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Mac OS¶

As noted in System Requirements , the Windows version of SIMION is tested, confirmed to run quite well, and is officially supported by Sis on Intel-based Mac Os X via these three methods: CrossOver Mac, VMWare Fusion, and Parallels Desktop for Mac.

In Summary, there is non a native binary build of SIMION 7.0/viii.0/8.one for Mac Bone. All the same, you can achieve quite good results running SIMION viii.one/8.0 (maybe SIMION seven besides) on an Intel-based Mac if y'all use a Windows compatibility layer (CrossOver Mac) or a virtualization layer (VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop for Mac). (Options for very old PowerPC-based Macs are more limited.) The main possible methods of running SIMION on a Mac are listed below, listed roughly in decreasing club of preference.

Pick #1: Windows Compatibility Layer: such every bit CrossOver/Darwine on Intel Macs - These include the commercial CrossOver Mac, which is based on the open Darwine (Vino) project. CrossOver is generally recommended over Darwine since at that place are reports (as of early 2007) that information technology works smoother in general, it is quite cheap, and we currently simply have reports of running CrossOver. Crossover/Darwine is currently only expected to possibly piece of work on Intel-based Macs (not very old PowerPC-based Macs); this is fabricated possible by the Apple switch to Intel Processors (wikipedia). CrossOver runs SIMION at native speeds inside Mac Os via Wine technology, similar to how a number of users have already been successfully running SIMION under Linux via Wine . (Note: please update to SIMION 8.1.ane.23 or afterward to meliorate Fly'm speed though.) CrossOver Mac was officially tested, confirmed to work quite well, and is formally supported by Sis for use with SIMION 8.0. Meet screenshot [*1] below of SIMION 8.0.10 under CrossOver Mac.

Pick #ii: Virtualization Layer: such as VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop for Mac on Intel-based Macs. VMWare Fusion and Parallels were both officially tested, confirmed to work quite well, and are formally supported past Sister for use with SIMION 8.0. There also have been reports for SIMION vii.0. These run at native speeds. Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac and related virtualization products have non been tested but might work too.

Option #3: Emulation software - such every bit Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac might permit SIMION to be run on an older PowerPC-based Mac, but it would not be expected to run at native speeds. There have been a few unconfirmed reports of using Microsoft Virtual PC, only we are not aware to what extent this works. Nosotros believe there was some annoyance with the mouse in the Change screen in SIMION seven (if there are issues, SIMION eight may very well run better there). CPU emulators generally crusade a good performance decrease, and this would non be an ideal setup for a computationally intensive application like SIMION; nonetheless, it could be sufficient for some things.

Option #four: Native compilation of SIMION to Mac Bone binaries is currently not provided, nor is it much a development priority because CrossOver Mac on Intel Macs is expected to be a very suitable option, so time/effort is likely amend spent on other things. In theory, it would be possible to compile a non-GUI version of SIMION 8 (with just the command-line interface) nether GCC without much difficulty, and this is an pick in the hereafter. In theory, it would too exist possible to compile a GUI version of SIMION 8 also since the SIMION 8 GUI is migrating to a cross-platform framework, but it would probable require some porting effort in exercise (it nevertheless has Win32 code), and that effort if at all may well instead go elsewhere.

Whatever further reports or tips on running SIMION under Mac Os are appreciated!

[*one] Cheers to Ryan Ringle at TRIUMF for initial reports of running SIMION eight.0.x under CrossOver Mac (2007-02).

[*3] Cheers to Elizabeth MacDonald for initial Parallels report. Related discussion: SIMION Give-and-take Group Post 1810.

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SIMION eight.0.x under CrossOver Mac. From Ryan Ringle/TRIUMF. 2007-02.

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SIMION 8.0.3 and SL Tools under Intel MacBookPro (combined screenshots), 2007-08. From Elizabeth MacDonald.

Formal support for Intel-based Mac Bone X running Windows version of SIMION¶

Running the Windows version of SIMION 8.ane (and 8.0) on Intel-based Mac Bone Ten is formally supported via the following iii methods. (Notation: very old PowerPC-based OS 9 Macs will generally not work well or at all.) These methods have been tested by Sis and work quite well.

CrossOver Mac (Windows compatibility layer) [ http://world wide web.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/ ]

VMWare Fusion (virtualization) [ http://world wide web.vmware.com/products/fusion/ ]

Parallels (virtualization) [ http://world wide web.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ ]

Other less-formally supported methods may work equally well, particularly virtualization software like VMWare/Parallels. See besides http://www.simion.com/info/Mac_OS .

Windows Licensing: Using CrossOver does not crave a Windows license. Using virtualization software similar Parallels and VMWare VMWare does crave you have and install a licensed copy of Windows into the virtual machine (Windows is purchased separately). The CrossOver method can be more cost constructive.

