VI-grade releases v18.0 product suite

Marburg, Sep 26th, 2017 – VI-grade today announced the release of v18.0 of its software product suite. The release includes major product features and several usability enhancements in the following products: VI-CarRealTime and VI-Driver (real-time software); VI-DriveSim and VI-GraphSim (driving simulation solutions); and VI-Automotive, VI-Rail, VI-Aircraft, VI-MxMount (vertical products). The v18.0 release of VI-Motorcycle and VI-BikeRealTime, the software products dedicated to motorcycle design, as well as VI-Driver for Matlab, will follow in the incoming weeks.
 
Selected new features of VI-CarRealTime v18.0 include:

• Modeling enhancements:
  • Extended driveline model with more modeling options like automatic transmission, dual clutch and torque converter via an intuitive and modular user interface
  • Improved support for electric and hybrid vehicles
  • New wizard for building models from K&C data
• Solver enhancements:
  • Parallel tire computation, allowing for more sophisticated road contact models in real-time
  • Support for new version of MF-Tyre MF-Swift 7.1, specifically designed for real-time applications
  • Improved VI-Driver Human model with reduced computation time (better support of real-time applications)
  • Stability improvements of high-end tire models (FTire and MF-Swift).
• Adams/Car plugin enhancements:
  • Full support of Adams Car 2015.1, 2016, 2017 and 2017.1

VI-Road v18.0 features the following enhanced capabilities:

• Support for Google KML file format
• Improvement of road mesh materials visualization and export
• Creation of driver line by hand-picking way points
• OpenCRG support improvements
• Driver line offset tool through dedicated panel

Selected new features of VI-SuspensionGen v18.0 include:

• Enhanced graphic visualization of the suspension
• new embedded log widget showing simulation messages
• Variable spring/damper connection for DoubleWishBone with Pushrod and U-Bar suspension

 Selected new features of VI-Animator v18.0 include:

• Customized lighting (ambient, diffuse and specular components)
• Toolbar to simplify the creation of calculated component expression

Selected new features of VI-DriveSim v18.0 include:

• Graphical Interface:
  • Reworked parameters panels for active seat, active belts and steering feedback
  • Handling of test shutdown time (SimulationWorkBench only)
  • New panel for choosing extra VI-CarRealTime user inputs from vehicle model (SimulationWorkBench only)
• VI-CarRealTime interface:
  • Integrated with VI-CarRealTime v.18.0
  • Support for multithreaded tires calculation with fixed CPU affinity
  • Automatic steer feedback parameters calculation and deploy
  • New unified channel for steer feedback
  • User inputs for vehicle model could be added and mapped to RTDB items
  • New 'Tire Scrub' plugin based on VI-TireLimits
• VI-GraphSim interface
  • Enforced checks to avoid streaming NaNs
• EtherCat interface
  • Added support for air muscle based belt tensioner
  • Support for up to 32 analog and 32 digital I/O channels
• VI-MotionCueing
  • New SAFE WAIT mode in case of workspace limits over passing
  • Improved vertical high pass filtering
  • Offline test can load .csv from iodb_csv directly
  • Offline test can deal with different data frequencies
  • Offline test now available also as a Matlab object
• Data Logging (iodb_csv)
  • Data stream to Wintax now supports high precision lap time
  • Improved lap time splitting
• Replay module (iodb_res_replay)
  • Added support for road materials if present
  • Sound module (iodb_bk)
  • Support for up to 64 road materials
  • Stream model is now UDP unicast
  • Support for all SimSound custom triggers
• Acquisition devices
  • Added support for Logitech G920
  • Added support for Fanatech ClubSport
• Miscellaneous
  • New module to animate with .res data extra cars/objects in the same scene in VI-GraphSim
  • Added alternative synchronization mechanism with no CPU overhead (Windows only)

Selected new features of VI-Rail v18.0 include:

• User defined force elements are now available in Template Builder
• Possibility to specify different rolling radii for wheels
• Improved contact point visualization
• Possibility to define track irregularities using a generic PSD function.
• General enhancements of VI-Rail Wear and VI-FlexTack toolkits

Selected new features of VI-Aircraft v18.0 include:

• Introduced snubber in equation based single and double stage air-spring
• Various enhancements in the NASA T-TR 64 Tire Model
• Option to provide stiffness exponent for tie forces in Tiedown Analysis
• Reviewed and enhanced tutorials and documentation

Selected new features of VI-MxMount v18.0 include:

• UDE definition for replacing Adams Car bushings and create/modify new bushings in Adams/View models
• UDE initialization from property file bushing dialog

“The v18.0 releases, that leverage the feedback received by the worldwide user base of the VI-grade solutions, feature an impressive set new capabilities and usability enhancements,” says Roberto De Vecchi, Development Manager, VI-grade. “We are confident that the new release will provide significant added value to our existing customers.”
 
The new releases, developed on top of Adams2017 and Adams2017.1, are available on the completely revamped VI-grade download area at the link: /en/reserved_area/software_download. A complete list of new features and enhancements can be found in the Release Notes documents available for download at the same link.

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