Version 4.5

The final release of Flexsim 4.5 is available for download in the User Login section.

Flexsim 4.5 (Jan 2009) - new features:

• Flexsim now follows your windows theme.
• Moved the run control buttons from the bottom of the window to the top.
• Added various modes at the top of the window for connecting/selecting/creating objects as an alternative to holding keys down while click-dragging. Also added some cursor changes for easier understanding of what is going on.
• Rather than “downclick-drag-upclick” to connect objects, you can “click-click” objects to connect. The yellow line and cursor is indicative of what is going on.
• The sidebar options on the ortho/perspective/tree views are now individual windows accessed through the View > Modeling Utilities menu.
• The orthographic, perspective, planar, and tree views (document windows) can be tabbed together by clicking on a window to move it, dragging it on top of another window, hovering the mouse still for a moment, and releasing the mouse when the black outline appears on the window below. You can drag tabs out of windows by clicking on the tab and dragging it outside the window it is in.
• The windows in Modeling Utilities can also be tabbed together in this manner.
• You can save your workspace in the Environment tab of the Global Preferences window. New models will then open with your default workspace rather than just the library and ortho windows. You can also revert your windows back to that saved default workspace through the Window menu.
• You can add buttons to the Toolbar through the Global Preferences window.
• Combined Parameters and Properties windows for all the default Flexsim objects.
• Improved the table widget including copy/paste functionality.
• Added more commands for table handling such as addtablerow() and deletetablecol().
• Added a scrollbar to the tree view.
• Colored nodes with attribute names differently in the tree for easier understanding.
• Changed the right-click menu for the tree/ortho/persp/planar views
• Changed the Flexscript builder and parser. Building and running Flexscript code is now significantly faster.
• Added the BasicConveyor to the library.
• Allowed use of 3d shape frames for user-defined moving parts of various task executers.
• Cleaned up many of the useless prints in the System Console.
• Added a model OnReset trigger in Tools > Model Triggers.
• Added an OnStateChange event. This attribute currently must be added from the tree to individual objects. It is not in the objects’ default GUIs.
• Added the highlighted object’s state to the Ortho status bar.
• Fixed the Visual Tool’s Display Contents bug.
• Changed the default colors in the state chart for easier reading.
• You can call refreshview() on a single GUI widget now instead of having to refresh the entire view.
• Copy/Pasting nodes in the tree is significantly sped up.
• Other various user interface improvements and bug fixes including many issues posted to the development list.

After installing 4.5, you need to re-enter your license information including a new version code for 4.5 that is available in the "license activation" topic on the left after clicking the download link to 4.5. You will probably need to run the Flexsim compiler configurator after upgrading if you want to be able to compile.

Much work has been done to improve the User's Manual and tutorials. There is much knowledge to be had.

The installer for 4.32 is still available in the Flexsim Archive (the last option in the Downloads page of the Flexsim User Area of the website).