Running Locally¶
Once you have installed VSim successfully as per the instructions given by VSim Installation, you are ready to run the program. This section will detail how to run VSim locally on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.
Running VSim on Windows¶
You can start VSim in the following ways on Windows:
Select the VSim Icon
Double-click on the VSim shortcut on your desktop
Go to your Start menu, navigate to the Tech-X folder, and click on the VSim icon
Run VSim from the Windows Command Line
Navigate to the relevant program folder by going to Program Files -> Tech-X -> VSim-10.0 -> Contents -> bin
Type in VSimComposer.exe to run the VSim executable and launch the program
Open VSim through Windows File Explorer
Open Windows File Explorer, either through your start menu, desktop shortcut, or taskbar icon
Navigate to C:Program FilesTech-XVSim-10.0
You can either click on the VSimComposer.lnk shortcut in this folder, or…
Continue on to Contents –> bin and then double-click on VSimComposer.exe
Open VSim using an existing file
Open Windows File Explorer
Select a file that has a VSim-supported extension (like a .pre, .in, or .sdf, for example). Either…
Double-click on the file if its default program is VSimComposer
If its default program is not VSimComposer, right-click on the file and select Open with. Go into Program Files -> Tech-X -> VSim-10.0 -> Contents –> bin and select the VSimComposer.exe application file.
Note
There is a known Windows-OpenGL issue when using VSim 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 RemoteVSimComposer.bat script to work around this issue. It disconnects the remote session and starts VSim while disconnected, so that when the user reconnects, VSim works properly. If you see this issue, launch this script by right-clicking on RemoteVSimComposer.bat and choose “Run as administrator”.
Running VSim on Mac¶
On Mac OS, the methods for starting VSim are:
Start from the Applications Folder
Click on the VSimComposer icon in the Applications/VSim-10.0 folder (or in the folder where you have VSim installed)
Run VSim from Terminal Window
Open a Terminal window
Navigate to the folder where VSimComposer is installed, most likely by going to /Applications/VSim-10.0/VSimComposer.app/Contents/MacOS
Start VSim by typing ./VSimComposer.sh to run the program executable
Running VSim on Linux¶
For Linux, you can start VSim through the following:
Navigate to the folder where the program is installed, for example /user/local/VSim-10.0-Linux64
Type in ./VSimComposer.sh to run the program executable