ENGINEERING

Maplesoft has announced several new products that will help engineers better manage the complexity of engineering modeling and simulation problems. MapleSim, the most advanced solution for physical modeling, together with a collection of new toolboxes, enables fast model development, advanced analysis, and the creation of complex multi-domain models. In the rapidly transforming world of engineering, physical modeling is evolving as a fundamental and critical engineering process in response to the increasing complexity of emerging design challenges.

The new Maplesoft solution suite includes the following new products:

• MapleSim 3 – MapleSim, Maplesoft’s core physical modeling product, has a rich modeling platform which has been greatly enhanced in this release. Modeling capabilities have been extended with new component libraries for hydraulics and electrical machines and refined solvers that handle even greater model complexity. In addition, new user interface features lead to faster development time and smoother workflow. MapleSim’s core symbolic technology produces highly optimized equation-based models, which provide the best possible real-time performance in key application areas such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation.

Built on a foundation of the world’s most powerful symbolic computation engine, MapleSim offers the most extensive range of advanced analysis tools, supporting sensitivity analysis, optimization, and advanced visualization techniques.

• MapleSim Control Design Toolbox – The MapleSim Control Design Toolbox provides a solid set of essential control design tools that extend MapleSim’s exceptional plant modeling capabilities to support control design. This toolbox takes advantage of the symbolic approach for designing, analyzing, and testing control systems, which results in greater flexibility and accuracy. By developing plants and controllers together in the MapleSim environment, the development process is accelerated, and tool-switching cost is reduced. MapleSim also increases the reusability of controller designs through built-in technical documentation tools.
• MapleSim LabVIEW Connector – This toolbox integrates MapleSim's rich modeling environment into the popular LabVIEW real-time platform from National Instruments (NI). Engineers using LabVIEW can quickly develop and optimize complex engineering system models in the intuitive visual modeling environment of MapleSim. This new toolbox joins the MapleSim Simulink Connector (formerly known as the MapleSim Connectivity Toolbox), which provides enhanced connectivity with Simulink and Real-Time Workshop. When combined, these products ensure that MapleSim now connects to all popular real-time platforms.

“This expanded solution is a critical part of Maplesoft’s mission to empower the engineering community with all the necessary pieces to tackle emerging and increasingly complex design challenges,” said Jim Cooper, President and CEO, Maplesoft. “Physical modeling is certainly driving the designs of tomorrow. These products provide better integrated toolchains and powerful tools to gain maximum benefit from physical modeling quickly. Expert modelers can do more, faster, and traditional techniques can easily be modernized.”

As part of its improved engineering solution offering, Maplesoft also announced a significant expansion of its Application Engineering Division. This group has been expanded to assist customers with modeling issues in a timely manner and to rapidly deploy new techniques in engineering products. This group is global in scope and service, integrating services from Maplesoft’s solution partners from around the world.

Availability and Pricing

Single-user professional licenses of MapleSim 3 are available for US $2,995, and MapleSim LabVIEW Connector for US $995. For its initial release, the MapleSim Control Design Toolbox will be included with MapleSim 3 at no extra cost. Volume, upgrade, and academic discounts apply. These products are available directly from the Maplesoft Web Store or by contacting Maplesoft Sales at 1-800-267-6583. Outside of the US and Canada, the products are available from a local Maplesoft reseller.