SimMechanics 3.0

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Modeling Mechanical Systems
• Simulating and Analyzing Mechanical Motion
• Exporting CAD Assemblies from a CAD System into SimMechanics
• Converting SimMechanics Models to C Code
• Multidomain Physical Modeling in MATLAB and Simulink

Introduction

SimMechanics™ extends Simscape™ with tools for modeling three-dimensional mechanical systems within the Simulink® environment. Instead of deriving and programming equations, you can use this multibody simulation tool to build a model composed of bodies, joints, constraints, and force elements that reflects the structure of the system. An automatically generated 3-D animation lets you visualize the system dynamics. You can import models complete with mass, inertia, constraint, and 3-D geometry from several CAD systems.

SimMechanics models can be converted to C code with Real-Time Workshop®, enabling you to test embedded controllers using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) tests instead of hardware prototypes.

SimMechanics can be used to develop active suspensions, robotics, surgical devices, landing gear, and a variety of other systems. You can combine SimMechanics with other MathWorks physical modeling products to model complex interactions in multidomain physical systems.

SimMechanics model of a robot arm. The colored blocks in the SimMechanics model (bottom) correspond to the colored parts in the 3-D visualization (top). Click on image to see enlarged view.

Key Features

• Modeling environment for building 3-D rigid-body mechanical systems
• Simulation modes for analyzing motion and calculating forces
• Visualization and animation of mechanical system dynamics with 3-D body geometry
• SimMechanics Link utility, providing an interface to Pro/ENGINEER® and SolidWorks® CAD platforms and an API for linking to other CAD platforms
• Ability to convert models to C code (with Real-Time Workshop)
• Integration in Simulink, enabling development of high- fidelity, nonlinear plant models and control systems in a single environment