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ProModel / MedModel / ServiceModel 5.3

Version 5.3, an update to Release 2002 is currently available for download from the Solutions Café. This update includes the latest improvements:

•Added additional Views functionality. Views can be quickly changed and previewed while defining. More definable views are now available (150). A "Views Panel" can be turned on at run-time, allowing for easy switching between defined views.
•Improved memory management over versions 5.1 and 5.2.
•More advanced crane interference logic.
•The Trace window has been enabled to show 2000 lines of activity.
•Resizable windows for many new windows, such as Scenarios, and Information windows at run time.
•The latest version of Output Viewer 3DR
•The latest version of Stat::Fit 2

Version 2003 of ProModel, MedModel, and ServiceModel will be available at the end of March, 2003. This release will include many sought after features, such as the ability to Trace based upon a particular location or entity, and new system functions to return "percent operation" for specific locations and entities. Look for more details in our next newsletter!

ProModel PI (for Process Improvement) is now available!
This great add-on product enables simulation of Microsoft VISIO business diagrams. ProModel PI installs as a plug-in to VISIO, and seamlessly creates and runs simulation models, without ever leaving VISIO! Whatever your application, diagram it, then simulate and analyze without having to leave VISIO. For complex processes, let ProModel PI build your seed model then add more detail using your professional product. Models are easily readable and customizable in ProModel, MedModel, or ServiceModel. This new product is available for purchase for all current license holders of our software.

OptQuest ® for ProModel
This optimization software is a robust and powerful add-on for users of ProModel, MedModel and ServiceModel. OptQuest uses the latest state-of-the-art optimization algorithms-based upon integer programming, neural networks, scatter search, and tabu search. Get your copy now!

Innovate
Innovate 1.2 is the currently released version, with Version 2.0 shipping in February 2003. As seen at the Winter Simulation Conference 2003, version 2 provides hierarchical modeling, shifts, and queues. This new release will be shipping with a 3D graphic editor as well!

Questions?
If you have any product questions, please don't hesitate to contact our technical support team (support@ProModel.com), your regional manager, or our product manager, Rochelle Price (rprice@ProModel.com). We would love to hear from you!