SimMechanics™ 2.7.1

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Building Mechanical Systems
• Simulating and Analyzing Mechanical Motion
• Developing and Testing Controls
• Exporting Assemblies from CAD Systems into SimMechanics
• Multidomain Physical Modeling in Simulink

Introduction

SimMechanics extends Simulink with tools for modeling and simulating mechanical systems.

SimMechanics simulates the motion of mechanical devices and generates mechanical performance measurements associated with this motion. It is integrated with MathWorks control design and code generation products, enabling you to design controllers and test them in real time with the model of the mechanical system.

SimMechanics can be used for a variety of aerospace, defense, and automotive applications, such as the development of active suspension, antirollover, landing gear and control surface actuation systems.

Model of a Stewart platform, built in SimMechanics. The force and power plots show the calculated requirements of the motion driving actuators. Click on image to see enlarged view.

Key Features

• Provides a modeling environment for building three-dimensional rigid-body mechanical systems
• Includes a variety of simulation techniques for analyzing motion and sizing mechanical components
• Enables the visualization and animation of mechanical system dynamics
• Enables the implementation of high-fidelity, nonlinear plant models in Simulink to support the development and testing of control systems
• Provides translators for Solidworks and Pro/ENGINEER to enable the use of these CAD tools to define mechanical models