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FlexSim 2019 Update 2 Available

FlexSim 2019 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 a Storage System object to improve warehouse modeling.
  • Improved the Rack object.
  • Added more types of racks to the library.
  • Updated the Sketchup SDK to load newer skp file versions.
  • Added a ray tracing render mode.
  • Added a Color Palette tool.
  • Improved the color picker popup.
  • Updated dashboard charts to use color palettes.
  • Added options for showing column names to charts.
  • Added options for showing multiple Y-axes on timeplots and histograms.
  • Updated box plot options for categorizing and coloring data points.
  • Added an option for reordering axis categories on timeplots, histograms, and box plots.
  • Added additional line styles and visualization options to timeplots.
  • Added Table methods for using indexed columns.
  • Added a resetvalues attribute.
  • Added Object getVariable() and setVariable() methods.
  • Updated the SQL IS keyword to work with expressions.
  • Improved performance of SQL queries on tables with indexed columns.
  • Added an array parameter to Math.max() and Math.min().
  • Added a binary bundle field type.
  • Added a button to Model Settings to export embedded media.
  • Changed the default Person flowitem into separate Man and Woman flowitems.
  • Added options for using the object's color to Person Visuals.
  • Added a changepersonvisuals() command and pick options.
  • Updated the Model Background properties window.
  • Added a right-click option to show/hide model backgrounds from the Toolbox.
  • Added pick options for using lists to the Pick Operator field on the processor.
  • Updated various pick options to use generic label references.
  • Added options to the List for special handling of SELECT values.
  • Added Text options to Quick Properties.
  • Added mean and standard deviation to the statistical distribution popup.
  • Added icons to various pick option menus.
  • Improved the Copy Variable function of Edit Selected Objects.
  • Added the location coordinate system button to the General tab of object properties.
  • Removed the Build menu; its options can still be added to the user toolbar.
  • Changed the run speed slider to behave as a ratio of real time instead of model units per second.
  • Changed the color of the selection box in the 3D view to be more visible.
  • Fixed a bug with deleting array data from a node.
  • Fixed an exception with cloning a table without rows.
  • Fixed a bug with applying experimenter triggers.

Backwards Compatibility Note: the following changes may slightly change the way updated models behave.

  • Improved the rendering performance of some imported shapes by optimizing their meshes by material. Some mesh customizations may apply differently for some shapes.
  • Charts now ignore null values instead of trying to categorize or plot them.
  • Changed the FlexScript + operator to concatenate numbers with strings.
  • Fixed some FlexScript math operations with numbers and null variants.
  • Fixed an issue with FlexScript downcasting not always type checking properly in certain expressions. For example, "Object obj = param(1);" will now correctly throw an exception if param(1) is a treenode without Object data.
  • Updated the Rack's place offset to be the actual location that the item will be placed.
  • Fixed a bug with labels added during events at time 0 not being deleted on reset.
  • Fixed a bug in Color.random().

Process Flow

  • Changed the scroll wheel to zoom instead of panning the view up and down.
  • Removed the extra outline around stacked blocks.
  • Changed the default option for Release Batch on max wait timer and max idle timer to have Failed unchecked.
  • Organized the ProcessFlow list on the toolbar based on the Toolbox folder structure.
  • Changed Event-Triggered Source and Wait for Event panels to be collapsible.
  • Added an edit field for the number of arrivals on the Scheduled Source.
  • Added a getlastacquiredresource() command.
  • Changed the color of the selection box to match the 3D view's.

Backwards Compatibility Note: the following changes may slightly change the way updated models behave.

  • Updated Move Object's Preserve Global Position checkbox to preserve location and rotation.

People

  • Added an experiment variable for changing the number of objects in a People group.
  • Added a visual indicator to show when objects are acquired by the shift schedule.
  • Added A* dividers to waiting lines and other objects.
  • Added a custom window for People Down Behaviors.
  • Added a Keep Person on Transport checkbox to the Transport Person activity.
  • Changed the default Arrivals activities to randomize the created person's visuals.
  • Added state history tables.
  • Adjusted the Staff's walk back to reset position so that it is preempted if acquired by something else.
  • Updated activity subflows so travelers synchronize their speeds when traveling together.
  • Moved copying token labels to the created person to after the people settings labels are added so values aren't overwritten.
  • Fixed a bug with getting the value of certain types of labels defined in People Settings.
  • Walls are now created at the current Grid Z height.

Conveyor

  • Improved naming of various objects.
  • Fixed a bug with the height of decision points when created with certain model units.
  • Added a chain texture to conveyor belt visual options.

AGV

  • Updated curved path quick properties to be able to specify start and end points.
  • Improved naming of control points and areas.

A*

  • Added the A* Navigator to the Toolbox.
  • Updated the A* Navigator Properties window.
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Mischa Spelt avatar image Mischa Spelt commented ·

That's an impressive feature / fix list, congratulations!

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