Beyond its drag-and-drop interface, FlexSim offers deep customization through (its built-in scripting language) and integration with Python and C++ . This allows advanced users to create custom logic, complex decision-making algorithms, and even connect the simulation to live data sources. The software also includes specialized toolkits for material handling, healthcare, and logistics, making it versatile across industries.
Using REST APIs, FlexSim can read live data from SQL databases, OPC servers, or IoT sensors. This enables "digital twin" applications—a live mirror of a factory floor. As a real sensor detects a jam, the FlexSim model shows the jam and predicts its downstream impact. flexsim software
Before Process Flow (released around 2018), users built logic solely through event lists and C++ triggers. Process Flow introduced a block-diagram interface similar to Visio or LabVIEW. You drag blocks such as "Create Entity," "Decide," "Resource Unit," and "Dispose." This has dramatically reduced model development time, especially for industrial engineers without deep programming backgrounds. Using REST APIs, FlexSim can read live data
To appreciate FlexSim's workflow, consider a basic assembly line with: Before Process Flow (released around 2018), users built