The current recommended development environment is:
- Visual Studio Community Edition 2022
- Desktop .NET
- Desktop C++
- WIS4 plugin for VS
In order to build the software also needed are (verified versions):
- Windows Server 2022
- Aspen v14
- Office 2021
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- Open the SimSinter solution in Visual Studio and build your Configuration.
The SimSinter solution includes a suite of regression tests. We recommend running them in Visual Studio with the Debug configuration. You will need to make modifications for other setups.
- If the ACM executions tests fail fast with an error related to the input files this may be related to an ACM default preference. https://esupport.aspentech.com/S_Article?id=000098760 provides the solution.