Performance: Both CrossOver and virtualization (VMWare and Parallels) run largely at native speeds. For optimal Fly'm performance under CrossOver, please update to SIMION eight.ane.1.23 or above though.

Retentiveness usage: 32-chip SIMION (eight.1 and 8.0) under both Parallels, VMWare, and CrossOver has a memory limit of roughly 1.2 GB, of 130 million points, or college per PA (when the "–reserved-memory" option is used). This may depend on invitee OS and virtual machine memory allocation settings (which were not fully explored during testing). 64-bit SIMION 8.1 running in a 64-chip virtual auto (not 32-bit CrossOver), such equally 64-flake Windows or even Wine64 on a 64-bit Linux should not take this limitation. Equally of this writing, there is not a 64-chip (Wine64) version of CrossOver.

Excel (conditionally supported): Decision-making Excel from SIMION is only supported via virtualization (i.e. Parallels/VMWare not CrossOver) and only if Excel is a Windows version installed on the virtual auto. Equally of 8.1.0.20, examples can alternately use gnuplot.

Onetime version notes: SIMION 8.0.5 may freeze when using CrossOver versions prior to seven.10. Either upgrade CrossOver to >= 7.10 or downgrade SIMION to <= 8.0.iv.

Summary: SIMION 8.0 and 8.i run well on all the in a higher place options. If you want integration with (Windows) Excel you should use virtualization (VMWare or Parallels), simply if y'all want improve integration with Bone Ten applications you might want to instead utilize CrossOver since SIMION will then run more like an Bone 10 application. SIMION 7.0 works ok on all the above but seemed to run almost smoothly nether Parallels (SIMION 7.0 does some tricky things with the mouse that cause some non-disquisitional mouse beliefs issues under CrossOver and VMWare).

Notes: Added December 2007.

Formal support for CrossOver Mac on Intel-based Mac Bone Ten¶

Overview: As of December 2007, Sis is formally supporting running the Windows version of SIMION 8.0/eight.1 on Intel-based Mac OS X via a 3rd-party application chosen CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac. This ways that this combination mostly runs quite well, and has been tested by Sis. You could run into a few minor issues as discussed below, but Sister tin can aid with some setup questions and intends to patch SIMION if any incompatibilities are discovered.

Version compatibility: SIS testing was performed on the post-obit configurations. Newer versions, besides as older versions, probable work also (or ameliorate), and other users have already successfully tried other versions.

CrossOver Max 12.2.ane on Mac OS 10 10.6.eight with SIMION 8.1.1.32.
CrossOver Mac 11.ii.ii on Mac OS Ten x.v.eight with SIMION 8.1.1.23.
CrossOver Mac 10.1 on Mac OS X ten.5.8 with SIMION 8.1.0/viii.0.half-dozen.
CrossOver Mac 6.two.0 on Mac OS X 10.iv with SIMION eight.0.4/8.0.three.

Performance: Fly'm speed under CrossOver Mac has much improved as of SIMION eight.1.1.23, so information technology's recommended to update SIMION if you have an earlier version. In previous SIMION versions, Fly'ms nether CrossOver could exist 2x slower or much worse. Fly'm speed under CrossOver is now almost the same every bit under virtualization (e.k. Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMWare Fusion). Other operations such as refining are about equal in speed between CrossOver and Parallels equally well.

Memory: Maximum memory per PA (using the "–reserved-memory" command-line option) is about 1.2 GB RAM, or 130 million points (tested CrossOver Mac 6.2.0). This is somewhat below the Windows XP limit but might be improvable in the hereafter. As of this writing, there is non a 64-bit Wine64 version of CrossOver nor is Wine64 currently compatible with OS Ten (for other notes on Wine64, see Linux ), and then you'll only be able to run the 32-bit version of SIMION viii.1 or viii.0 on CrossOver. (Using virtualization rather than CrossOver tin overcome this.)

Correct mouse button: SIMION uses the correct mouse button for operations such as zooming and rotating, only the default mouse on some Macs lack a correct mouse button. The OS X "Arrangement Preferences > Mouse" settings as well have options that command whether the "Secondary Button" is enabled (it should be enabled). If you lot have a single button mouse, there are key combinations to work around this (east.g. press the Command key which mouse clicking), just you might just replace the mouse with a ii-push USB mouse (a USB mouse taken from a PC volition piece of work). Please upgrade SIMION to 8.1.1.32 or eight.1.2.two if the mouse coil bike does not respond on the Alter 3D view. On the Alter 3D window, dragging the left mouse button creates a selection rectangle; although this rectangle appears invisible under CrossOver, it is actually there.

Clipboard: Printing to Clipboard doesn't seem to do anything. Yet, you tin can print to a file (PS or EMF) and load in some other application. A screenshot can be taken using %-Shift-three (unabridged screen), %-Shift-iv (rectangle), or %-Shift-four then spacebar (window), which is saved as a file on the desktop (run across "Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen" in the CrossOver help).

