Modelica, CAD and visualization 

Translating CAD models to Modelica

Mechanical systems (robots, cars, aircraft components) contain complex model topology and  many parameters that are difficult to specify in the model without using special tools. Three-dimensional CAD user interface is used for modeling mechanical systems in Modelica. Dynamic properties of the kinematic structure are modeled.

• SolidWorks to Modelica translator
• Autocad Mechanical Desktop to Modelica translator

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Three-dimensional visualization of mechanical simulations

Three-dimensional visualization is used for interactive animation to make possible analysis of simulation results.

• An OpenGL-based environment for dynamic visualization of simulation results, MVIS
• Cult3D-based visualization tool for WWW publishing and presentation s

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• Paper: Vadim Engelson, Håkan Larsson, Peter Fritzson, Design, simulation and visualization environment for object oriented mechanical and multi-domain models .- early paper describing the structure of the tools.
• Ph.D. Thesis:  Vadim Engelson, Tools for Design, Interactive Simulation, and Visualization of Object-Oriented Models in Scientific Computing,   Ph.D. Thesis . See Chapter 5 for detailed description of the tools and their applications..
• Report: Daniel Larsson: A remote Modelica simulation visualized with EAI VRML .
• Report: Johan  Parmar: Modeling an Autonomous Helicopter and its Maintenance Environment using Modelica
• Supported by RealSim (EC) and VISP (Vinnova) projects
  
• Contact: Vadim Engelson, vaden@ida.liu.se