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Process Simulator 2009 SP1 Released (version 6.1)

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Service Pack 1 supports additional language operating systems (German, Portuguese, and Spanish) of Windows XP and Vista and Microsoft Office Visio 2003 and 2007.  In addition to several fixes, SP1 contains the following new enhancements:

• Pattern Arrivals – a new arrival connection type allowing for a cyclical entity arrival definition. It is a user-defined pattern of varying quantities spread over a specified period of time. It can be used, for example, to model fluctuating customer arrivals over the course of a day or week.
• Arrivals adhering to a Calendar definition – a Calendar can be assigned to an arrival and will prevent entities from arriving at the activity during a holiday, vacation day, or off-shift period of time. For example, if a periodic arrival is defined to repeat every day, assigning a calendar containing holidays, vacation, and no work to be done on the weekends will prevent the daily arrivals from occurring on the days off.
• All object property windows have been expanded to allow for more space in displaying the properties.
• Detach routes now have the same conditional options as Conditional routes.
• Added a right-click menu to the Scheduled arrivals grid with copy, paste, and delete options.
• The Scheduled arrivals grid can now be sorted, which is accessed through the right-click menu.
• The Attach quantity limit has been increased from 999 to 999,999.
• Improved responsiveness of panning during simulation.
• The new License Manager is included with this release.

Some of the fixes included in SP1:

• In some cases, activities in a submodel (on another page in the same document as the parent model) were not being linked to their data records in the External Data window.
• Resources and entities in a submodel (on another page in the same document as the parent model) that were not defined in the parent model were not being linked to their respective data records in the External Data window.
• Some of the shapes in the Process Simulator stencil could not be assigned data graphics without first grouping the graphics that make up the shape.
• Changes to object properties were not saving if the change was made and then immediately followed by running the simulation.
• A resource shape placed as the left-most shape in the diagram would cause a misalignment during simulation.
• The Simulation Object Explorer and Model Elements windows were not being refreshed when switching between pages in the document

Includes 3DR version 2.0.14.106 containing the following fixes:

• The hotkey to invoke the histogram creation dialog was Ctrl+V and conflicted with the standard Windows hotkey to paste contents from the clipboard.
• Failed arrival records showing zero failed arrivals no longer are included in the table.

Upgrading from Process Simulator 2007 (version 5.x) to Process Simulator 2009 SP1 (version 6.1) requires an Upgrade Serial Number (USN) in order to run the software.  Upgrading from version 6.0 to 6.1 will not require a USN. If you know you will require a USN or are prompted for one, please contact your local ProModel sales representative or ProModel technical support.

For a list of all the features and fixes, check out the list in the Solutions Café or in the Process Simulator Version History PDF.

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