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Simulation codes currently used in the foundry industry are primarily used to predict casting quality,quality tied mainly to the location of defects such as shrinkage (voids of shrinkage origin). Theeffective use of the simulation system requires identification and knowledge of, adapted to the reality,physical parameters (thermal) of the casting - mould system. The lack of as complete as possibleidentification of these values, used in modeling dependencies, is the cause of limitation of thedevelopment and scope of models describing casting solidification. The development condition of thesimulation code in the foundry practice are the correct model installation and the use of the databasecorresponding to the model. The following application present the analysis of the impact of simulationparameters on the prediction of the casting defects.