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Hide, under the Vensim application menu, isn't implement. It says, "Sorry, not implemented yet." It should be implement because this is standard functionality on macOS and people manage windows this way (and with cmd-H).

Every time I run Vensim and error log gets created in my home directory. Vensim is the only app that does this. It isn't the correct place to write error logs. Please have it write to the correct directory.

I see that there is going to be a new file format in Version 8. If you're touching the file format(s), please me them more easily diffable with standard tools. We use `git` and it is hard to see the differences between version. Please note that I'm not asking for 100% complete source control compati...

So rebooting my machine and relaunching Vensim seemed to make it work. But that was definitely more than just relaunching Vensim. Weird.

I'm trying to replicate my Windows Vensim setup on macOS and it doesn't work. In particular, I want large toolbar buttons nor text labels (that overlap anyway). Please see screenshot of my Toolbar settings and the resulting Toolbars (this if after several reboots). [attachment=0]Screen Shot 2018-01-...

[I feel this must be in the forum somewhere, but searching didn't find it...] Can I put a line plot over a stacked graph? Or a line plot on a bar graph? Example case: One bar series is Assets, second bar series is Debt, and the line is Net Worth. Possible in Vensim? (I assume VGD which is fine.)

We input some data series via a VDF file. The data doesn't cover the full simulation time period, so we get Vensim warnings about data not existing for these variables. I would like to make the warnings go away -- would make real warnings be more evident. We tried adding :NA: for the years we don't ...

Has Ventana tested Vensim on the latest macOS High Sierra (10.13)? In particular, I'm wondering if the new Apple File System works. I've heard that some programs, especially programs with older codebase, have had some issues. Has Ventana QA validated support for 10.13 and APFS?

TIA

Bummer! Feature request, please.

Vensim. Just lots of views with a template. Comments as buttons to switch views.

I'm trying to get some Comments in my model to use a single string. For instance, I would like to have: str1 = "Best" str2 = "Worst" Comment var in the UI to be "$str1$ Policy" that would expand to "Best Policy" in the UI. Possible? I know there are STRINGS in...

Got this working. For others in the future, we figured out what wasn't working at first. GET DIRECT() provides a slide when there are no subscripts. I guess this is like any subscripted constant. We were using GET DIRECT for a range of XLS cells, since that is the obvious way to read in an array of ...

Double checking because I didn't think this was true: GET DIRECT CONSTANT() will give me a standard slider in SyntheSim, initialized by the value in the external file? We'd like to not have to use the Input Tool slider, but instead the normal default slider that constant get for free.

Situation: I have data in XLS that I would like to use to initialize a variable in a model. Currently it is stored in a Tabbed Array var in the model. BUT, I would the like to control that variable value using a slider when running in SyntheSim. Is this possible somehow? For instance, I was wonderin...

Okay, so it sounds like there is nothing I can do right now. Let me know if/when there is a fix for me to try.

Thanks for your help,
Travis

Hmm. Have you tried the first model, with more variables? That definitely gets the warnings for me.

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Tom, I don't follow. The v3 model (most recent that I uploaded) doesn't have any integration. Just a random number between [0-1], then input into a lookup table. A warning pops up. To see, just open the model and run once. t btw, I've seen this warning for years on several models, but only now does ...

JJ, Sorry for the units error. This is part of a much bigger model, and I missed units when I cut it out. The bigger model passes unit check. But to illustrate the question better, I made an much simpler model that has the same problem. Two vars: Random number into a Lookup. I get the Active Initial...

I have a structure that is causing lots of active initial difference warnings. The structure uses a random number to select a subscript of an arrayed value. The vector function suggests that I do any mapping with the first subscript value, say Var[sub1]. But the random number may choose the fourth s...

I'm thinking about upgrading to 10.7. Does anyone have wisdom on how Vensim works?

TIA,
t

Maybe I should rephrase my questions: How do I get a graph off all loaded datasets such that all line widths=2? Which datasets are plotted should only be the active and should change.

I would like to have all the lines in a graph be "thick", say a line width of 2 or 3. I know there is a Vensim pref for Thick Lines, but that doesn't make them all the same thickness. Is there a way to 1) modify the Graph tool or 2) create a custom graph that loads all the current datasets...

Both paths are very helpful. Thank you, Bob.

I'm interested in adding some super-macros to my model. That is, I would like to create a button (likely a Comment) that changes some parameters, runs the model, repeats, and then loads each new vdf file. Put another way, I'm interested in generating two additional runs as a very limited sensitivity...

I'm interested in having the same navigation buttons on several different views. Say, I would have Button1--> View1 and Button2 --> View2. I know I can just copy and paste these comments into each of the views and it works. Is there a way to have "shadow comments"? That way, if I want Butt...