simulation?

[disb]

How much programming is involved in simulation? (specifically C programming or Matlab/simulink). I know the fundamentals of both, but depends on how intensive the programming is.

Can simulation be thought of as one big video game?!

 

[IRstuff]

In some respects, it is, and in some respects, it's way more mathematically complicated. You've not said what specific problem you're trying to simulate, and each specific problem may have a specific solution.

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[disb]

I'm basically going to model an automobile in MSC Adams application and will be required to do some programming. That was all the info I was given. I was curious as to how much programming knowledge was required.

 

[GregLocock]

In terms of code size the solver, which does the grunt work of the sim, is much smaller than the graphics display part.

The prepocessor can be any size, from a text editor, through to a database editor, to a 3D CAD look alike. So the code size for that could be anywhere from zero through to the same as the display.

That being said you could write an entire MBDS program in Excel, from data input to solving to graphical display.

If you are looking at FEM look at OpenFEM for Matlab, no need to write any code.

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[IRstuff]

IS this for school?

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[GregLocock]

You might like to ask on the ADAMS forum, but I've run ADAMS for 8 years and have only had to write very simple programs, since it offers a preprocessing GUI and a complete postprocessor.



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