**THE MUD ROOM**

 **The Mud Room**  is where we can air grievances and joys, record and resolve issues, otherwise share experiences. It will also serve as our Vensim User Group (VUG?).

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  1. Bill FooteJanuary 26, 2024 at 11:44 AM

    I've initiated an ITS ticket to install VensimPLE on remotely.manhattan.edu. Stay tuned!

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2024 at 6:37 AM

      This is Bill. So far no word back from the Office of the General Counsel regarding the licensing of this software for use by an academic institution. Please stay tuned as I investigate whatever it is we might do to help this corporate review along. Thanks!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2024 at 7:04 AM

    I've had an issue the past 2 weeks where all of my work/graphs are not showing in Vensim when I upload to the Workbook. Additionally, this week when I would update my equations, no changes would show on my graphs. Wondering if anyone had these problems and was able to fix them.

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  3. Bill FooteJanuary 31, 2024 at 12:49 PM

    One way I have had to use is to create custom graphs. Their specifications are stored in the *.mdl file (it is ASCII text and visible to humans). Thus the graphs will persist.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2024 at 6:26 AM

    Hi everyone, sorry for the melee and confusion surrounding workbook submissions! I turned off all the required question settings (this apparently is the default) and you should be able to submit your answers and up load files with relative ease now. Thanks for your patience!

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