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Simulation
§Reduce the time needed to  learn and use simulation tools
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•What’s New
§Color display of rigid groups
§Pan and zoom control for input and output graphers
§Improved scale readability
§Output variable names
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To encourage more people to use simulation we’ve improved the user interface so that it’s more consistent with the modeling environment.

Color display of rigid groups
Assign different colors to different mobile groups to make it easier to see what group a component belongs to. Colors are assigned automatically but can be overridden using color styles overrides. You can now override component color within Dynamic Simulation including colors created using Color Mobile groups. Grounded components are shown in a glass rendering to emphasize which components are grounded and which are moving. This information is stored in a separate Design View.

User Interface
It’s easier to pan and zoom in the input and output graph windows by using the middle mouse wheel.
Graph scales have been improved when changing zoom factor.

Output bariable names
All Output Variables have been renamed to make them easier to read. For example, “ls” changed to Extent_length and "nb_cp" changed to Num_points. A complete list of the variable changes is included in the Help system, under the topic Output Grapher variable names.