Defining General Simulation Preferences for Altium Designer
Created: April 23, 2019 | Updated: September 04, 2021
| Applies to versions: 19.1, 20.0, 20.1 and 20.2
Now reading version 20.1. For the latest, read: Defining General Simulation Preferences for Altium Designer for version 21
The Simulation - General page of the Preferences dialog
Summary
The Simulation – General page of the Preferences dialog is used to define the default model path for circuit simulation models. The software will search the current project's folder first, then search the desired location for referenced simulation models.
Access
The Simulation – General page is accessed by clicking General under the Simulation folder in the main Preferences dialog (accessed by clicking the 
button in the top right corner of the workspace).
Options/Controls
Directories
- Model Path - click the folder icon to open a dialog to search for and select the target folder that contains the simulation models.
Simulators
- Default Simulator - use the drop-down to select the desired default simulator.