What’s New in MapleSim

Improved Performance

Across the board, MapleSim is now faster when it comes to creating, simulating, and analyzing models.

• Simulation is faster due to more efficient handling of constraints when preparing the model, resulting in more compact, faster simulation code without any loss of fidelity. These results mean that MapleSim’s industry-leading speeds have gotten even better, saving time and enabling more real-time applications.
• Exported models run faster, because the code generated during model export takes advantage of the same efficiencies, whether you use the built-in code generators or the specialized add-on connectors for FMI, Simulink^®, and others.
• Large models are more responsive during model creation and manipulation, no matter how many components and parameters you are working with. Improvements are especially noticeable when working with large sets of parameters.

Increased Modeling Scope

New built-in and add-on components and expanded support for external libraries means you can create more models, faster.

New Components

Many of the built-in MapleSim component libraries have new components.

• The Hydraulics library includes over 25 new components for restrictions and valves, including directional valve controls. The overall formulation has also been updated to provide greater numerical stability for real-time simulations.
• The Electrical library provides new multiphase sensors, more signals blocks and power convertors, and the Spice3 library from Modelica^® for easier integration of SPICE-based models into MapleSim.
• In addition to the revolutionary multibody modeling technology built into MapleSim, MapleSim now also supports the Modelica Multibody Library, so multibody models built in the Modelica library can be easily brought into MapleSim.
• MapleSim supports the Modelica Synchronous Library, so these components can be easily brought into MapleSim for greater flexibility with real-time simulations.
• MapleSim is now based on the Modelica Standard Library 3.2.3, taking advantage of the most recent release throughout the product.
• The MapleSim Heat Transfer Library add-on has over 15 new components that define new geometries, boundaries, and visualizations.

New Product! MapleSim Engine Dynamics Library™ from Modelon

The MapleSim Engine Dynamics Library from Modelon provides specialized tools for modeling, simulating, and analyzing the performance of combustion engines. This add-on component library is especially useful for representing transient engine responses, and can be used for analyzing engine performance, performing emission studies, controls development, hardware-in-the-loop verification of vehicle electronic control units, and more.

• Capture fluid mechanics, thermal dynamics, air gas exchange dynamics, and mechanics of your combustion engine, all in single modeling tool.
• Simplify your control design projects, including transient engine responses and hardware-in-the-loop verification of vehicle electronic control units (ECUs).
• Analyze exhaust flow paths, intercoolers, turbochargers, and Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGL) loops.
• Build your models easily using a wide range of components, including cylinders, turbochargers, heat exchangers, sensors, flow modifiers, and more.

Even More Connectivity

MapleSim 2019 further enhances the extensive connectivity options for integrating MapleSim with the rest of your toolchain.

• You have more simulation options when running models imported from other systems, as imported FMUs can now be run using MapleSim’s variable-step solvers, as well as the fixed step solvers.
• The MapleSim FMI Connector add-on has been expanded to support FMI 2.0 Variable-Step Co-Simulation on export, allowing you to easily export your MapleSim model to another tool using either variable step or fixed step solvers, as is most appropriate for your application.
• Improved interactive analysis apps for Monte Carlo analysis, Optimization, and Parameter Sweeps now allow you to export your results, including visualizations, to CSV files for use in Excel® and other tools.