Simulation of a Process

An apparatus for simulating a casting or molding process, said apparatus comprising means for providing a computer model (322) of at least one component (335), means for displaying said computer model (322), means for receiving an input indicating a component (324, 326, 328, 335) and in response thereto update said component, means for displaying at least one process step object (378) for the process, said process step object being associated with a process parameter, means for receiving an input indicating a process step object (378) and in response thereto update said parameter and means for performing a simulation of said process on the at least one component (335), simulating each process step according the process step object's (378) associated parameters and an event time. It is suggested that FIG. 3 is published with the abstract.