Defining SIMetrix Interface Preferences for Altium Designer
Created: November 28, 2016 | Updated: January 11, 2018
| Applies to versions: 15.1, 16.0, 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1
Now reading version 17.0. For the latest, read: Defining SIMetrix Interface Preferences for Altium Designer for version 21
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.