What's In the SIMUL8 2015 Service Pack

This lists all the changes, enhancements and fixes to SIMUL8 2015 since it was first shipped. The build numbers relate to both SIMUL8 Professional and SIMUL8 Basic, but some comments may only apply to one of the products.

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Enhancements and Fixes in Build 3254

  • Fixed: Arrival points with "Fixed" inter-arrival times had no arrivals if the fixed value was an expression rather than a constant

Enhancements and Fixes in Build 3252

  • Resolved and issue that occassionally caused "Match" not to pull all the required work items when used in combination with "Label Variable Collect"
  • Spreadsheet "copy/paste" buttons now leave focus with the spreadsheet
  • Resources changed from being pools to simple resources now default to zero team size to emulate "pool with no skills"
  • Fixed: Some configurations of the Scheduled Maintenance feature prevented unrelated Simulation Objects being deleted

Enhancements and Fixes in Build 3250

  • A number of speed improvements for cloud based running
  • Fixed: Conveyors saved in XML files lost Label Action distribution information of the information was an expression
  • Fixed: Vehicles could load Work Items destined for loaders the vehicle was not allowed to park if route obtained via Jobs Matrix
  • Fixed: Traveling Resources that went off shift before reaching destination could cause a data conflict after they came back on shift

Enhancements and Fixes in Build 3242

  • Fixed a bug where a Traveling Resource obtained via interruption would not return to the orginal activity if the interrupting work was merged at an activity in collect/assemble mode.

Enhancements and Fixes in Build 3208

  • Mouse wheel now scrolls Results Manager.
  • Restored some missing short cut keys in VL editor.
  • New Find/Replace option in VL now has Global option.
  • The option to hold on to resources while other are released (eg for shift changes) has been extended to breakdowns.
  • Fixed a bug in Resource Individuality.
  • Minimum Wait Time can now be set to blank ("") in VL if required.

Build 3192 was first shipping SIMUL8 Release 2015