https://www.simul8.com/support/help/ 2026-05-01T13:17:07+00:00 https://www.simul8.com/support/help/ https://www.simul8.com/support/help/mul8.com/support/help/lib/tpl/argon/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-02-27T09:26:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:activateaddon&rev=1740670019&do=diff Accessing Add-ons Some features are only available as part of a different simulation package (e.g. Business or Twin) or as a separate Add-on. Most of the time, all features available to you will automatically be available. Sometimes, however, Simul8 is unable to connect to our server to update your Add-ons list due to security settings or a firewall. If this happens, there is a quick and easy way to manually update your Add-ons. text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:autoload&rev=1739374778&do=diff Automatically Loading Simulations To have Simul8 load simulation automatically when started use a Windows Shortcut. Copy the Simul8 icon on the desktop by dragging it with CONTROL held. Click RIGHT and choose properties. In the shortcut page change the text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:connectedsims&rev=1739374778&do=diff Connect Multiple Simulations With Simul8 it's possible to have multiple simulations connected to each other, so what happens in one simulations affects what happens in another. To do this you use the Exit Times to CSV feature to write the outputs of one simulation to a CSV file. Then use the text/html 2025-04-03T10:29:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:copy&rev=1743694185&do=diff Copying Objects Simul8 provides two different ways to copy simulation objects: 1. Ctrl drag Select objects by holding down the left mouse button and dragging a box around them. Then hold down the ctrl key and drag the selection to create a copy of all the objects. text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:debugging&rev=1739374778&do=diff Debugging My Simulation Checking that a simulation is doing what it is designed to do needs some special tools. Simul8 provides several main ways of checking your simulation: Simulation Monitor The Simulation Monitor is accessed through the Visual Logic tab. It shows every event that has happened, is currently happening, or is due to happen. text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:excel_interface&rev=1739374779&do=diff Creating an Excel Interface Often when building simulations, we create an EXCEL interface. On the interface we include parameters we are likely to want to change, for example staff availability or cycle times and key results such as staff utilization. We build these interfaces for many reasons: text/html 2025-02-26T08:56:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:externaldll&rev=1740581817&do=diff Calling an External DLL from Simul8 There are lots of ways to communicate between Simul8 and other applications. We make a DLL interface available for customers who want to use this method, but there are many easier methods to use. Calling an external dll requires an understanding of DLL and programming in a high level language. If you don’t have this knowledge (and even if you do) you are probably better off using a text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:import_data&rev=1739374779&do=diff Importing Data Data can be used in Simul8 from a number of external sources: * Importing from Excel as an interface * Importing from Excel into a distribution * Database links * Schedule for Arrivals * CSV file for Arrivals * Schedule for Resource Availability * Internal spreadsheets text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:interface&rev=1739374779&do=diff Custom Interfaces There are many ways to create custom interfaces for your simulation: * Creating an Excel Interface * Buttons on the Simulation Window * Custom Dialogs * Simulation Window Tabs See Also * Progress Bar text/html 2025-02-21T08:40:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:interval_results&rev=1740148840&do=diff Collect Interval Results Simulation has to be fast to allow you to be able to quickly try lots of different scenarios. Ensuring Simul8 is the fastest simulation product on the market is key to us. For this reason we don't turn on extended interval collection results by default but the results are there to be turned on if you want them. text/html 2025-10-01T08:24:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:langauge&rev=1759325070&do=diff Simul8 Language Settings (Localization) Simul8 is now available in eight languages: English (US), French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. You will need Simul8 Version 32 Build 4844 or later to access the language options. text/html 2025-02-25T11:18:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:make_my_own_results&rev=1740503882&do=diff Making Your Own Results We collect a lot of results automatically for you in Simul8 but there might be some that are very particular to your process that we might not record. It's really easy in Simul8 to record in your own. You just need to create a data item (a variable) to record the values and add it to the KPI Summary. text/html 2025-02-12T09:39:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:priority&rev=1739374780&do=diff Prioritizing Work A number of methods exist for giving aspects of your simulation priority over other aspects. See priority for: * Activities in competition for Resources * Work Items in Queues * Interrupting work in progress at Activities * Determining the Work Item to select for an Activity text/html 2026-03-25T06:41:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:simul8architecture&rev=1774438908&do=diff text/html 2025-02-21T08:41:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:speed&rev=1740148880&do=diff Speeding Up Your Simulation Simul8 is known for its very fast run times. Independent trials have been shown to be 6 times faster than our nearest speed competitor when running simulations of the same system. Below are some tips to consider to further increase the run speed of simulation. text/html 2025-03-20T09:58:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.simul8.com/support/help/doku.php?id=tips:two_tasks_one_machine&rev=1742482682&do=diff Connected Activities If you have a machine in your operation that performs two tasks in sequence on each Work Item (e.g. Setup and Weld on a welding machine), it may be best to use the Multi-task Timing feature. Using this feature, you can control an Activity's process time by defining multiple tasks (e.g. Setup and Weld) that occur at that Activity. Each task can have its own process time, Resource and image. You can find more information about Multi-task Timing