Getting started with Simile

1. Drawing the model diagram

Step 1	Add a compartment to the model diagram. Click on the compartment symbol in the toolbar Move the mouse to the middle of the desktop window, and click again You should see a box labelled comp1.
Step 2	Rename the compartment account. Click on the select tool in the toolbar Move to the compartment labelled comp1, and click on the compartment symbol Delete the label comp1, and type in the label account
Step 3	Add an interest flow and a withdrawal flow. Click on the flow symbol in the toolbar Move the mouse to the left of the compartment labelled account, hold the mouse button down, and drag the mouse into the centre of the compartment. Release the mouse button. Move the mouse into the centre of the compartment, and drag to the blank area to its right. Release the mouse button.
Step 4	Rename the two flows. Click on the select tool Click on the valve (bowtie) symbol on the first flow. Delete the label flow1, and type in interest. Click on the second flow, and re-label it withdrawal
Step 5	Add a variable for the interest rate. Click on the variable symbol in the toolbar Move the mouse to the blank area above the interest flow, and click once
Step 6	Rename the variable interest rate. Click on the select tool Click on the variable labelled var1 Delete its label, and type in interest rate
Step 7	Draw the influences. Click on the influence arrow button in the toolbar Move the mouse to the middle of the compartment labelled account, and drag an influence arrow to the flow labelled interest Release the mouse button when the flow has turned green Move the mouse to the middle of the variable labelled interest rate, and again drag an influence arrow to the flow labelled interest
Step 8	Re-arrange the model diagram. Click on the move button in the toolbar. Move the mouse to the middle of the compartment labelled account Drag the mouse, and watch the compartment and its associated arrows re-arrange themselves Repeat for the cloud symbol at the end of each flow arrow, the variable, the valve symbols on the flows, the middle of an influence arrow, and the labels.

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