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PROFESSIONAL EDITION | September 2012 | Issue 9
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MapleSim 6 is Now Available!
MapleSim 6 offers tighter Modelica integration, as well as more simulation, analysis, and connectivity capabilities, providing even more ways for engineers to meet and exceed their system-level requirements. New features include:
 Expanded Modelica Support:
MapleSim is based on the open standard Modelica modeling language for describing physical models and components. In MapleSim 6, support for Modelica is enhanced in many ways, including a new view that instantly shows the corresponding Modelica code for any subsystem or component. Other Modelica features include the ability to open and immediately use Modelica files inside MapleSim; the ability to easily save any MapleSim model as a Modelica file; and the ability to use the FMI MapleSim Connector to export MapleSim models in the Modelica Association standard format.
Efficient Testing and Experimentation:
MapleSim 6 offers several features that reduce development time by speeding up the testing and experimentation process. It supports the ability to access external code directly from within simulations. MapleSim 6 also includes a new “snapshots” feature that speeds up experimentation by allowing customers to start experiments from any time-step and initial condition without having to rerun the model every time. This release also provides the ability to run batch simulations and optimizations in parallel, taking advantage of multiple CPUs to complete the computations significantly faster.
New MapleSim Connectors:
We've expanded the entire MapleSim product suite by releasing several additional connector products. The MapleSim Connector for B&R Automation Studio enables the transfer of physical models into the integrated development environment of B&R Automation Studio. The MapleSim Connector for VI-CarRealTime™ allows engineers to incorporate high-fidelity, multidomain models created in MapleSim into the real-time vehicle simulation environment of VI-CarRealTime. Using the new MapleSim Connector for FMI, MapleSim models can be exported in a standard format established with the support of the Modelica Association.
Check out the blog post written by Dr. Laurent Bernardin, Maplesoft's Executive Vice-President & Chief Scientist.
To learn more about all the new features in MapleSim 6, click here.
Next Steps:
 
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MSO-Tools 2012
September 24-26
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SAE 2012 Commercial Vehicles Engineering Congress and Exhibition
October 2-3
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Aachener Kolloquium "Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik"
October 8-10
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Live Webinar: See What's New in MapleSim 6
Thursday, September 13th at 10:00 am EDT
MapleSim 6 is a major new release of MapleSim, Maplesoft’s advanced system-level modeling software. With MapleSim 6, Maplesoft offers tighter Modelica integration, allowing users to access a new view that instantly shows the corresponding Modelica code for any subsystem or component, immediately open and use Modelica files in MapleSim and more. In addition to our expanded Modelica support, MapleSim 6 also offers several features that reduce development time by speeding up the testing and experimentation process. We've also expanded the entire MapleSim product suite by releasing several additional connector products including the MapleSim Connector for B&R Automation Studio, the MapleSim Connector for VI-CarRealTime and the MapleSim Connector for FMI.
This webinar, presented by Dr. Derek Wright, Senior Engineer and Product Manager of MapleSim, will explore some of the new features in MapleSim 6.
Live Webinar: Mathematics-Based Modeling of a Series-Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Thursday, September 27th at 10:00 am EDT
 This webcast covers new approaches to modeling and simulation for HEV and EV vehicle applications with emphasis on the development of high-fidelity physical models of automotive batteries. To speed up the design and prototyping processes of HEVs, a method that automatically generates mathematics equations governing the vehicle system response in an optimized symbolic form is desirable. To achieve this goal, the physical modeling tool MapleSim was employed to develop the multidomain model of a series-HEV, using the symbolic computing algorithms of the Maple software package to generate an optimized set of governing equations. The HEV model consists of a mean value internal-combustion engine, a Li-ion battery pack, and a multibody vehicle model. Simulations are then used to demonstrate the performance of the HEV system. Simulation results show that the model is viable and the number of governing equations is reduced significantly, resulting in a computationally efficient system. Webcast attendees will be invited to interact with the speakers during the program's live Q&A segment.
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 MAPLESOFT IN THE PRESS |
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How to Engineer a Planetary Rover
Automotive Designa nd Production, August 22, 2012
“Listen to Dr. Amir Khajepour, Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems and professor of Engineering at the University of Waterloo: “MapleSim was found to be the ideal environment for this application due to its multidomain abilities, use of symbolic simplification for higher computational efficiency and ease of connectivity to LabVIEW.” |
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The Driving Force in Automotive
Scientific Computing World, August 22, 2012
“Maplesoft’s Paul Goossens attributes this trend (modeling and simulation tools) to the fact that not only are prototype tests expensive, they are not very repeatable. For example, if a combination of inputs lead to a problem during a test drive, attempting to replicate them would be incredibly difficult. It can, however, be done effectively by hardware testing on real-time platforms and he states that while this is certainly not a new trend, there is an increasing adoption of these systems as engineers want to implement high fidelity models in a real-time simulator.” |
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MapleSim Connector for VI-CarRealTime
Scientific Computing World, July 2, 2012
“The MapleSim Connector for VI-CarRealTime enables engineers to incorporate high-fidelity, multi-domain models created in MapleSim into the real-time vehicle simulation environment of VI-CarRealTime. Furthermore, vehicle dynamics engineers can perform large Design of Experiments (DOE) and multi-objective optimisation studies.” |
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