simulating capacitor with multisim

hello,

I have just obtained multisim and have found it useful in testing circuits quickly . One problem at the moment though is simulating the charging of a capacitor. I am inexperienced with electronics and i would like to simulate the charging of a capacitor running in a series circuit with a resistor. I want the capacitor to have a voltmeter across it displaying the exponential increase of charge.

When i setup this circuit and power it up the voltmeter displays the full voltage almost straight away no matter what value i use for the capacitor or resistor. is there a way to simulate the circuit i described in real time displaying the sudden increase of voltage then the flatting out period.

Can anyone please offer any help?

Thanks Mark S.

Can you show the schematic? Did you probe to the wrong place?

You can either set the initial condition on the cap voltage to be zero volts (I don't know the exact procedure, but I'll guarantee it can be done), or you can use a PWL source that steps from zero to maximum with a very short risetime. As you have it now, the program calculates the steady-state voltage before it starts the simulation. All versions of Spice do this.