Simulation apparatus and storage medium

A simulation apparatus that predicts a behavior of a curable composition in a film forming process in which a plurality of droplets of the curable composition arranged on a substrate and a mold are brought into contact with each other to form a film of the curable composition on the substrate, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to execute behavior computation of the curable composition by a computational method selected from a first computational method and a second computational method which shortens a computation time as compared to the first computational method;
• and
• a user interface configured to present options for accepting a user instruction concerning a parameter set for the film forming process and a computational method, and accept a user instruction to start execution of behavior computation,
• wherein, in response to an input of the user instruction to start execution via the user interface, the processor executes behavior computation of the curable composition by a computational method selected from computational method options including the first computational method and the second computational method while applying a parameter set selected from parameter set options.

A simulation apparatus that predicts a behavior of a curable composition in a film forming process in which a plurality of droplets of the curable composition arranged on a substrate and a mold are brought into contact with each other to form a film of the curable composition on the substrate, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to execute behavior computation of the curable composition by a computational method selected from a first computational method and a second computational method which shortens a computation time as compared to the first computational method,
• wherein the processor is configured to
• execute behavior computation of the curable composition by the first computational method while applying a tentative parameter set for the film forming process,
• decide a region of evaluation based on a result of the behavior computation applied with the tentative parameter set, and
• execute behavior computation of the curable composition by the second computational method while applying each of a plurality of tentative parameter sets with respect to the decided region of evaluation.