Question 1

I cannot login, what should I do?"

Accepted Answer

1. If you cannot login to the simulator pleas try to reset your password  by going to www.roctimsim.com/password_reset/
 
2. If you still cant login please email simulator@roctim.com

Question 2

How do I create a plant?

Accepted Answer

1. Enter a name and press + button

Question 3

How do I add a machine/item to my plant?

Accepted Answer

1. Open the toolbox
 
2. Open the category of the machine that you want to add or serch for the item in the search box
 
3. While hovering the item you would like to add press the left mouse button and drag the item onto the drawing area and release, you can adjust the position afterwards pressing the left mouse button and drag the item to its desired position. 
 
4. Save the plant

Question 4

How do I delete a machine/item?

Accepted Answer

1. Hover the machine/item
 
2. Press the delet button (trash can)
 
3. Confirm
 
4. Save plant

Question 5

How do I connect machines/items?

Accepted Answer

1. Press the output dot (grey) and hold down the left mouse button
 
2. Drag the mouse pointer (while holding down the left mouse button) to the desired input of the other machine/item and realse the left mouse button
 
3. Save the plant

Question 6

How do I remove connections betweent machines/items?

Accepted Answer

1. Press and hold the left mouse button on the entry point of the connection
 
2. Drag the mouse anywere on the drawing area and release the buttons
 
3. Save plant

Question 7

Can I customize what values to show on the flowchart after a simulation?

Accepted Answer

1. Hover over  the box where the values appear
 
2. Click the cog wheel
 
3. Uncheck all values that you do not want to see and make sure that the ones that you want to see are checked
 
4. Click the cross and save the plant
 
This works for both stream labels and machine labels.

Question 8

Can I add a custom particel size distrubution?

Accepted Answer

Yes.
 
1. Open a source item
 
2. Click select PSD
 
3. Click "+" button
 
4. Enter name and sivesize and percentage passing in the input filed. Separate sivesizes and percentage passing with ","
 
5. Press the ok button
 
6. An calculated PSD will show click ok button to store the PSD
 
7. Select the one you just created 
 
8. Press update to apply the selected PSD

Question 9

Can I invite other people to my plant?

Accepted Answer

Yes you can!
 
1. Press the sharing settings button
2. Inster the email address to the person that you would like to share you plant with
3. Select permission (wrench = write access, eye = read access), you can change this later if you want
4. Press + button to add the person toy you plant (you can remove a person later)

Question 10

Can I generate a PDF report?

Accepted Answer

Yes!
 
1. Run a simulation
2. Press the generate report button
3. A PDF file will be created and downloaded (depending on your browser)

Roctim Plant Simulator

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