FlexSim 2025 includes the new Container object, Task Sequence Queues, a Utilization by Hour chart, and much more.
FlexSim 2024 Update 2 includes a built-in curve fitter, breakpoints for Process Flow activities, A* Grid improvements, and much more.
Beginning with FlexSim 2024 Update 2, the Emulation Module will be available directly from Flexcon s.r.l. via your FlexSim Account, rather than bundled with FlexSim’s installer.
FlexSim 2024 Update 1 includes a new object creation workflow, headless webserver, Event Log improvement, and much more.
FlexSim 2024 is packed with new features and improvements covering workspaces, person visuals, USD support, and more.
FlexSim has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Autodesk. When it is completed, this acquisition will provide an amazing opportunity to expand and enhance FlexSim’s capabilities as we partner with Autodesk’s global product development ecosystem.
FlexSim 2023 Update 2 has our new NVIDIA Omniverse connector, USD support, the ability to export a restricted model, plus much more.
FlexSim 2023 Update 1 includes improvements to the Mass Flow Conveyor, a Table Validation tool, a new processor shape, and much more.
FlexSim 2023 brings a better integration with Microsoft’s Project Bonsai (for AI/ML projects), expanded emulation functionality, additional support for AVG/AMR modeling (to help with Kiva and AutoStore systems), plus so much more.
FlexSim 2022 Update 2 includes updates to help with modeling autonomous mobile robots (AMR), AI/ML using Microsoft’s Project Bonsai, transportation routing using freight railways, and much more.
FlexSim 2022 Update 1 introduces an integration with Python, coroutines in FlexScript, a range-based Experimenter job, enhanced functionality for multi-floor modeling, and much more.
FlexSim 2022 introduces new features for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, a significant update to the Experimenter, and expanded chart pinning options.
After great deliberation, FlexSim has decided they will not be attending, exhibiting, or sponsoring at the 2021 Winter Simulation Conference.
FlexSim 2021 Update 2 introduces the GIS Module for supply chain and logistics simulation. It also includes a new Template system, updates and improvements to AGV, A*, and the UI, and much more.
FlexSim 2021 Update 1 expands on the pre-built logic for AGV systems with four new templates. It also improves model visualization in RTX Mode, adds visual options for bottling lines using the Mass Flow Conveyor, updates the Simulation Control Bar with new features and functionality, and much more.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court of Utah in favor of FlexSim Software Products, Inc. and against Simio LLC, ending the patent infringement litigation initiated more than four years ago and sustaining FlexSim’s long-held belief that Simio’s asserted patent rights were invalid.
FlexSim 2021 introduces the Mass Flow Conveyor, which will help in modeling food and bulk goods manufacturing, bottling, and more. It also includes improvements to parameters and performance measures and an Empirical Distribution tool.
FlexSim 2020 Update 2 includes our most focused effort yet to include agent-based behaviors to your simulation models. This release also includes significant updates and improvements to object/activity properties, the user interface, and Process Flow functionality.
Beginning with FlexSim 2021, we will no longer be releasing 32-bit versions of FlexSim. FlexSim’s system requirements will include using a 64-bit Windows operating system. We believe this change will improve the quality of our software and maintain an exceptional user experience.
For the fourth straight year, FlexSim Simulation Software sponsored the Lean Simulation Competition in Brazil. Each year, a similar competition is held where students have the opportunity to use FlexSim to face and solve a complex consulting project, problem or planning.
This release is another huge step forward for FlexSim’s AGV module, both in its improvements to model more warehousing situation and in its new ability to model train and rail systems. FlexSim 2020 Update 1 also streamlines libraries with new pop-out menus, introduces a simpler and more friendly Statistics Collector, and much more.
Winners to the FlexSim Latino American Competition of Logistics Simulation were recently announced during the Latin American Congress Closing Awards event in Ecuador on March 13. Students competed to deliver simulation-based solutions for a real-world problem in South America.
FlexSim software was used in the recent Latin America simulation competition. Teams, which ranged from all across South America, submitted solutions and 3D simulation models to solve distribution handling and operating problems.
This release features improvements and additions throughout the software, from visuals to emulation to people-based modeling and beyond. FlexSim 2020 adds support for the OPC UA protocol when making PLC connections, adds numerous updates and additions for people-based modeling, new lighting effects, and much more.
This release introduces a massive amount of functionality and new tools for modeling warehouses, including new storage system objects and options. FlexSim 2019 Update 2 also includes rendering with ray tracing, extensive dashboard improvements, and more.
FlexSim 2019 Update 1 expands on the People Module, with better visuals, automatic data collection, chart templates, and elevators.
FlexSim was recently featured in a virtual reality social innovation competition that aimed to solve existing social and environmental issues in Hong Kong. Students were trained to use the simulation software to create their own 3D models and judged on their design, innovations, and overall presentation.
FlexSim 2019 includes the ability to import JT files, improvements to the A* and People Modules, and much more.
FlexSim 2018 Update 2 provides the ability to use distributed CPUs in the Experimenter and Optimizer—either using Cloud computing, your own computers in a local network, or both. This means that you can significantly reduce the time to run replications in your FlexSim experiments. Plus reversible conveyors, Sankey diagrams, and much more.
