FlexSim Reviews & Product Details

The most helpful aspect of FlexSim is the ability to test out projects in a digital environment before spending large sums of time and money on the physical implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing that I dislike is the lack of tutorials, especially in regard to the emulation side of FlexSim. Luckily, the FlexSim answers forum has been a useful tool to receive assistance when necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I feel like this software can do anything. So far, I've focused mainly on building a warehouse simulation model, and I've been able to solve every issue I had. I'm also impressed with the amount of data I can pull from the model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a steep learning curve and I am still learning as I go. The initial training was helpful, but I still had a lot of questions as I built my first actual model. I've been very impressed with the answers.flexsim message board; I'd probably be lost without it. Since I am new to 3d simulation modeling and I have no background in coding, I definitely needed some help starting out, but I need it less as I go now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to write custom code in nearly any component of the simulation has proven to be incredibly helpful. This makes simulation of oddball mechanisms and conveyors possible without too much effort. FlexSim has been most helpful as a method of quickly visualizing a concept without the time or expense of needing to pay an outside contractor. A basic model is easier for many people to understand than a spreadsheet containing the same information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I jumped into the software with no tutorials or training, and did find some of the nomenclature unusual, and hard to follow when reading through some of the online literature. I would recommend a knowledge of at least one basic language in order to get full functionality, a coworker with no programming experience at all found the object model confusing to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

user-friendly. Very flexible. So smart and get out the best out of you as a modelr. The tutorials on YouTube are thorough. I'm very happy that I was introduced to FlexSim Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not currently have any feedback on how the software can be further improved. I can code anything on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Whenever you encounter a problem while using Flexsim, the Flexsim team support will always be there to help you. The best part of using Flexsim is I was so surprised to see the robots functional features which I didn't have it in my previous simulation software called Automod. The visual representation of Flexsim model is catchy and anyone who wants to view the entire plant function will definitely have a treat for eyes. Dashboards are really awesome to do statistical analyses, gives better clarity of machine utilization and gives a platform to experiment with so many combinations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So many updates keep coming but that's not a dislike for sure, but it's a time consuming to upgrade.

Also, the model limits should be increased from 30 to 70 for free users at least to work on building SMEs at home. Fully built (a section or a part) of SMEs will have a better reach to the clients or manufacturing company to rethink about implementation of the software in their company.

Flexsim license price can be reduced or given in a discount price for people planning to open a start-up consultant to help industry solve their problem easily. This way this software gets good recognition in the competitive market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We like the ability to model without being a programmer or having a lot of programming knowledge. We use the main software, healthcare version, and the Floworks add-on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like more practical uses of the software in learning videos. The courses are excellent, but I would like to see more practical software uses from users or industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software allows to do everything you need to simulate a fabrication, and the forum for questions and answers is really good, with lot of examples and a lot of people that help you out really quick Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I miss more practical examples of simulations and features, applied in a practical way on the flexsim webpage and tutorials in it, to be able to have a solid base to try anything Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FlexSim allows us to breakdown current processes and find bottlenecks and improvement areas. It also lets us simulate process changes before making capital investments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Understanding and utilizing the many tools can be difficult. Thankfully there are many online resources for support. It can also be difficult to undo model changes and return to a repaired state. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very User friendly with lots of features. You can finet tune the simulation model with the help of coding which adds to the flexibility which is nice to have for advanced users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Having more training videos would be helpful. The community is great but don't a lot of questions asked over there (I am imagining something like stackoverflow where there are plenty of user contributions). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The direct customization of all items and entities, the extensive library of pre-designed fixtures, and the ease of importing custom fixtures. The ability to customize the control logic for events and entity processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A system crash (twice) somehow corrupted the auto-save backup file causing me to redo hours of work. However, it is very easy to make additional copies at regular intervals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.