Update Flexsim.com

[Lolke Koopmans]

I just noticed the update of the Flexsim website. Looks good!
Very nice intro movie. :cool:

[Yasemin Vatandas]

I think the new design looks nice, too.
But I am having trouble downloading 3d shapes from downloads section of the forum.
I see a warning when I want to download a file: "404 Error: Sorry, file not found"
Is it something related to the update of the site or am I doing something wrong?

[Lars-Olof Leven]

It looks like it problem with the download section.

I get the same error 404 when trying download a shape.

When trying downlad a model I get this error:

Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir (http://www.flexsim.com/community/forum/function.mkdir)]: No such file or directory in /downloads.php on line 686

Warning: copy(downloads/28118-Flexsim Concept Models.zip) [function.copy (http://www.flexsim.com/community/forum/function.copy)]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /downloads.php on line 692
ERROR: File not found - downloads/Flexsim Concept Models.zip . Flexsim Concept Models.zip downloads/Flexsim Concept Models.zip Array


It looks like Flexsim needs to check the download section.

Lars-Olof

[Ben Wilson]

Yes, this is a problem with the website update. Hopefully we'll be able to restore the files in the download area later today.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Ben Wilson]

In conjunction with the web site update we're also working on upgrading to the latest version of vbulletin. We want to do this right (ie not break the forum any further than it already is with the downloads problem) and with as little downtime as possible.

In the next day or two you may find the forum inoperable for a while. We'll try to minimize the downtime, though, and get things back up and running as soon as possible.

[Ben Wilson]

Our vbulletin upgrade is mostly complete. There shouldn't be any further downtime to the forum in general.

The downloads section is another matter. In conjunction with the upgrade, many of the uploaded files were lost. Unfortunately, it turns out that our backup was corrupted and did us no good.

I've contacted the contributors to see about collecting the community downloads files and re-uploading them. Hopefully most contributors will still have their original copies of their files. A few people have already sent me their files - thank you!

If any of you users out there downloaded copies of any of the downloads files and you still have them in their original state (no modifications), please contact me (benw -at- flexsim -dot- com) and we'll see about restoring those particular files.

Sorry to all of you users who are affected by this down time. We really thought we were covered, but then Murphy's Law tells us that what can go wrong will go wrong.

[David Chan]

Well done, Ben! A very nice site!!

Has the download problem solved?

David

[Steven Hamoen]

Ben,

If I press the world on the properties gui of an object within Flexsim, I end up at a dead link.

Steven

[Ben Wilson]

Thanks, Steven.

I've got the link redirecting back to the 3D shapes in the downloads section of the community, which unfortunately is still offline.

We've gathered a lot of the files back and we're in the process now of taking inventory of it all and re-uploading.

We will probably come up short on finding all of the files in the downloads section. If any of you in the community have downloaded any files from the community downloads section, please contact me (benw -at- flexsim -dot- com) to see if it is a file that we still need.

Thanks

[Ben Wilson]

The files that we most need are textures and 3D shapes.

[Steven Hamoen]

Ben,

I have the following models downloaded. If you need anything from these models let me know:
X_Airport Security
X_ASRS
X_Bottling Line
X_Box Packaging line
X_Bulk Powder Processing
X_DVD Assembly
X_Hot ROlling Mill
X_Robotic Palletizing Cell
X_Supermarket

But I think these are the most common so you probably have everything from it yet. If not let me know!

Steven

[Ben Wilson]

Thanks Steven - I do have those model files.

What I still need are the following textures:
brick.jpg
water2.jpg
water1.jpg
wood.jpg
cloud.jpg
space.jpg
skyoceansunset.jpg
skygreenvalley.jpg
skyearth.jpg
skyblue.jpg

And the following shapes:
skybox.wrl
Unscrambler (1)
Stretch Wrapper
Strapper Machine
Lens Machine
Punch Press
Packing Station
Unscrambler (2)
Labeler
Injection Molding Machine
Grinder (3)
Bottle Filling Machine (2)
Bottle Filling Machine (1)
Blow Molding Machine (5)
Blow Molding Machine (4)
Blow Molding Machine (3)
Blow Molding Machine (2)
Setting Stand
Mill Machine (2)
Mill Machine (1)
Lathe (3)
Lathe (2)
Lathe (1)
Injection Molding Machine (2)
Injection Molding Machine (1)
Grinder (2)
Grinder (1)
Drill Press
Cleaning Station
Blow Molding Machine (1)
Airport Security Scanner

If anyone happens to have any of these files, please email them to me (benw -at- flexsim -dot- com). I'm hoping to be able to find a lot of the 3D shapes today - I'll post later on this afternoon if I was able to find any.

With any luck the downloads section can be back online tonight or tomorrow.

All this just goes to show you that double backups aren't enough - everyone, save your data in triplicate!

[Ben Wilson]

I've just re-launched the downloads section. Most of the files that were there 3 weeks ago are still there.

Some are still missing and I'll keep trying to find those and add additional files.

Happy Simulating!

Ben