Simantics End User Documentation

Simantics is a software platform for modelling and simulation. The system has client-server architecture with a semantic ontology-based modelling database and Eclipse framework -based client software with plug-in interface. The Simantics platform and many of its components are open source under Eclipse Public License EPL.

The philosophy of the Simantics platform is to offer an open, high level application platform on which different computational tools can be easily integrated to form a common environment for modelling and simulation. The platform includes several modelling tools, so-called editors, for e.g. 2D graph-like hierarchical model composition and semantic graph browsing.

One of the biggest innovations in the Simantics platform is the semantic modelling approach itself and high-level ontology tools. The data triple engine on the server side enables high performance data management and arbitrary mapping of data. This enables e.g. efficient mapping of simulation and measurement data to the model configuration and its visualisation.

The Simantics development and maintenance process is built solid and scalable from the very beginning. The objective is to aim far to the future what comes to requirements for scalability, usability, and reliability.

Getting Started with Simantics

• Simantics Installation Instructions
• Getting Started with Simantics
• Introduction to Simantics Concepts and Conventions

Tutorial: Simantics Platform User Interface

Project Management Create New Project Type Project Management Workbench Project Management Perspective Project Sychronisation with the Server Tutorial: Project Management

Ontology Development Ontology Development Workbench Ontology Development Perspective Team Features Perspective Tutorial: Ontology Development

Discrete Event Modelling Discrete Event Modelling and Simulation Workbench Discrete Event Modelling Perspective Team Features Perspective Ontology Development Perspective

System Dynamics Modelling System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation Workbench System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation Perspective Team Features Perspective Ontology Development Perspective Tutorial: System Dynamics Modelling

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