Excel (not supported): Communication betwixt SIMION and Excel via the COM/OLE interface does not seem supported on the Mac. A few of the Lua user programs in the SIMION examples interface with Excel over COM for real-fourth dimension information reporting and charting. On the other mitt, as of SIMION 8.i.i.16, most of these examples tin alternately utilize gnuplot instead of Excel, and gnuplot does work on Bone X (see SIMION Example: gnuplot and SIMION Example: plot). Yous tin can use either a native Mac or a Windows version of gnuplot. The native Mac version of Excel 2004 does not support COM either. Though yous can install the Windows version of Excel (which does support COM) on CrossOver, CrossOver COM support appears very limited, though information technology might be possible by installing "DCOM95/DCOM98". We take not notwithstanding had success doing this (though take not tested it recently). And you lot may be interested in outputting your data to some other plan. Information technology is possible of course to write a .csv file from SIMION and so load that into Excel (rather than rely on existent-time advice).

Control-Line Usage: To run SIMION from control-line, select "Programs|Run Command…" menu item from CrossOver and click "Debug Options|Open Trounce". From the crush run this:

              cd Program\ Files/SIMION-8.ane/ cxstart simion.exe --nogui fly examples/quad/quad.iob

( cxstart is a symbolic link to the wine command, and both are synonymous.)

The following problems used to occur but appear to exist ok in the latest versions of SIMION and CrossOver:

Supplemental Help Documentation (SIMION 8.one): This mostly works only may have a few issues. Hyperlinks to SIMION examples or external spider web pages take been known not to work in the past. It seems to work in SIMION viii.i.1.32 on CrossOver 12.2.1.
The "Doc" button on the View screen for opening the README web page has been known not to work in the by. It seems to piece of work in SIMION viii.ane.1.32 on CrossOver 12.two.1. If that fails, open up the file separately it in a spider web browser.
os.execute("start notepad results.csv") in SIMION Example: geometry_optimize does naught (returns 9009). All the same, os.execute("notepad results.csv") works and does not block. Works in CrossOver 11.2.2 on SIMION 8.i.ane.xviii.
Installation Stall: When installing SIMION, the CrossOver Software Installer may appear to stall for a few minutes (displaying message "Installing Unsupported Software") before the SIMION installer window appears. This is OK. No longer occurs in SIMION 8.1.0/CrossOver 10.one or SIMION 8.1.1.18/CrossOver 11.2.2.
The mouse scroll button didn't piece of work in text boxes. This seems ok in SIMION 8.1.1.eighteen/CrossOver 11.2.2 though. Please update to eight.1.ane.32 or 8.1.2.ii to set up mouse gyre wheel not responding on the Modify 3D view.

Boosted Comments from Testing:

Press: works
OPENGL (Modify 3D view): works (though opens in a split up window).
BATCH MODE: works.
Opening Notepad (east.yard. "User Program…" push in View or os.execute "notepad" in Lua: works.
Opening web browser: "Check for Updates" works. "Docs" button has bug (see above).
Re-create/Paste from Log Window: works.

SIMION 7.0 Notes: SIMION 7.0 has too been known to work nether CrossOver but there are a couple issues. There are some mouse behavior problems where the mouse moves to the center of the screen whenever the mouse is clicked. Relying more on the keyboard tin can piece of work effectually this. Resizing the SIMION seven.0 window can sometimes cause stability problems, though pressing the Window close button in the upper left title bar so selecting No can reset it.

Formal back up for Parallels on Intel-based Mac OS 10¶

Overview: Equally of December 2007, Sis is formally supporting running the Windows version of SIMION viii.0.ten on Intel-based Mac OS X via a third-party application called Parallels Desktop for Mac ( http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ ). This means that this combination generally runs quite well, and has been tested by SIS. You lot could run into a few modest problems as discussed below, but Sis can help with some setup questions and intends to patch SIMION if any pregnant incompatibilities are discovered.

Version compatibility: Sis testing was performed on the following configuration. Newer versions, equally well as older versions, likely work likewise (or better), and other users have already successfully tried other versions.

Parallels Desktop three.0 for Mac on Intel-based Mac OS X 10.four. running Windows 2000. SIMION 8.0.3/8.0.4.

Performance: Refining and flight run at roughly native speeds.

Retentivity: PA size of 125M points works. Using –reserved-retentivity only allows pocket-size increases (e.g. 150M points).

Right mouse button: SIMION uses the right mouse button for operations such as zooming and rotating, but the default mouse on many Macs lacks a right mouse push button. Information technology is recommended you replace the mouse with a two-push USB mouse (a USB mouse taken from a PC will work).

