Powersim Studio 9 Academic

Superior functionality, ease-of-use, and affordability make Powersim Studio 9 an excellent choice for students and teachers at accredited educational institutions.

The standard Powersim Studio 9 Academic products have the features described under major release of Studio 9.

The Powersim Studio 9 Academic products with Feature Pack as an Add-on, have the features described under Feature Pack 2 of Studio 9.

Key Features

NEW: Introduced Placeholders in Studio; useful when texts are repeated several places. Create a placeholder containing that text, and refer to the placeholder instead

NEW: Use Placeholders when you connect to Spreadsheets
NEW: Use Placeholders when you connect to Database Datasets

NEW: Introduced new functions related to Databases; DBRANGE, DBRANGEDATA; DBPIVOTDATA that amongst other allows to extract data at run-time
NEW: It is now possible to use a string parameter with the NUMERICAL function
NEW: DISPLAYAS can now refer to the DISPLAYAS unit or to one of the dimensions of another variable

NEW: Introduced the Save Excel Document action. This action saves an Excel document created by a preceding Create Excel Document action
NEW: It is now possible to change the Dash style for Curves in the Time Graph, Chart, and Scatter controls
NEW: It is now possible to optimize and synchronize the simulation from Sidekick windows with the Optimize and WaitUntilFinishedPlaying methods
NEW: It is now possible to execute the actions of an event from Sidekick windows with the ExecuteActionsOfEvent method

A new platform version of Powersim Studio targeting 64-bit Windows is now available, allowing for larger models and increased simulation performance.
The amount of memory used to store all elements of all variables in the active simulation is now displayed in the Statistics page of the Project Information dialog (maximum 2 GB)
It is now possible to have up to 1,000,000 runs in a simulation
The user interface of Studio has undergone a facelift. The icons in toolbars, menus, and the various windows of the application are now true color icons.
A presentation in Powersim Studio can now have sidekick windows that allow you to add new visual elements and more dynamics to your presentations
You can now change the position of a legend for a Time Graph or Chart control
It is now possible to import values to start-up variables through datasets
You can now create effects for series variables
Easy-to-use graphical user interface
Integrated platform to develop and run simulation models
Automatic unit control, which improve quality of models
Build models with 6-dimensional arrays
Possibilities for ranges make working with arrays easier;

Element names can be shared among enumeration ranges
Use free-text element names in enumeration ranges
RUNRANGE gives a dimension that corresponds to all runs

Runs simulation using 2-core processors
Value Inspector, see dependents and precedents of variables
Includes connection to spreadsheet dataset
Includes connection to relational database dataset
Action buttons give interactivity when building games
Function library with more than 200 functions
Includes Optimization and Risk Analysis
Scatter graph output control
Find and replace text strings in the Equations view quickly when a variable name is changed throughout your model

Terms for Academic products

Academic versions of the Software strictly prohibit commercial use and are solely for purposes of teaching and learning theoretical methodology within universities or accredited teaching organizations.
The term ‘commercial use’ is understood as any purpose connected with, or engaged in, or sponsored by, or used in commerce or commercial enterprises.
Non-profit and research organizations, foundations or institutes are prohibited from using academic versions.