v3.0

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Date: 13-Jan-17 

  1. Fixed an incompatibility with HASP drivers v7.52 which could cause CADSIM to fail to find a valid CADSIM Plus HASP key.

New Release Version No.: 3.0.29

Date: 24-Feb-16

  1. Relocated CSPlus.err and Verbose.log files (if they are created) to My CADSIM\LOG folder, for compatibility with Windows 8.x or later.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.28

Date: 15-Feb-16

  1. Fixed a a bug which could cause an exception error when making a line pattern or drawing part.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.27

Date: 12-Feb-16

  1. Fixed a a bug which could cause old-style reactions to forget their reactant and product names when the form is closed after creation.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.26

Date: 07-Dec-15

  1. Fixed a problem with the PIDTrack, PIDTrim, PIDcntl and PIDsplit units that could cause CURRENT_OUTPUT to be come Not A Number (NAN).

New Release Version No. : 3.0.25 

Date: 25-Nov-15

  1. Improved compound name matching in the ConnectIn unit.
  2. Fixed a problem with the PID100 unit that could cause CURRENT_OUTPUT to be come Not A Number (NAN).
  3. Improved DDE linking from a multi-doc drawing project to Excel.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.24

Date: 08-Oct-15

  1. Shortened suffix and prefix names for NRTL and IP component names in the PROPERTIES and HyProc PROPERTIES modules to keep them under 25 characters in total.
  2. Fixed a possible exception error when editing Interpolation specs.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.23 

Date: 28-Sep-15

  1. Fixed a problem which could cause incorrect display of product or division specifications.
  2. Improved editing of on-the-fly created variables in drawing mode.
  3. Fixed a bug which could cause an exception error if a new format is created when a number of process lines are windowed.
  4. Made changes to allow linking to Excel spreadsheets that have more than 256 columns.
  5. Fixed a bug which could cause an exception if drawings are combined in a project that have differing sized matrices.
  6. Fixed a problem that resulted in long strings being broken up if they are Ctrl + click selected.
  7. Fixed a possible exception error when closing a text inspector during a text of another object operation.
  8. Fixed a possible exception error when windowing lines and creating a new format.
  9. Fixed a problem with the TRACKER unit that could cause simulation instability.
  10. Corrected units of measure issue (energy vs. mass flow) in BURNER unit.
  11. Corrected problem with EVAPORATOR unit that could cause liquid water in the VAPIN stream to be lost.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.22  

Date: 28-Aug-15

  • Fixed a problem which could cause carry-on-drawing postion of an inserted part, to snap to the closest full snap instead.
  • Fixed a number of problems with drawing unit conversion and arrowhead scaling.
  • Cancelling out of Insert Part could cause CADSIM to lock up.
  • Made improvements to PUMP unit Flow=Calculate keyword to ask for Power and corrected units of measure issues.
  • Fixed a problem which could cause animated line patterns to no longer show after a simulation reset.
  • Corrected default SI Tank Volume units of measure to M^3
  • Lines on dormant layer can cause crash when re-entering simulation mode.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.21 

Date: 16-Jul-15

  1. Improved automatic scaling of drawings and parts when converting between metric and imperial drawing units.
  2. Improved convergence monitor behaviour to show current status when the simulation is paused and you are switching between project tabs.
  3. Improved new chart placement on multi-monitor workstations.
  4. Fixed a bug which could cause exception errors after a Reset is performed for a drawing project simulation.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.20 

Date: 06-Jul-15

  1. Improved variable name matching with ConnectIn units.
  2. Fixed a bug which could cause single line polygons to not close properly.
  3. Improved the robustness of the Linear dialogue box when editing reactions.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.19 

Date: 25-Jun-15

  1. Made some changes to improve stability issues when going back and forth between simulation mode and drawing mode.
  2. Fixed a bug which could cause Condtional specifications to be saved incorrectly.
  3. BURNER unit was displaying wrong units of measure for HHV at runtime.
  4. Fixed a bug which could cause a Critical Alarm on some types of unit controllers, when entering simulation mode.
  5. Fixed a problem which could occur if an animation of a process line loops back upon itself.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.18 

Date: 04-Jun-15

  1. Fixed a bug which could cause animated text angles to be incorrect.
  2. Fixed a bug which could cause the insertion of an imperial unit border to fail to change a new drawing’s units to imperial.
  3. Improved the VALVE unit to give more realistic temperatures if the valve is closed and flow is at or near zero.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.17 

Date: 01-Jun-15

  1. Improved chart and form placement on multiple screens.
  2. Fixed a bug which prevented placement of a parameter spec. for a conditional specification.
  3. Made changes to allow ConnectIn runtime variables to be available for specifications to use in specification mode.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.16 

Date: 27-May-15

  1. Fixed a bug which could change arrowhead scaling after performing a copy/paste operation.
  2. Fixed an issue which could cause line thicknesses to be set to 0.000 after a user-defined compound is edited.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.15 

