Running Locally

Once you have installed GSim successfully as per the instructions given by “Installation section”, you are ready to run the program. This section will detail how to run GSim locally on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.

Running GSim on Windows

You can start GSim in the following ways on Windows:

  • Select the GSim Icon

    • Double-click on the GSim shortcut on your desktop

    • Go to your Start menu, navigate to the Tech-X folder, and click on the GSim icon

  • Run GSim from the Windows Command Line

    • Navigate to the relevant program folder by going to AppData -> Roaming -> Tech-X -> GSim-1.0 -> Contents -> bin

    • Type in GSimComposer.exe to run the GSim executable and launch the program

  • Open GSim through Windows File Explorer

    • Open Windows File Explorer, either through your start menu, desktop shortcut, or taskbar icon

    • Navigate to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Tech-X\ GSim-1.0

      • You can either click on the GSimComposer.lnk shortcut in this folder, or…

      • Continue on to Contents –> bin and then double-click on GSimComposer.exe

  • Open GSim using an existing file

    • Open Windows File Explorer

    • Select a file that has a GSim-supported extension (like a .pre, .in, or .sdf, for example). Either…

      • Double-click on the file if its default program is GSimComposer

      • If its default program is not GSimComposer, right-click on the file and select Open with. Go into AppData -> Roaming -> Tech-X -> GSim-1.0 -> Contents –> bin and select the GSimComposer.exe application file.

Note

There is a known Windows-OpenGL issue when using GSim over a Microsoft Remote Desktop connection where the application window appears blank on some Windows machines with some graphics cards or some drivers. We provide a RemoteGSimComposer.bat script to work around this issue. It disconnects the remote session and starts GSim while disconnected, so that when the user reconnects, GSim works properly. If you see this issue, launch this script by right-clicking on RemoteGSimComposer.bat and choose “Run as administrator”.

Running GSim on Mac

On Mac OS, the methods for starting GSim are:

  • Start from the Applications Folder

    • Click on the GSimComposer icon in the Applications/GSim folder (or in the folder where you have GSim installed)

  • Run GSim from Terminal Window

    • Open a Terminal window

    • Navigate to the folder where GSimComposer is installed, most likely by going to /Applications/GSim-1.0/GSimComposer.app/Contents/MacOS

    • Start GSim by typing ./GSimComposer.sh to run the program executable

Running GSim on Linux

For Linux, you can start GSim through the following:

  • Navigate to the folder where the program is installed, for example /user/local/GSim-1.0-Linux64

  • Type in ./GSimComposer.sh to run the program executable