Maplesoft (Waterloo, Canada) released the pilot version of MapleSim, a high-performance multi-domain modeling and simulation tool that the company says will set new standards with its ability to shorten the time it takes to bring products to market.
MapleSim, which is said to offer numerous advantages over traditional tools, allows users to mix physical components with traditional signal-flow blocks, the model diagram looks like the real system being modeled, multi-domain models are assembled from pre-built components, units management removes potential conversion and consistency errors, live design documentation captures the analysis behind the model, systems of equations representing the model are automatically generated, and complex models are automatically simplified using symbolic techniques.
With the physical modeling techniques in MapleSim, users can recreate a system diagram on a screen using compact components that represent a physical model. MapleSim has more than 500 components from domains such as electrical, mechanical, control design, and thermal, organized into easy-to-navigate palettes. With MapleSim, mathematical equations that represent a model are automatically generated, saving weeks, sometimes months, on complex applications. The equations are simplified automatically, yielding concise models and high-speed simulations of sophisticated systems.
Maple's symbolic computation technology is at the core of MapleSim. Unlike numeric computation, symbolic technology can convert a physical system representation directly into mathematical equations. Models created in this way are very concise and do not rely on iterative numeric routines to solve. Users are encouraged to sign up for the pilot program.