Date: 11-May-15

  1. Fixed a bug which caused long strings of text (more than 31 characters) to be truncated when the string was dragged and dropped.
  2. Fixed a bug which could cause multiple repaints of a parameters box (polygon with user-defined variables and formats) when it is dragged and dropped.
  3. Fixed an issue which could cause an exception error if a specification is replaced, and then another spec on the same polygon is edited.
  4. Fixed an issue which could allow two ConnectOut units to make a connection to the same ConnectIn unit.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.14

Date: 28-Apr-15

  1. Reduced minimum line thickness for exporting to HPGL from 0.351 to 0.2mm.
  2. Modified ConnectIn and ConnectOut code to prevent two ConnectOut units from connecting to the same ConnectIn unit.
  3. Fixed a bug which could cause the order of polygon text to change if the text is rotated.
  4. Fixed a bug which caused single-clicking when collecting entire polygons to do nothing.
  5. Fixed a bug which could cause an exception in any unit or stream that performs a flash calculation when no pressure is specified (one atmosphere).
  6. Improved the SCREEN unit accuracy when more than one GAS or SUSPENDED SOLID is used.
  7. Fixed a minor sizing problem in the Tools > Options form.
  8. Fixed a bug which could lose track of the current drawing tab when switching between simulation mode and drawing mode.
  9. Fixed a couple of problems that could cause unit exceptions or memory leaks when switching between simulation mode and drawing mode.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.13

Date: 13-Apr-15

  1. Fixed a bug which could cause circles and arcs to be scaled incorrectly when the drawing is exported to an AutoCAD script file.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.12 

Date: 07-Apr-15

  1. Fixed a bug which could cause errors after doing a simulation reset.
  2. Improved chart plotting when simulation is paused and then restarted.
  3. Fixed a bug which could cause an exception error after cancelling out of creating a stream definition.
  4. Improved Copy/Paste to not automatically ‘fix’ text angle.
  5. Clarified the use of the Division specification.
  6. Fixed a bug which could cause a variable to become unavailable after cancelling a spec placement.
  7. Improved the routines for setting up additional CADSIM users on a workstation.
  8. Improved recycle calculations in the TANK (MixTank) and PULPER units.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.11 

Date: 06-Mar-15

  1. Corrected a problem that caused some specification types to not remember their specified variables.
  2. Corrected a problem that could cause an exception error when Change Order of Execution was run.
  3. Fixed a bug which could cause Smart Parts to not attach to vertical lines.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.10

Date: 04-Feb-15

  1. Corrected a problem with pass counters in ORDER, DELAY and PULSE units.
  2. Corrected a problem where METER unit could ask for 0 as a stream index.
  3. Fixed a bug that could cause an exception error when specifying a ConnectIn unit.
  4. Corrected several problems with Linear forms.
  5. Corrected the default value for rate terms.
  6. Fixed a bug which caused animations to not update when switching between drawings in a multi-drawing document.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.09 

Date: 20-Jan-15

  1. Fixed a bug on Copy Wizard that did not undo all copies on Cancel.
  2. Fixed a problem with HANDVALVE which could cause exceptions errors when going back and forth between simulation mode and drawing mode.
  3. Fixed a bug which allowed hidden specification lines to be clickable in simulation mode.
  4. Fixed a minor issue where user-defined compounds created under the Suspended category are not automatically added to the list of compounds.
  5. Made numerous improvements to the Linear form in support of reactions.
  6. Changed the minimum line thickness for animations from 0.1 to 0.01
  7. Fixed a long-standing bug in which Independent Text could selected and moved with the specification and spec line filters enabled.
  8. Removed an exception error if CADSIM Plus fails to find physprops.DTD
  9. Removed erroneous update requests caused by user-defined compounds in Project files.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.08 

Date: 09-Jan-15

  1. Improved runtime dialogue boxes to ensure that they are always displaying current simulation results when the simulation is paused.
  2. Fixed a problem that could cause the SDEF Generate Molar Derived Variables option to not be saved.
  3. Fixed a bug which could cause arrowheads to be rescaled multiple times when parts in inserted into a multi-document project with inch dimensions.
  4. Fixed a problem that could cause unwanted abbreviation of variable names.
  5. Results formats could stop updating if a file save operation was cancelled when returning to drawing mode – fixed.
  6. Fixed a bug which could cause an exception error when cancelling an SDEF edit of a drawing in a multi-document project.
  7. Fixed a bug which prevented placing a results format on a line if the line was not pre-selected.
  8. Improved time setting changes in multi-document projects.
  9. Fixed potential exception errors when switching between simulation mode and drawing mode.
  10. Fixed a bug which caused the Add Animation variable lists to not be populated.
  11. Fixed a bug which caused the Animation parameters drop down list to be empty.
  12. Fixed a problem with inverse kinetic rates stopping the reaction.
  13. Fixed a bug that could cause access violations using the REPORT keyword with the TANK unit.
  14. Corrected potential problems with recycle state on TANK unit.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.07 

