Identifying the optimal motor size required to drive your mechanism is one of the most important goals of simulation for the automation industry, and MapleSim 2018 provides tools that make this task easier.  The new 1-D Motion Generation App allows you to create motion profiles that adhere to defined velocity and acceleration constraints. This means you can import your CAD model into MapleSim using the MapleSim CAD Toolbox add-on, define the desired motion of the joints, and then run the simulation to discover the torques and forces required to create that motion.  This information can then be used to correctly size your motors.

MapleSim can now import models from even more software tools.  With MapleSim 2018, you can import models defined using FMI 2.0 Fixed-Step Co-Simulation, as well as FMI Model Exchange. After a model is imported, you can investigate the model using MapleSim’s advanced analysis tools, and incorporate it as part of a larger simulation. With the expanded import abilities, you can now also use MapleSim to test all 2.0 FMUs exported with the MapleSim Connector for FMI add-on, before deploying them to other tools.

Enhanced support for Modelica in MapleSim 2018 means that you can import many more third-party Modelica libraries into MapleSim, and start using those components in your own models immediately.

Significant improvements have been made to working with very large models in MapleSim.

The MapleSim Heat Transfer Library from CYBERNET add-on gives you a comprehensive view into the heat transfer effects present in your model, so you can improve performance and avoid overheating.

The MapleSim Hydraulics Library® from Modelon and the MapleSim Pneumatics Library® from Modelon, which are available as separate add-ons, have both been updated to take advantage of the most recent releases of the Modelon libraries.  One important benefit of this update is that both libraries can now take temperature effects into account during simulations.