OpenGL: Open GL (3D viewing in Modify) works well except resizing window (and mouse scroll bar) may cause OpenGL window to get blank. A workaround is to close and reopen the window.

Parallels Coherence display mode: works.

CPU SSE2 Warning: SIMION reports that SSE2 is not detected (even though the CPU does accept SSE2) and reverts to non-sse2 mode. This can be ignored (minor operation touch).

Excel: Controlling Excel in Parallels works providing a Windows-version of Excel is installed on the virtual machine (tested Excel 2003/Win2K). The native Mac version of Excel does non provide a COM interface. As of 8.1.0.xx, examples can alternately employ gnuplot.

SIMION 7.0 Notes: SIMION 7.0 also works well nether Parallels.

Formal support for VMWare Fusion on Intel-based Mac Bone X¶

Overview: As of Jan 2008, SIS is formally supporting running the Windows version of SIMION 8.0.x on Intel-based Mac OS X via a third-party awarding called VMWare Fusion for Mac ( http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/ ). This means that this combination generally runs quite well, and has been tested by Sis. You could run into a few pocket-sized problems as discussed below, only SIS can assist with some setup questions and intends to patch SIMION if any pregnant incompatibilities are discovered.

Version compatibility: SIS testing was performed on the post-obit configuration. Newer versions, as well as older versions, likely work as well (or better), and other users have already successfully tried other versions.

VMWare Fusion 1.1 on Intel-based Mac Os X 10.4 running Windows XP. SIMION eight.0.4.

Performance: Refining and flying run at roughly native speeds.

Retentivity: PA size of 180M points works (when using --reserved-retentiveness=1.8G command-line selection).

Right mouse button: SIMION uses the right mouse button for operations such every bit zooming and rotating, but the default mouse on many Macs lacks a right mouse button. It is recommended y'all replace the mouse with a 2-push button USB mouse (a USB mouse taken from a PC volition work).

Mouse scrolling: The gyre bars in the Modify and View screens behave a bit oddly (just are usable) since VMWare is not locking the mouse cursor position on the scrollbar when the mouse push is pressed downward.

Press: Works provided a printer is setup in VMWare.

Copy/Paste: VMWare seems to but re-create/paste text (not images) between the invitee and host Os, but in that location are various ways to use SIMION's press or Windows screencapture (e.grand. F13) to write an image file in windows so drag and drib the file onto the OS X Desktop.

OpenGL: OpenGL more often than not works except some crashes were noticed when switching in/out of OpenGL under VMWare's "Unity" manner. The workaround is to use the Window or Full Screen modes or avoid OpenGL in Unity fashion.

VMWare Unity display mode: by and large works, but run across OPENGL comments above.

Excel: Decision-making Excel in VMWare works providing a Windows-version of Excel is installed on the virtual machine (tested Excel 2003/Win2K). The native Mac version of Excel does not provide a COM interface. As of 8.1.0.20, examples can alternately use gnuplot.

SIMION seven.0 works ok under VMWare. Some of the mouse behavior is bad-mannered (east.g. selecting a rectangle in View/Modify screens).

Changes¶

eight.1.i.32/8.1.2.2: Gear up mouse whorl bike not responding on Alter 3D view.
8.1.i.23: Wing'thou speed (GUI and non-GUI) improved by a couple of times under CrossOver Mac. Fly'g speed is close to native now under CrossOver. Tested on CrossOver Mac xi.two.ii.
8.1.1.18: GUI mode Fly'm performance under CrossOver Mac (Bone Ten) roughly doubled.
viii.1.1.18: Stock-still warning near "FontEnumerator::IsValidFaceName(font.GetFaceName())" upon loading Log window (or View screen). Confirmed in CrossOver Mac 11.2.2 / SIMION <= viii.i.1.17. Prior to this prepare, a workaround is to click "No" when prompted "Practise you want to stop the program?".
eight.1.i.18: Physician button may exist more reliable now.
8.0.6: GUI/OpenGL/Wine: Fixed OpenGL 3D Modify window in CrossOver Mac (Result-I277) Also, removed workaround for now resolved Wine OpenGL canvas issues (winebug#2398)
8.0.6: GUI/OpenGL/Wine: Fixed OpenGL 3D Modify window in Linux/Wine. Broken in viii.0.6-TEST6.
8.0.half-dozen: GUI/Wine: Stock-still Cheque for Updates button not displaying on CrossOver Mac OSX (Vista bottle). Cleaved in eight.0.vi-TEST16.
8.0.half dozen: GUI/Keyboard/Vino: Fixed keyboard shortcuts in Linux/Wine (focus trouble). Broken in 8.0.6-TEST7.
viii.0.iv: Formal support for Windows version of SIMION on Intel-based Mac OS Ten

Download Wine for Mac Os X 10.6.8 Updated