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Welcome to the
August 2006 Issue of the Maple Reporter!
The Maple Reporter provides all the latest news from Maplesoft,
with articles highlighting new products, innovative application
areas, tips and techniques, events, and much more.
This month’s issue features news about two new Maplesoft
products; DynaFlexPro/Tire, an add-on to DynaFlexPro that allows
users to incorporate the latest pneumatic tire models into simulations
of vehicle systems, and the Global Optimization with Maple e-book.
Also, check out this month’s Tips & Techniques, the
latest MapleCast Episodes, and a new Maple 10 review in Cadalyst
Magazine.
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News & Announcements
DynaFlexPro/Tire Module DynaFlexPro
is a very effective tool for creating efficient models and simulations
of complex mechanical systems, such as mechanisms, robots, and
machinery. With the DynaFlexPro/Tire Module, an optional add-on
package to DynaFlexPro, the range of applications is further increased
to include vehicles. The generation of efficient models and real-time
simulations will facilitate the development of new vehicle designs,
including active sub-systems and their electronic controllers.
Global
Optimization with Maple E-Book This electronic
book presents Maple as an advanced model development
and optimization environment. A special emphasis is placed
on solving multiextremal models, using the Global Optimization
Toolbox™ for Maple™. Following a brief topical
introduction, an extensive collection of detailed numerical
examples and illustrative case studies is presented.
New
Version of BlockBuilder for Simulink® Can Handle
Models from Third-Party Products like DynaFlexPro With
BlockBuilder 1.1 and DynaFlexPro 2.3, you can now develop
very efficient,
high-fidelity models of mechanical systems for use with
Simulink, Real-Time Workshop and your HIL test systems.
The major enhancement to Version 1.1
of BlockBuilder for Simulink is the ability to handle
models from third-party products.
In particular, this allows models that have been created
in DynaFlexPro to be automatically converted to a Simulink
S-function. If you are modeling multi-body mechanical
systems using DynaFlexPro, you can now quickly generate
Simulink blocks that are ready for real-time implementation,
using Real-Time Workshop.
New Product Mechanics of Materials Offers Solutions
to Linear and Elastic Beam Bending Problems Using
Maple’s powerful math engine, problem specifications
can be formulated in numeric or symbolic form, offering
graphical and analytical solutions for beam sections
with up to 100 separate segments. The functions yield
impressive graphics and detailed analytical solutions,
ideal for education and training applications.
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July
25th - Episode 7: Maple Conference 2006 Highlights
In this episode we bring you some highlights from the
Maple Conference 2006, which took place at the end of
July. The highlights include several brief interviews
with
keynote speakers and poster presenters, as well as a
collection of "hellos from around the world."
July
12th - Eposode 6: Looking Ahead
Maplesoft's Chief Scientist Dr.
Laurent Bernardin joins
us to talk about the primary goals of developing Maple
10 and some challenges the team faced. Eithne Murray
explains e-books and their relation to MapleConnect;
she also divulges information on an interesting new interactive
e-book coming soon. And as usual, we have some more helpful
news and answers to email questions.
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Maple Adoption
Program™
Register your Fall courses today!
Registering courses has never been faster; with
online registration you can have your Maple Adoption account
up to date and ready
to go for the Fall semester in no time. You will be able to use
your home use copy of Maple 10 immediately with the new download
feature. Read
More...
Get started and register your Fall courses
today! Complete program information and electronic registration
can
be found at www.maplesoft.com/adoption |
Product Tips and
Techniques
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Maplesoft
Seminar Series
Maplesoft’s
monthly web seminars provide an excellent opportunity for
you to learn about interesting applications, new techniques,
and upcoming products. Hosted live by senior Maplesoft product
experts, these 1 hour interactive sessions offer the opportunity
to ask questions and interact with the presenter. Whether
you are a seasoned Maple user, or someone looking to find
out what Maple is all about, this seminar series will offer
an opportunity to learn something new and interesting.
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August 10th,
2006, 2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Maple
Toolbox for MATLAB |
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August 15th, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Introduction
to Maple 10 |
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August 17th, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Automated
Testing and Assessment with Maple T.A. |
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August 22nd, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Modeling
Multi-body Mechanical Systems with DynaFlexPro |
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August 24th, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Maplesoft
Solutions for Engineering Research and Education |
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August 30th, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Modeling
and Simulation with the New BlockBuilder for Simulink |
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September 18th, 2006,
2:00 - 4:00 pm EDT - Modeling
and Simulating Multibody Mechanical Systems Using DynaFlexPro
and BlockBuilder for Simulink |
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September 21st, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Maplesoft
Solutions for Engineering Research and Education |
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September 26th, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Introduction
to Maple 10 |
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September 28th, 2006,
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT - Maple
Toolbox for MATLAB |
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Application
Center Highlights
The Maple Application
Center has received the following new applications over the
last month:
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Maplesoft in the Press
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Maplesoft continues to receive much
press. Recently there has been coverage in Campus Technology,
an article in UniversityBusiness and a review of Maple
10 in Cadalyst.
| Feature Review |
Cadalyst Magazine, July 2006
First Look Review: Maple 10
Maple 10 is “Highly recommended”
Mike Hudspeth of Cadalyst Magazine has just published
a new review of Maple 10. In his review he “highly
recommends” Maple 10 stating that “it's the
last math program you'll likely ever need.” He
writes about its ease of use, knowledge capture, and
functions like the Maple Calculator and the Symbol Writer, “Maple
Calculator is like the Windows calculator -- on steroids.
It uses the Maple 10 core, so it's got enough horsepower
to get you what you need.” He also stated “Literally
thousands of mathematical symbols are available in Maple
10 … And if you can't find the symbol you're looking
for, Maple 10 has a truly innovative way to help you
-- the Symbol Writer. It's a menu window where you write
or draw the symbol you want. Below your graphic, a couple
of guesses appear of what Maple 10 thinks might fit the
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University Business, July 2006
More than a Numbers Game
“ Don't just give students basic
chunks of knowledge. They need greater
motivation.”
Tom Lee recently attended and judged
the national FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
and Technology) Competition, a multinational robotics competition
that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering
design problem in an intense and competitive way. In this
article Lee writes about the importance of competitions like
FIRST and how schools can draw from a range of tools and
resources to help “streamline knowledge” and “establish
real context and relevance to engineering.”
Campus-Technology,
July 2006
Improving the Administration of Mathematics Placement
Tests
By Scott Sutherland, Director of Undergraduate Studies in
Mathematics, SUNY Stony Brook
“Stony Brook wanted to be able to administer the placement
test before the students came to orientation and they wanted
the students to be as prepared as possible. Maplesoft’s
Maple T.A. addressed all of these issues by automating the
entire process, from assessment to diagnostics, enabling the
placement test to be done anytime, anywhere.”
In addition to these articles, check out the Press
Coverage area for all the latest coverage on Maplesoft.
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