Defining SIMetrix Interface Preferences for Altium Designer

The Simulation - SIMetrix Interface page of the Preferences dialog

Summary

The Simulation - SIMetrix Interface page of the Preferences dialog allows you to decide how you would like to display the graph results.

Access

The Simulation - SIMetrix Interface page of the Preferences dialog is part of the main Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences) and is accessed by clicking the SIMetrix Interface entry under the Simulation folder in the left hand pane of the dialog.

Options/Controls

SIMetrix/SIMPLIS Location

• SIMetrix/SIMPLIS installation location - use the browse folder icon to search for and choose the directory in which you installed SIMetrix/SIMPLIS. You can use the Auto Detect button to automatically find the directory.

Options

• Clear existing graph sheets and group data before running a new simulation - enable to clear all existing graph sheets and group data before running a new simulation.
• Display graph sheets in SIMetrix instead of Altium Designer - enable to view the results of your simulations in SIMetrix rather than in the software.
• Always load error files - enable to always load any error files.
• Show hints - enable to show hints.
• Show warnings - enable to show warnings.
• Show locations of models found - enable to show the locations of found models.