FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New version
6.0 of VisSim™ is now shipping.
Westford, Massachusetts, August 29, 2005 - Visual
Solutions Incorporated (VSI) announces the immediate availability of VisSim
Version 6.0 for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP.
VisSim Version 6.0 adds new blocks, an improved
simulation engine, and enhanced user interface. The new blocks, audioIn and audioOut, read and
write audio from .WAV files or a Windows audio device. The delayedSwitch
block enables the user to control the delay for the ‘on’ and ‘off’ commands
found in process control. Version 6.0 provides new options for more accurate
control over how the Display Block formats numeric data. Other new blocks
include: maxElement, minElement,
time of day, and video. The export and import blocks have been improved to
allow ‘,’ as decimal point, and allow ‘.’ as a field separator. The import block now
understands hh:mm:ss.ff as a
time specification format.
The
new Maple interface blocks communicate with Maple, a
mathematical problem-solving software. These blocks allow
the reading and writing of scalar and matrix data to the Maple workspace, as
well as execution of Maple scripts. This brings a fast smooth interface between
VisSim and Maple.
The
new add-on ‘Knobs and Gauges’ block set lets the user
specify
various blocks to give high quality graphical behavior of interactive gauges,
meters, dials, switches and knobs. This allows the user to create a ‘dashboard’
face plate to drive and monitor your VisSim model.
V6.0
brings an improved user interface. The addition of the VisSim Tutor allows the
user to annotate a VisSim diagram with interactive help balloons so that the
user can read and understand it better.
The
new VisSim Diagram Explorer Window now allows the user to explore the VisSim
menu hierarchy. This makes it very convenient to insert blocks from deeply
nested menu trees.
Simulation engine enhancements include:
·
Subsystem Superclocking, which allows
all blocks within a Compound block to run at a user defined rate faster than the
overall sym rate. It allows for containment of high frequency components,
iterating through matrixes, or modeling of partial differential equations.
·
Two new integration methods for solving
adaptive step stiff systems.
·
A real time scale factor which allows the user to run real time
simulations at multiples or fractions of real time.
·
Auto check pointing lets the user automatically save diagram state
to a file name with a time stamp suffix. The file contains the current state of
all variables in the diagram at that point of the simulation. This is useful
for operator training, allowing the operator to go back in time and re-simulate
questionable decisions.
Trial
versions of the VisSim 6.0 software, tutorials and marketing
information are available free from the Visual Solutions web site:
www.vissim.com.
About
Visual Solutions
Since 1989, Visual Solutions (VSI) has been a pioneer in
the development of Windows-based software for the modeling and simulation of
dynamic systems. Their mission is to provide easy-to-use, powerful and
affordable modeling, simulation and embedded system design software.
VisSim
is the winner of Electronic Design News Magazine's Hot 100 New Technologies.
VisSim software is much easier to use and offers faster simulation speeds than
competitive products. Additionally, VisSim includes the unique VisSim Viewer™,
a run-time, view-only version of VisSim that enables users to distribute models
at no charge.
For more information contact:
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Jim Webb
Sales Manager
Phone: 978 392-0100 ext.18
Fax: 978 692-3102
Email: jim.webb@vissol.com