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Jun-22 Universities Use Mechanical Simulation's CarSim and SuspensionSim to Gain Competitive Advantage
Jun-10 University of Michigan Formula SAE Racing Team Earns 2nd Place at 2010 Competition With CarSim
May-10 2010 Beijing Auto Show Features Driving Simulator from Mechanical Simulation
May-10 Thomas D. Gillespie Opens 19th International Colloquium SAE Brazil in Caxias do Sul
May-10 Mechanical Simulation Corporation Releases BikeSim 3
Mar-10 Forum8 Launchs CarSim Plug-In for UC-win/Road
Jan-10 TruckSim 8.0 is Released
Sep-09 University of Ontario Driving Simulator
Jul-09 CarSim 8.0 is Released
Oct-08 BikeSim 2.0 is Released
Sep-08 TruckSim 7.01 is Released
Jul-08 CarSim 7.1 Released
Mar-08 Newest TruckSim
Jan-08 Toyota Driving Simulator
Jan-08 CarSim 7 Development of Year
Nov-07 Winning Team Uses CarSim
Nov-07 CarSim in Robotic Race
Oct-07 U of Michigan Race Team
Oct-07 U of Windsor Virtual Grand Prix
Aug-07 Our Publications in Chinese
Jun-07 Thomas Gillespie Appointed to National Academy of Sciences
Apr-07 dSPACE RT TruckSim, BikeSim
Apr-07 Updated BikeSim 1.02
Apr-07 Latest in Vehicle Dynamics
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Dec-06 Partnership with ETAS
Oct-06 German Office Established
Aug-06 World-Class Tire Simulation
Aug-06 SuspensionSim Partnership
Jul-06 A Decade of Vehicle Dynamics
Jun-06 Real Time Testing
Dec-05 CarSim 6 Top Product Award
Dec-05 Off-Road Hazards with CarSim
Dec-05 CarSim and Test Track Design
Nov-05 Motion Based Simulators
Dec-04 David Hall, Dev. & Consulting
Dec-04 Michael Sayers, Co-Founder
Dec-04 Thomas Gillespie, Co-Founder
Mechanical Simulation's TruckSim Offers Latest Animator and Modeling Improvements
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 9, 2008 – Mechanical Simulation Corporation has released the latest version of truck simulation tools, TruckSim® 7.01, as a step in the continuous improvement of its line of software products.
TruckSim is software for simulating the dynamic behavior of heavy-duty trucks and tractor-trailers with various combinations of axles, dual wheels, asymmetric steering systems and single or multiple trailers. Users at OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers consistently report close agreement between the simulation predictions of TruckSim and actual on-road and proving ground test results.
According to Michael Sayers, Mechanical Simulation’s chief technology officer, TruckSim 7.01 uses the VehicleSim® (VS) software environment that debuted on the company’s TruckSim® 7 vehicle dynamic software. “VS provides a command language for users to extend the model at run time,” said Sayers. “This allows the software to run with older datasets, as well as being customized and further automated by experienced users.”
TruckSim 7.01 features improvements to the user interface and file import/export capabilities. New road builder tools simplify the process of creating road geometry from scratch. Straight and curved segments, as well as cross-slope banking and transitions from banked to flat segments, can be designed and generated easily.In addition, new features enable users to better illustrate and visualize the simulated world environment. Tire path marks on the pavement can be displayed to visualize off-tracking or wheel skids. Traffic can be added to simulations, as well as interactions among multiple vehicles typical of advance driver assistance systems and adaptive cruise controls. Continuing improvements in the modeling provide evermore exacting replication of tire, trailer hitch and steering systems behavior.
The animator includes a new capability to automatically track and zoom from a stationary camera, much like a human camera operator at a racetrack or proving ground.
TruckSim 7.01 is available for testing and purchase. Contact Mechanical Simulation at 1.734.668.2930 or visit www.carsim.com for more information.