MotionSolve is an essential, cost-effective part of multiphysics system simulation solutions, the motion module enables simulation-driven design through quick mechanization and analysis during early design stages.
Altair MotionSolve
Description
MotionSolve is a comprehensive multibody simulation software that helps to easily build and execute complex system models to evaluate the dynamic response of products and optimize their performance.
With MotionSolve, engineers and designers can graphically build system models that include realistic geometry, diverse loading conditions, linear or nonlinear component flexibility, nonlinear connectivity, friction/contact, multiphysics and other environmental effects.
MotionSolve facilitates multi-disciplinary collaboration across product development teams by integrating with other solutions for discrete element modelling, nonlinear flexbodies, CFD coupling, controls integration, and signal processing. It reduces expensive physical testing and prototype builds, helping you explore and improve designs as needed. Users can also easily extract loads for fatigue life prediction.
Why MotionSolve
Ensures Desired System Performance
Quickly mechanize CAD to predict how the mechanism operates. Study design variation and select fidelity to predict loads for downstream finite element (FE) calculations like strength and fatigue
Accelerates Vehicle Development
It easily assemble parametric vehicle models and test them and improves their performance by understanding design variations.
Analyzes and Improves Systems-of-Systems
Simulate complex system-of-systems by combining flexbodies, controls, and test data from 3D to 0D, designing better quality products faster.
Key Features:
Geometries
Can bring in CAD from most well-known formats and import mesh to define geometries for model build. Also allows to create basic geometric entities for quick model build through an intuitive user interface.
Contact
Can easily define contact between parts to capture the mechanics of the system. Supports both analytical and CAD-based contacts.
Flexbody
Supports the inclusion of the structure’s flexibility in many forms, from simple beams to complex non-linear FE. Supports pressure loads and geometric stiffening effects on flexbody.
Parametric and Hierarchical Modeling
Helps to build parametric models to enable quick design exploration. Unlimited hierarchy allows to reuse sub-systems and intuitive UI reduces modeling time.
Linear Analysis
Simulates complex system-of-systems in frequency domain and helps to understand the system’s operating frequencies to aid in controller development.
Vehicle Tools
Provides an easy-to-use wizard for quick vehicle assembly. Additionally, features an intuitive LeafSpring builder and Road Graphics, dedicated auto entities including dampers/stabars/airsprings that helps to incorporate the right fidelity.
Co-simulation
With FMI 2.0 enabled and close integration with Activate and other 0D/1D tools, MotionSolve empowers you to easily simulate a system-of-systems. Co-simulation with EDEM lets users model soil interaction.
Optimization
Close integration with HyperStudy allows to explore designs and optimize them. Native optimization enables quick mechanism optimization.
Python APIs
With powerful Python level APIs for both the pre-processor and solver, you can customize MotionSolve to meet your specific needs.
