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Academic Licensing – Simio Versions

Details about Simio Versions and making sure that your models are compatible with your professor/students/colleagues

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Simio Versions

The current Simio Academic Version is 17.261.39190. Simio version numbers include a major version number (17), a sprint number (261), and a build number (39190). The full Simio version number is shown on the About Simio dialog box from the Support Ribbon in the installed software. We commonly refer to Simio versions using the major version and sprint numbers only (e.g., 17.261) unless it is explicitly necessary to include the build number.

Our goal is to update the Simio Academic Version each July – in time to support the traditional academic calendar. Note that the Academic Version will often be behind the current public Simio Release Version since Simio often makes commercial/public release mid-year. If you have a specific need for later versions of Simio, both academic license types work with any version of Simio after 15.254.33325 and you can download the software through Simio Insiders (see below). However, as described in the next paragraph, make sure to maintain version compatibility between student and faculty/instructor models when model sharing is needed (e.g., for grading and model distribution).

Simio Version Compatibility

Models developed in earlier versions of Simio should work fine in any later Simio versions (forward compatibility). Simio also tries to maintain backward compatibility wherever possible so that models developed in later versions of Simio will work in earlier versions, but this is not always possible and depends on the specific versions being used. One note here, while models will often work in earlier versions, you should not save a model developed in a later version of Simio.

Simio changed file formats in version 15.252 so models developed in that version and subsequent versions will not open in versions prior to 15.252. Because of this file format change, we recommend that if you are running a version prior to 15.254, you upgrade to the current version as soon as possible – note that version upgrades do not require new licenses. When you upgrade a licensed version of Simio, the new version should automatically utilize the current license.

New Academic licenses also require 15.254 or above, so if your lab or faculty/instructor computers are running an older version (like 15.249), you will need to upgrade Simio before applying the new Academic Licenses.

Synchronizing versions between faculty/instructors, computer labs, and students is the easiest way to avoid model compatibility issues.

Finally, note that models saved in Trial mode (unlicensed) will not open with Academic or Student licenses and will only open on the computer that was used to create the models. Trial mode is just for individual trials of the software and should not be used for general academic work.

If you have questions about version compatibility, please contact us at academic@simio.com.

Academic/Commercial License Incompatibility

Models created using an Academic or Student license cannot be opened in software using a Commercial license. In some circumstances where the Academic licensing terms are not being violated, the Simio Academic Team (academic@simio.com) can convert models (see the description of non-commercial work in the Academic Licensing Type section of the Academic Licensing page). Also note that models developed using a Commercial license can be opened and run in software using an Academic license, but the model cannot be saved, and experiments cannot be run.

If You Need a Different Version of Simio

The easiest way to get early pre-release versions (or older versions) of Simio is to join Simio Insiders – See Simio Insiders for details and instructions.