Once your model has been constructed, Simgua makes it very easy to get results. Just click the “Run Simulation” button on the toolbar and watch the results appear on your screen. That is really all there is to it, but a number of parameters should be specified in order to get the best and most accurate results possible. These parameters can be defined in the Settings object that is automatically created as part of any model and is accessible in the Primitive Browser on the right of the main screen.
Several of these parameters are completely intuitive such as the duration of the simulation. If you are modeling a lightning fast chemical reaction, your duration might be in milliseconds. If you are modeling geological processes, it could be in centuries. At this same time, you should also set the time step for the model. The model’s time step is a very important consideration and should generally be as small as possible while resulting in a model run that is not overly lengthy. Simgua’s differential equation solver that evaluates the model is inherently imperfect (as are all numerical differential equation solvers).
The level of inaccuracy is dependent on the model’s time step with large time steps resulting in large errors and vice-versa. The smaller the time step is, however, the longer it takes to evaluate the model.
Once you have analyzed your data, the results are displayed in a Simgua analysis window. This window (shown below) allows you to examine the tables and charts created by your simulation. Each table or chart is shown on a separate tab and may be easily switched between. You can copy and paste the charts as pictures into any graphics editor and copy and paste the tables as text into a text document or spreadsheet program. Additionally, you may export all your data at once into an Excel workbook or print out a nicely formatted report containing all your data for sharing with others. You can even place your organization’s logo on the printed report. This logo and other printed report options may be set in Simgua’s preference window.
Example Analysis window