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Review on Fireflow by Chuck Chen

Revainrating 5 out of 5

User friendly simulation tool which is great at creating quick tests

It's very easy to use for anyone with basic knowledge of how networks work. I like that it allows you to create custom scenarios and then run those against your model without having to write code yourself! There are some limitations as far as what can be done in this software compared to more advanced tools (eg., OpenDSS). However, we do not have time or resources to invest into something so complex right now - but if there were options out there to allow us to easily simulate larger models within our department than just one branch line-loop scenario, I'm sure they would improve greatly over current offerings from other companies. We're looking to find ways in general to make modeling easier across departments/users who may only know their own piece of the puzzle. This product has allowed multiple users working together to quickly build simulations using simple commands rather than writing scripts themselves.

Pros
  • Very intuitive interface
  • Intuitive UI features suchas drag & drop capabilities
  • Ease at creating new user defined components(UDCs)with little technical training requiredto learn.
  • Customizable parameters availablefor each component
Cons
  • I will keep silent