Date: 16-Dec-14

  1. Improved cloning from multi-select polygon sides.
  2. Improved reactions linear dialogue box format to eliminate variable list from being repositioned after repeated edits.
  3. Removed an invalid variable index error when DESORB unit is used with a numeric stream variable that is set to zero.
  4. Fixed a bug that could cause CADSIM Plus to pause for several minutes when Percentage of Real Time was changed on the fly in simulation mode.
  5. Fixed a problem where a Division spec could become a Product spec if the factor was edited.
  6. Added key combustion properties (Is_Fuel, O2_Used) to CARBON in CP physical properties.
  7. Fixed a problem where ConnectIn and ConnectOut units may not correctly match streams if one stream is a superset of the other.
  8. Fixed in bug in TANK unit which resulted in it not loading Start Up File info correctly for tracking variables.
  9. Fixed a bug in animations where stream variable names were not used correctly.
  10. Fixed a bug in TANK unit with reactions that could effect restoring data when using AutoTune, DDR and optimization.
  11. Improvements to Optim (Simplex) and Rosenbrock optimization modules.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.06 

Date: 01-Oct-14

  1. Restored the ability to select part of a drawing and perform Align to Snap without changing the rest of the drawing.
  2. Fixed a problem with .rec file naming in data rec.
  3. Fixed a bug which allowed users to partially create a reaction that has no reactants.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.05 

Date: 30-Sep-14

  1. Fixed a bug which could cause mouse clicks to be missed when cloning the attributes of an object in drawing mode.
  2. Fixed a bug which caused a Conditional specification on a derived variable (such as VOLUMETRIC_FLOW) to change the free (mass) variable instead.
  3. Fixed a problem which could cause the locate button on some error messages to fail.
  4. Fixed a problem where some fields in the Linear forms would be initialized to a non-zero value.
  5. Fixed a bug which prevented placing an existing results format on a line if the line was not preselected.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.04

Date: 5-Sep-14

  1. Fixed a bug which could cause multiple chart color to be saved incorrectly.
  2. Fixed a bug which caused chart time step to be read as minutes instead of seconds.
  3. Fixed a bug which prevented an edit of a time-based conditional specification to be ignored the next time simulation mode was run.
  4. Corrected a problem which prevented exiting the COM link dialog box after deleting the last link item in the list.
  5. Fixed several minor issues when editing measurements, including a problem when an external was placed on a polygon, which reverted the measurement variable to the default selection.
  6. Fixed a bug which could cause the TANK unit to cause an exception error when the REPORTALL=TRUE keyword is used.
  7. Corrected several problems with the current working directory set to the wrong folder under Windows XP. Also, on file open.
  8. Corrected a problem with sample configuration files for the Simplex External Optimization projects.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.03 

Date: 11-Aug-14

  1. Fixed a problem that could cause CADSIM to think that polygon side thickness has changed, when it has not.
  2. Fixed a bug which could cause Convergence Monitoring tolerance to be set to when CADSIM is used with a Spanish version of Windows.

New Release Version No. : 3.0.02 

Date: 15-Jul-14

CADSIM Plus Version 3.0 new features:

+ Multi-document Interface:

+ A new CADSIM Plus multi-document interface allows two or more CADSIM Plus drawings to be developed as separate simulations, and then linked together to run as single simulation model. The new interface features tabbed windows, one for each drawing, that are available in both drawing and simulation modes.
+ Multi-document allows you to run each drawing to a steady-state and save a startup file, prior to running them as a group. If done properly, this can save a lot of time in getting a large simulation to run in a stable condition.
Multi-document makes it easier for individuals to collaborate on a large project.
+ A project file (filename.draproj) holds a list of drawing names and is used to launch CADSIM Plus in multi-document mode.

+ New Units:

+ Standard Library:

+ ConnectIn and ConnectOut (connection units for multi-document drawings)

+ Improved Units:

+ Standard Library:

+ Pump (added affinity laws)
+ Pipe, Pump and Valve (calculate outlet pressure when PRESSURE is not a stream variable)
+ Euler (added reset option)
+ Storage, Tower, Tank and Mixer (add Age = VariableName and plant-wide product tracking capabilities)

+ Dynamic Data Reconciliation:

+ New filter types (Integral and Savitzky Golay cubic polynomial)
+ Support for multiple filters (allows up to 5 filter types per measurement)
+ New objective functions (Gaussian, Fair, Lorentzian and Contaminated Gaussian)
+ Faster than real-time catch-up (runs DDR faster than real time)
+ Improved measurement reports in .rec file

+ Specifications:

+ Right-click to toggle between single and multiple specifications

+ Error Messages:

+ Added locate button to many error messages to help find the source of the problem

+ Runtime Factors:

+ Added runtime access to some specified factors, such as linear, ratio etc. which can now be changed on the fly without returning to drawing mode.

+ Control Lines:

+ Specification control lines can be globally set invisible. And when you click to select a specification, its control lines will appear temporarily while it is selected.

+ Reactions Editor:

+ Added estimate heat of reaction based on reacting compounds

+ Simulation Time Units:

+ Extended options for specifying the units of measure for simulated time, to include milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours and days

New Release Version No. : 3.0.01