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FlexSim 2020 Update 1 Available

FlexSim 2020 Update 1 is available.

If you have bug reports or other feedback on the software, please email dev@flexsim.com or create a new idea in the Development space.

Release Notes

  • Updated the Statistics Collector to be simpler and more user friendly.
  • Added a PowerPoint FlexScript API.
  • Added an HTTP FlexScript API.
  • Added a sorting tab to various charts.
  • Improved performance of chart templates.
  • Replaced the code profiler with a new Performance Profiler.
  • Added a Memory Profiler.
  • Added OnEntry and OnExit events to TaskExecuter objects.
  • Added an icon to library items that launch a pop-out library of choices.
  • Reorganized the dashboard library using the pop-out library to consolidate charts with multiple visualizations.
  • Updated the WebServer to use the Version Selector.
  • Added a Find/Replace UI for global tables.
  • Added support for Ctrl-F and Ctrl-H keyboard shortcuts for various windows.
  • Added support for renaming objects using the F2 keyboard shortcut.
  • Added a Vec3 overload to the Object.setRotation() method.
  • Added a stop parameter to the userinput() command which will stop code execution until a value is entered.
  • Added a default parameter to the realtime() command that returns realtime(1)+0.001*realtime(2).
  • Updated various pickoptions to use the TaskSequence and TaskExecuter APIs.
  • Added tutorials for the Statistics Collector.
  • Added a Variant overload to the Table() constructor.
  • Fixed some issues with the importtable() command.

AGV

  • Added new Train functionality.
  • Added offset travel functionality to the AGV network.
  • Added a time-based trailing option.
  • Added the routing drawing feature to a right click option.
  • Updated Quick Properties' apply to all selected objects functionality to work with AGV objects.
  • Made arrows bigger.
  • Fixed several spinners in Quick Properties not applying immediately.

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

  • Changed behavior for when a TaskExecuter is connected to an AGV network, and is set to use the navigator for its offset travel. Previously, the navigator was hard-coded to find the closest control point. Now, you instead need to add an OnAGVOffsetTravel trigger to the navigator, wherein you can direct the AGV how to offset.

People

  • Added clipboard, test tube, and pill bottle flow items.
  • Added a Max Speed property to Equipment objects.
  • Updated Transport and Equipment objects to do low priority returns.
  • Added the ability to install instanced People flows.
  • Updated the LocationStaytimeHistory chart to handle people entering and exiting transports inside a location.

Process Flow

  • Added an AGV travel activity.
  • Updated the Sink to notify parent tokens on a Run Sub Flow activity that the child token finished the subflow.
  • Updated the Wait for Event and Event-triggered Source activities to be able to display more than one link at a time.
  • Updated the sampler for Universal Edit fields to display process flow variables and current labels when sampling white space.
  • Added a pop-out library for choosing the shape of Container objects.
  • Added a pop-out library for choosing the type of travel activity.

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  • Updated the Heat Map to use a Color Pallete.
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