1.1. Organization of this manual
This manual describes both the two-way full export interface (using MSC.ADAMS or
AMESim integrator exclusively for the full system) and the two-way co-simulation
interface (where both solvers are used, one of them being called by the other).
The main part of the manual deals with the standard interface and section 5 looks at the
differences between export and co-simulation.
The structure of this manual is the following:
• Section 1: Error! Reference source not found., is the current section.
• Section 2:
Preliminaries, describes how you must set your working environment so
that you can use the interface.
• Section 3:
Importing MSC.ADAMS into AMESim, describes with a simple
example how to create an AMESim model and configure it to run in cooperation
with MSC.ADAMS.
• Section 4:
Importing AMESim into MSC.ADAMS, describes how MSC.ADAMS
imports the AMESim model.
• Section 5:
Co-simulation or Full Export? This describes the differences between
co-simulation interface and the export facility.
• Section 6:
Tips on using the interface, gives some advice on efficient use of the
interface.
• Section 7:
Advanced use of the interface and Section 8: Advanced configuration of
the interface
, are useful for customized use of the interface (advanced users).
Sometimes a section of text is only valid for a UNIX or Linux environment, for such text,
the following presentation is used:
Using UNIX:
Description for Unix/Linux based environments.
Similarly, sometimes a section of text is only valid for a Windows environment, for such
text, the following presentation is used:
Using Windows:
Description for Windows based environments.
We assume that either the reader of this manual is already familiar with using AMESim
and MSC.ADAMS or an AMESim user and an MSC.ADAMS user will collaborate in
performing the task.
For new AMESim users we recommend that they at least do the tutorial examples in the
AMESim manual before attempting a combined simulation. Similarly, a new
MSC.ADAMS user should become familiar with using MSC.ADAMS before attempting a
combined simulation.
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