Takes a long time (more than a few minutes) to run a single replication
Contains a very large number of replications
FlexSim is excited to debut two advancements in simulation technology. The projects, developed with FlexSim’s partner in Italy, Flexcon s.r.l. in conjunction with Comau, have exciting applications in the ever-expanding world of Industry 4.0.
FlexSim CEO Mr. William Nordgren has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the simulation technology industry.
FlexSim 2018 Update 1 brings improved database connectivity to improve your data experience. It also comes with new objects (including a waiting line for people-based systems), box plot charts, and much more.
FlexSim 2018 brings the new People Module for modeling people-based systems, a brand-new library of Dashboard templates, Excel import/export enhancements, and much more.
Esprit engineering school in Tunisia put on a simulation competition involving 140 students and 27 teams.
FlexSim 2017 Update 2 brings an important change to how FlexSim collects and displays data. This data and analysis change has two major advantages. First, it gives you fine-tuned control to gather exactly the data you’re looking for. Second, it gives direct access to the raw data; FlexSim now behaves similarly to popular spreadsheet and charting applications, where the data comes first and then any number of charts and graphs can be created from the data.
FlexSim is excited to be represented at the VIII Gala of Logistics, an annual event focused on “implementing modern technologies into business life.” FlexSim executives Bill Nordren and Roger Hullinger will speak at the event.
This update to FlexSim 2017 takes FlexSim’s virtual reality capabilities to the next level. It starts with the Oculus Touch hand controllers. With their natural gestures and finger movements, this technology will let you experience a FlexSim model like never before. This update also includes expanded ease-of-use features to save time building simulation models, improvements to SQL in FlexSim, and much more.
A lot of the development in FlexSim 2017 centered around FlexScript, our powerful and easy-to-use scripting language. We believe the end result is a more cohesive and intuitive experience when you choose to use FlexScript in a model—check out our recent blog post for more details, and read on for more information on the great new features and improvements in this release.
FlexSim was recently featured in the European Mensa Annual Gathering (EMAG) in Poland. FlexSim specialist, Dawid Dabal, spoke on FlexSim simulation software and its dynamic technology in his presentation, and how ‘smart technology’, such as simulation, can benefit anyone seeking solutions to complex problems.
FlexSim 2016 Update 2 contains a handful of key user interface improvements that will streamline and enhance the modeling experience, including the all-new Quick Library interface. We’ve also added three new Process Flow activities (Split, Synchronize, and Join) to help with coordinating processes—you can use these coordination activities to selectively synchronize several events, allowing you to properly model these complex systems with less time and effort than ever before.
FlexSim partner Cempel Consulting was featured in RFID Journal for creating a model that allows companies to compare how RFID stacks up against other methods of labeling used in their operations. It shows the benefits of switching to RFID within a realistic, visually compelling simulation.
This version of FlexSim introduces a stable, long-term release of our simulation modeling software that will continue to receive bug fixes for several releases. It also introduces templates for Process Flow. These pre-made standard objects—along with two incredibly powerful AGV templates—can be customized using activities in Process Flow, as opposed to a combination of triggers and other methods. The AGV templates are game changers, vastly reducing the time you need to spend developing the logic for AGV models.
FlexSim 7.7 features exciting exciting visual enhancements to add even more realism to your models. We’ve also included Process Flow, a powerful and flexible new tool for handling complex logic.
Politecnico di Torino has finalized an agreement with FlexSim Software Products, Inc. to provide 3D simulation modeling software to the university. Students and professors will receive the same industry-standard software used by companies worldwide in the manufacturing, material handling, healthcare, warehousing, mining, and supply chain sectors.
FlexSim 7.5 comes pre-packaged with the all-new Conveyor Module, a powerful library for simulating conveyor systems. It was designed to be user friendly yet capable of modeling complex material handling systems.
FlexSim 7.3 adds several features, including AutoSave, that will make model building more convenient. This latest version also builds on the visual improvements in versions 7 and 7.1 to cement FlexSim as the industry leader in 3D simulation software. Check out the new Toolbox, the Model Floor object, and much more.
FlexSim’s truck haulage simulation application will be used by mining industry leader RPM in their HAULSIM product, the first industry-specific haulage simulation solution. It is the most powerful tool available for modeling, analyzing, visualizing, and optimizing a haulage network, providing confidence and accuracy in mine plans. “We are excited to be working with RPM in mining,” said FlexSim CEO Bill Nordgren.
The biggest change in 7.1.0 is to the area of analytics, which have been fully assimilated into the dashboard interface. The information that was previously found in FlexSim Chart and the Statistics tab of an object’s properties window can now be accessed in one central location, making dashboards a “one stop shop” for real-time data and analysis.
In the Summer of 2013, students in and around the Chesapeake area had the opportunity to participate in the STEM Zombie Challenge at their local library. The event, which was sponsored by local organizations and supported by FlexSim, encouraged junior high and high school-aged students to work together, learn, and have fun while playing a game that was built into a FlexSim model.
FlexSim partnered with ModSim Connected to create a simulation game, Zombie Attack. Through support from the Commonwealth of Virginia, the game sought to enhance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills and showcase modeling and simulation to the youth in Virginia.