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Simulation is taught in university engineering department curriculums worldwide with Getting Started with AutoMod text 
Applied Materials announces the release of a student version of AutoMod(tm), its flagship simulation software tool and accompanying text Getting Started with AutoMod, Second Edition. The student version is based on AutoMod Version 11. It doubles the number of entities that are available to students that are building models for academic use.

AutoMod combines CAD-like drawing capabilities with a powerful, flexible simulation language to create realistic simulation models of manufacturing facilities, material handling systems and warehouse and distribution centers. The AutoMod student version software has all of the design capabilities and controls of the full version though it limits the number of simulation entities that can be defined (i.e., queues, resources, vehicles, conveyor sections, etc.).

Included with the student version of the software is "Getting Started with AutoMod." Written by Dr. Jerry Banks, the text discusses simulation principles, modeling and statistical analysis as well as providing an introduction to the AutoMod simulation software. Banks, a former professor of discrete-event system simulation at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has authored several books discussing simulation and scheduling rules for manufacturing.

The student version of AutoMod, coupled with Banks' text, is currently being incorporated in the curriculum of engineering departments from universities worldwide including: Purdue University, Penn State, Texas Tech, Utah State, Taylor University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Lund University (Sweden), Hautes Études Commerciales, Dalhousie, Concordia, Université de Québec à Trois Rivières of Canada, and many others. "Students will learn to design automated facilities and production lines using one of the most powerful simulation tools available to professionals today," said Matt Rohrer, director of simulation products and services. "Our software puts students squarely in the driver's seat of automation-design technology and opens up a world of possibilities in hands-on simulation experience and future job opportunities."

AutoMod's true-to-scale 3-D modeling and animation and simple graphical interface, provides users with the ability to simulate projects of any size or level of detail. With AutoMod, everything from simple manual operations to fully automated facilities can be created virtually to better communicate ideas and rule-out design flaws. Easy-to-read reports and graphs generated from real-time analysis can accurately predict the productivity and cost-effectiveness of existing or future systems.

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