectors.
- Added dot syntax label access to List.BackOrder.
- Added a backOrder keyword that is available in a list back order queue strategy.
- Added a new overload to List.pull() that takes both an array and a query.
- Updated user library functionality to better handle conveyor types and containers.
- Updated Move into Highlighted code to preserve global position and rotation.
- Improved sampler options in various places.
- Improved drop-down options with label values in several places.
- Updated the Ctrl+W keyboard shortcut so it correctly closes the window that has keyboard focus.
- Updated the query() command to re-throw exceptions.
- Fixed a bug with updating bundle indexes when using certain commands.
- Fixed a performance bug with pasting into bundle tables.
- Fixed a window docking bug.
- Fixed a bug with the robot not drawing collision spheres or its stopped indicator.
Backwards Compatibility Note: the following changes may slightly change the way updated models behave.
- Changed Variant math operations on non-numbers to throw exceptions.
- Updated the Source to automatically attach task executer flowitems to the DefaultNavigator.
- Updated dumpquery() to use bundle varchar fields.
- Fixed an issue with the Z-axis being inverted for screen-locked shapes in perspective 3D views.
Process Flow
- Added stop() and resume() methods to the Token class.
- Updated global shared assets so they now have a separate global block instance.
- Updated Edit Mode so you can no longer move activities when it is off.
- Added a check box to quick properties to turn off all trace histories.
- Updated Wait for Event to handle listening to arrays of objects.
- Updated Pull from List so you can use it with a Resource shared asset.
- Updated the Resource so you can point it at a global List or a List shared asset.
- Added a way to sample shared assets in certain fields.
- Updated the naming convention for Resource object copies.
- Added an error message when trying to rename a shared asset the same name as another.
- Improved the performance of the Wait for Event activity.
People
- Updated the multi-location to allow people to enter without an available sub-location.
Conveyor
- Added a max count slug building property to the conveyor type.
- Added a catch condition to the power and free functionality to customize whether a given dog will actually catch an item.
- Added the capability to reverse conveyors under certain conditions.
- Changed the roller skew kinematics to be based on item travel distance instead of time.
- Changed the conveyor's belt repeat distance to sync to the adjusted dog interval.
- Fixed a bug with decision points snapping to grid when added with a conveyor from a user library.
AGV
- Updated path transfers to prioritize their requests.
- Fixed an issue with accumulating path allocations causing AGVs to get stuck.
- Fixed various issues with AGVs having different deceleration values.
Backwards Compatibility Note: the following changes may slightly change the way updated models behave.
- Improvements to AGV proximity detection on accumulating paths.
Emulation
- Fixed Modbus polling for changes.
- Fixed the Modbus panels in the Variable shared asset so they show the associated object now.
