SMS News 

Arena Training Course (Jun 2010)
Our next Introduction to Simulation with Arena  training course has been scheduled for the 15th - 17th November 2010.  The course will be held in Newcastle, Australia. For more information see our training page.

Arena 13 Released (Dec 2009)
Features include:

• Periodic statistics.
• Reading variables/expressions directly.
• Enhanced spreadsheet sorting.
• Excel/Access 2007 support.
• Updated Arena SMARTS and example models.

For further details on the features of Arena 13 click here.

Arena Simulation Forum 2009 (Aug 2009)
SMS are pleased to announce that the Arena Simulation Forum 2009 will be held in Sydney on the 25th of August. Jon Phillips, Arena Simulation Product Manager from Rockwell Automation in the US will be providing the latest news on future directions and new releases. In addition, Arena practitioners will be sharing case studies and applications of simulation technology. For more information (including how to register) follow this link. We would love to see you there!

Mining and Energy NSW Exhibition (Aug 2009)
SMS will next be exhibiting at Mining & Energy NSW (22nd - 24th September 2009).

Dates & Times
Tuesday 22 September 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 23 September 9am - 6pm
Thursday 24 September 9am - 4pm

Venue
Muswellbrook Showground,
Muswellbrook, New South Wales

For details please visit www.miningandenergynsw.com.au

Software Demonstrations (Jan 2009)
See Arena/Preactor demonstrated:

• Coal 2009 - 9th Underground Coal Operators Conference (Arena Only)
  12 - 13 February 2009
  University of Wollongong
  Wollongong, NSW
• OZMINE 2009 (Arena/Preactor)
  25 - 26 February 2009
  Hotel Mulia
  Jakarta, Indonesia
• National Manufacturing Week (Arena/Preactor)
  12 - 15 May 2009
  Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
  Melbourne, VIC
• Webinars (Arena/Preactor)
  SMS also conduct regular Webinars - live, interactive demonstrations across the internet. Contact our office for upcoming dates.

Hunternet Chairman’s Awards (Nov 2008)
SMS were proud winners of the Networking Award at the recent HunterNet Chairman’s Awards Dinner in Newcastle. The award was collected by Managing Director Garry Baunach at the gala event attended by a capacity crowd of over 350.

SMS are now dual award winners having previously received the Export Award in 2004.

The HunterNet Co-operative is a network of over 100 manufacturing firms representing key industries in Newcastle, the Central Coast and Hunter Valley.

Garry Baunach (left)

Preactor User Group Meeting (July 2008)
SMS are pleased to announce the 2008 Australian and New Zealand Preactor User Group Meeting to be held in Sydney on the 27th of August. For more information (including how to register) follow this link. We would love to see you there!

Arena 12 Released (May 2008)
Features include:

• Enhanced plot animation.
• Real-Time I/O communications.
• Additional string functions.
• Option to disable all variability.
• Find and replace functionality.
• Enhancements to Optquest.
• Various animation enhancements.

For further details on the features of Arena 12 click here.

Preactor 10 Service Pack 1 Released (Feb 2008)
Major changes include:

• Extended the package manager to support installation and creation of packages in scenarios that involve remote SQL servers and/or reporting services servers.
• Improved localisation.
• Improved the License Site Manager to support UAC on Vista (and 'Run as admin' on Windows XP/2003).
• Licensing is now supported on Windows 64-bit edition using hardware HASP keys.
• Added a new feature that will now allow users to manage datasets.
• Bug fixes.

Current Software Versions

• Arena 13.0 (released Nov 2009)
• Preactor 10.0 (released June 2007)