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Needing PDF Vensim Documents

Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:30 pm
by Monte
Could anyone give me a link or links to PDF files of Vensim 6 User's Guide and Reference Manual?
There are merely electronic HTML pages, which cannot be read offline in my iPad or highlighted and drawn with a PDF Reader app.

Re: Needing PDF Vensim Documents

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:06 pm
by Administrator
We no longer produce manuals. We had to compromise the help system in order to be able to create paper manuals, but not many people want them (10 per year). So we decided to stop producing them and improve the help instead. All documentation is now electronic and is at http://www.vensim.com/documentation.html

Re: Needing PDF Vensim Documents

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 3:24 pm
by Monte
Thank you for your note.

I got a solution, which may help those who need but don't know how to get all the PDF Vensim document.

1. Go to Help in Vensim software.
2. Click each topic, and print it and its subtopics with a PDF printer (e.g., CutePDF Writer).

Re: Needing PDF Vensim Documents

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:41 am
by Monte
Alternatively, you can convert the help file (Vensim.chm), which is installed at the directory C:\Users\Public\VensimPLP\, to be a PDF file, by using an online convertor, e.g., SAMSAR. The major advantages of this option are as follows:

1. The front size is much bigger.
2. All Help chapters are printed all at once into a single file (around 1,500 pages).