GoldSim v14

oldSim 14.0 was released on October 4, 2021. It is a major new version and introduces numerous new features and capabilities to GoldSim, as well as many enhancements and corrections. For an overview of new features and changes, please refer to document GoldSim 14.0 Summary.pdf. A link is available in the GoldSim 14.0 program group in the Windows start menu.

New features are described below:

• Added a new result element for flexible table and chart display of Final Value result data or derived statistics. All result display types offer flexible mapping and customization options. Chart types include bar, column and pie charts. [5283]
• Added a Logic-Tree element for advanced representation of a logic system with automatic result rollup. Supported node types are: And, Or, Condition, Not-Condition and N-Vote. [2898]
• Improved the Distributed Processing Controller with a refreshed user interface, improved reliability and convenience functions. [5762]
• Improved the Distributed Processing Client with a new user interface, automatic display layout capabilities, ability to 'gather all client windows', improved reliability and additional convenience functions. [5760]
• Added ability to add multiple Distributed Processing Clients to Controller list at once. [5781]
• Added a new dashboard control to change simulation time settings. [3717]
• Added ability to access to Scenario Data dialog from Scenario Dashboard Control in GoldSim and Player. [5789]
• Implemented a read-only mode for Scenario Data tables for GoldSim Player models. [5196]
• Added new functions to find the minimum/maximum variables in lookup tables (tablemin(), tablemax()). [5641]
• Added new complementary error function erfc(). [5812]
• Added DateTime functions to create a date or to extract components of a date. [5622]
• Changed logic alerting to Zero Media Amount in a Contaminent Transport Cell. [5778]
• Changed Contaminent Transport Algorithm so that effective volume is not weighted when Solution Precision is set to 'Low'. [5773]
• Changed logic triggering warning message for rapid volume change in Contaminent Transport Cell pathways. [5775]
• Changed Inflow/Outflow imbalance warning message in Contaminant Transport Cell pathways. [5774]
• Added many new, modernized icons and quicksets to the Dashboard Result Status control. [5768, 5777]
• Replaced Flag and some Red/Yellow/Green light icons in Dashboard Result Status control. [5780, 5633]
• Modernized the look of GoldSim charts by adjusting default font type and foreground colors of axes and labels. [5665]
• Adjusted basic and Custom Color selection for Graphical Object Properties. [5396]
• Added end-user capability to create, store, easily use and share a set of custom colors, all accessible in a new color picker control. [4799]
• Replaced insensitive computer engineering terminology 'Master' and 'Slave' with 'Controller' and 'Client' in all of GoldSim's distributed processing components. [5746]