ProModel

The ProModel Methodology

Visualize Create a dynamic, animated computer model of your business environment from CAD files, process or value stream maps, or Process Simulator models. Clearly see and understand current processes and policies in action.

Analyze Brainstorm using the model to identify potential changes and develop scenarios to test improvements which will achieve business objectives. Run scenarios independently of each other and compare their results in the Output Viewer developed through the latest Microsoft® WPF technology.

Optimize Immediately test the impact of changes on current and future operations, risk free, with predictive scenario comparisons. Determine optimal business performance with a high probability of meeting your business goals.

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The ProModel Advantage ProModel provides decision makers the opportunity to test new ideas for process and system design or improvement before committing the time and resources necessary to build or alter the actual system. ProModel focuses on issues such as: Resource Utilization System Capacity Process Improvement Throughput and Bottleneck Analysis Supply Chain and Logistics Customer Service Levels

By modeling the important elements of a manufacturing, logistics or service system, leaders can experiment with different operating strategies and designs to achieve optimal performance for their organizations.

Six Sigma Initiatives Enhance the effectiveness of Analyze and Improve steps of the DMAIC Methodology. Experiment to ANALYZE how the system responds within the model and develop a total continuous IMPROVEMENT strategy in a dynamic, risk-free environment. Learn more

Manufacturing Performance Improvement Increase throughput by optimizing your processes, systems, and resources Learn more

Supply Chain and Logistics Improve the performance and predictability of your supply chain without costly delivery interruptions Learn more

Product Summary The ProModel Optimization Suite is a discrete-event simulation technology that helps you to make better decisions faster. It is used to plan, design and improve new or existing manufacturing, logistics and other tactical and operational systems. It empowers you to accurately replicate complex real-world processes with their inherent variability and interdependencies, to conduct predictive performance analysis on potential changes, and then to optimize the system based on your key performance indicators. Download

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ProModel: with Six Sigma Analysis and Minitab

 

 

 

ProModel 10.12.224 (July 2022)

 

Enhancements and Improvements



• Licensing now uses MS web edge view 2 runtime. This removes dependance of IE.
• Addressed Shift Carryover issues with Load Perm - improvements with recapture in some load perm situations were made to the engine.
• Removed error message about “square root of a negative number” related to conveyors.
• Resolved issue with Distance Traveled() - if the resource unit valued was less than what you entered for the function, you would see a misleading error message.

 

ProModel AutoCAD® Edition


(Requires additional subscription license)

ProModel AutoCAD Edition now allows the user to build and simulate directly in AutoCAD 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 - leveraging Factory Design Utilities.

Enhancements and Improvements



• Vault is now supported with ProModel AutoCAD Edition. - The simulation can now take advantage of the versioning and revisioning controls of Autodesk’s Vault. This has been tested with 2021, 2022, and 2023 editions.
• Added ability to choose to keep a resource in setup downtimes for a location.
• When you create a new flow with a new entity name, a default graphic is given to the Entity if it did not previously have one assigned.
• Improvements made to the AutoCAD launcher; subsequently it has been move to the “Contents” folder.
• Improved ability to use elements added to a simulation from ProModel Professional (i.e. if you reference an array in ACAD that you created in ProModel, once you have simulated once, you will not see errors regarding the name or usage within AutoCAD.)
• Right clicking on a shift file assignment will now allow the user to open the file.

 

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ProModel 10.11.197 (May 2022)

 

Enhancements and Improvements



• Critical update for issues related to Time Series data collection. We have resolved issues where time series data was being corrupted.
  
  

 

ProModel AutoCAD® Edition

(Requires additional subscription license)

ProModel AutoCAD Edition now allows the user to build and simulate directly in AutoCAD 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 - leveraging Factory Design Utilities.

Enhancements and Improvements

• Critical update for issues related to Time Series data collection. We have resolved issues where time series data was being corrupted.

 

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ProModel 10.11.187 (April 2022)

 

Enhancements and Improvements



• Updated Simulation Start Trace Step button to toggle when Trace is checked in the Simulation Options.
• Fixed issue with Model Instructions window from previous model being left open after starting a “New” Model.
• Upgraded the Visual Studio Pre Req for RDB server 32 and 64 bit from 2010 to 2013.
• Fixed issue where in some cases typing a local variable equals a negative local variable ("int a = -s").
• Improved debugger window to display the logic centered in the debug window.

 

ProModel AutoCAD® Edition

(Requires additional subscription license)

ProModel AutoCAD Edition now allows the user to build and simulate directly in AutoCAD 2020, 2021, and 2022 leveraging Factory Design Utilities


Enhancements and Improvements



• Logic Editor inline compiling - user logic will now compile on the fly
• Logic tool tips for how to use the statements and functions now available.
• Logic Parameter tool tips added.
  
  
  
  
• Logic now has a completion provider to help insure proper construction of logic.
• Theme aware.
• Errors as you type are displayed.
• Logic snippets for If, While, and Do added - If the user types one of the 3 statements and then hits the TAB button twice, the structure of required logic is completed.
  
