solidThinking Activate 2017.0 solidThinking Activate enables product creators, system simulation and control engineers to model, simulate and optimize multi-disciplinary systems. By leveraging model based development, ensure that all design requirements are successfully met while also identifying system level problems early in the design process. As a first release Activate 2017 provides the best-in-class, modern user experience including: Model based development of hybrid systems Hierarchical, parameterized multi-disciplinary modeling environment Ability to mix signal-based and physical (Modelica) components in the same diagram Easily extensible, built-in block libraries including library management Model exchange or co-simulation through the Functional Mock-Up interface State-of-the-art co-simulation with multi-body dynamics Ease of compiling models into executable code