Running Locally

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

Running XSim on Windows

You can start XSim in the following ways on Windows:

  • Select the XSim Icon

    • Double-click on the XSim shortcut on your desktop

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

  • Run XSim from the Windows Command Line

    • Navigate to the relevant program folder by going to Program Files -> Tech-X -> XSim-1.0 -> Contents -> bin

    • Type in XSimComposer.exe to run the XSim executable and launch the program

  • Open XSim through Windows File Explorer

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

    • Navigate to C:\Program Files\Tech-X\ XSim-1.0

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

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

  • Open XSim using an existing file

    • Open Windows File Explorer

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

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

      • If its default program is not XSimComposer, right-click on the file and select Open with. Go into Program Files -> Tech-X -> XSim-1.0 -> Contents –> bin and select the XSimComposer.exe application file.

Note

There is a known Windows-OpenGL issue when using XSim 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 RemoteXSimComposer.bat script to work around this issue. It disconnects the remote session and starts XSim while disconnected, so that when the user reconnects, XSim works properly. If you see this issue, launch this script by right-clicking on RemoteXSimComposer.bat and choose “Run as administrator”.

Running XSim on Mac

On Mac OS, the methods for starting XSim are:

  • Start from the Applications Folder

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

  • Run XSim from Terminal Window

    • Open a Terminal window

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

    • Start XSim by typing ./XSimComposer.sh to run the program executable

Running XSim on Linux

For Linux, you can start XSim through the following:

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

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