  

 

• Improved issue found with Path Segment distances not being stored properly.

 

ProModel 3D Animator for Inventor®

(An add-on to ProModel AutoCAD® Edition)

Enhancements and Improvements



• Forge Viewer OBJ clipping issue resolved.
• Fixed issues where sometimes Entities would not show in the correct 3D position.

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ProModel 10.10.143 (January 2022)

Enhancements and Improvements

• Output Viewer COM enhancements:
• Additional stability improvements for OV COM Automation for Entity Count Time Series
• OV export register for 64 bit excel.
• Resolved issues seen with opening and closing Logic in Processing and Routing -  This resolves a potential issue with closing down the move logic window and then trying to open it back up not working in some cases unless the user were to leave Process and Routing and come back.
• Resolved issue reported where Entities in the grid change size based on layout zoom level
• Resolved issue with Entity graphic isn't traveling through path - in some cases,  instead it disappears and appears at the destination

ProModel AutoCAD® Edition

(Requires additional subscription license)

ProModel AutoCAD Edition now allows the user to build and simulate directly in AutoCAD 2020, 2021, and 2022 leveraging Factory Design Utilities.

Enhancements and Improvements

• External Files
• Entity Location files - Create an Excel matrix look-up table to be used in logic. You can auto-generate a template directly from within the UI.



• External Arrivals - Users now have the ability to use an external Excel file for their Entity arrivals.  From within the UI you can auto generate a template to build your external arrival file, which will include all the attributes used within the model at the time the file is created.



• Shifts - Resources and Locations can now have a shift assigned to improved modeling availability.

• Multiple Graphics for Entities - Users can no choose to have multiple graphics to be assigned for an entity. In logic, the entity’s graphic can be changed with a GRAPHIC statement.

• Ability to use blocks/Assets as Entities.

• Route Quantity - as an entity routes to a new destination, it can route with a different quantity.

• Improved validation error process to improve speed
• Optimized Compilation Speed - the model compiles around 7+ times faster the v10.9
• Resolved issues with Logic not Updating within the .MOD
• Sample models - Within Help, and accessible directly from the ProModel Ribbon, you can access Sample Demo models.

• Improve launching the ProModel AutoCAD ribbon.
• Improve Packaging.
• Improve conveyor modification - If you modified a conveyor and change the end of the conveyor without changing the head of it any outgoing routes still go out of the previous end of the conveyor.
• Resolved duplicating a scenario - there was an issue where during duplication it would visually remove the last run date until the user closes scenario manager and re-opens.
• Support for Entity graphics ability to be turned off for simulation for the background graphics.
• Improvement to Variable names - Update variable graphic label on variable name change. if you rename the variable name, it should rename the label on the variable IF the label was not changed manually if label = variable name they should synchronize if you change variable name

ProModel 3D Animator for Inventor®

(An add-on to ProModel AutoCAD® Edition)

Enhancements and Improvements

• Enhanced stability of ribbon within Inventor
• Requirement for model to be saved added to improve issues seen with the Animate and Modify Entity Spots
• Ability added for multiple Entity graphics with in the 3d forge viewer.

 

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ProModel 10.9.124 (November 2021)

 

Enhancements and Improvements

• Additional logic added in ProModel to Operational or Move Logic will no longer get lost.
• Output Viewer COM enhancements:
• Added ability to export Time Series data for Entity Count using COM.

ProModel AutoCAD® Edition

(Requires additional subscription license)

ProModel AutoCAD Edition now allows the user to build and simulate directly in AutoCAD 2020, 2021, and 2022 leveraging Factory Design Utilities.

Enhancements and Improvements

• Multiple outgoing routes to the same destination location will no longer leave duplicates in the built model.
• Debug and Runtime error windows will no longer get lost behind the simulation window.
• Debug and Runtime error windows will now color-code the logic correctly.
• Using an ALL entity flow on a non-English AutoCAD will now properly compile and run.
• The “Entities:” label was changed to “Entity:” for flow properties.
• Added missing space between the depth label and the unit for entity properties.
• Fixed rare issue with certain CPU’s that will crash AutoCAD when building graphics during compilation.
• When creating a flow, the prompt for an entity will now properly allow you to click the All keyword.
• Improvements with German translation in Simulation Properties

ProModel 3D Animator for Inventor®

(An add-on to ProModel AutoCAD® Edition)

Enhancements and Improvements

• Forge Animation improvements with entity spot placement for multi-capacity locations. — Entities now flow to the proper placement of entity spot locations with multi-capacity.
• Resolved issues observed with 3d animation if the simulation was run with animation turned off.

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COMPONENT	REQUIREMENT
Computer and processor	1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x86-64) processor
Memory	1 GB RAM (32-bit); 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
Hard disk	1.5 GB available disk space
Operating system	Windows 10
Other	Internet access (for online registration and updates)