I can do that for a cylinder (in green below) but not for a box geometry.

Box_geometry_and_pendulum.msim

In the attached model I have tried (among other things) to simulate a disk pendulum without friction.

The simulation shows bouncing and angular lock.

There are also 3 warnings and an initialization problem that I could not fix.

How can the model be improved?

Disk_pendulum.msim

P.S.:

Rolling without friction worked fine here.

I was wondering if there is a way to measure/extract the contact forces that occur during a contact event? Preferably I would like to visualize the contact forces in the 3D result view.

I would also like to extract information about slippage in a contact.

Is this somehow possible?

On the corresponding Modelica page I find

Since MapleSim 2024 now has been upgraded to Modelica 4.0 (which I appreciate very much by the way - Thank you), I was wondering if I could give this libraray a try?

I am looking for simple ways to set up digital controllers in the context of developement of code for micro-controllers. From the github page:

Furthermore, in sublibrary Controller about 20 input/output blocks of linear systems are provided that are based on the different representation forms, e.g., PID, StateSpace, Filter blocks. A unique feature of these blocks is that it is very convenient to quickly switch between a continuous and a discrete block representation. Also, templates are provide to quickly built-up standard controller structures. 

Hi,

I am trying to convert from MapleSim to Simulink Matlab by using the S-function code Generation connector, but I got the above message when I uploaded the selected subsystem and I have no idea how can I fix it. Please help me

This is a Tension Zone, an example of web handling.

The example probe on Roller1 shows various probe items, such as summary_WrapAngle and summary_Slipvelocity, but the ex_probe I attached to the same roller shows only four probe items: angle, angular velocity, angular acceleration, and torque. Why are the items different even though they are probes on the same roller?

I want to know the change of the web during the web handling process, so I attached the probe, and it shows the checkboxes to observe the velocity and tension values as shown in the picture, but there are 3 additional checkboxes like Force - T2 / real - e / real - e2, what does this mean?

How can a variable roller ensure that the nip is within the arc of contact between the web and the roller? Every time I run the simulation, it keeps failing.

Can MapleSim simulate a situation where a cable passes through a hole in an object, where the cable is constrained by the hole and the object also experiences forces from the cable because of the hole?

I was wondering whether the rendering of bars

looks also dot like on other computers

Looks like Newtonian notation

Modal Analysis is a very usefull feature. Only the animation window is sometimes too tiny.

How to enlarge this view and to pause the animation?

This seems to be a Maple plot window (a "Rotate the view" cursor is visible and the animation can be rotated). Are there any short cuts or functions keys to toggle plot view options?

Edit: Looks to my like a Maplet. Maybe a Maplet programmer can tell if that (what I am asking) is possible

Both, Maple and MapleSim in Versions from 2021 to 2023 do not start. A logfile is saved which starts as

# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

#

#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000000000000, pid=17256, tid=10520

#

# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-19.0.1+10 (19.0.1+10) (build 19.0.1+10)

# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-19.0.1+10 (19.0.1+10, mixed mode, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, windows-amd64)

# Problematic frame:

# C  0x0000000000000000

#

This only occurs when the notebook (on which the error occurs) is connected to the domain network. If the notebook is not connected, Maple and MapleSim can be started and will continue to run when the network is reconnected.

Has anybody seen this before or any ideas what this could be?

Edit: This all happened under Windows 10 on a notebook that has been running Maple for 3 years and only recently displayed this error.

Edit2: Connection via an USB doc which also connects to an external monitor.

I found this option in an API command ?MapleSim,LinkModel,Simulate:

    scalemethod : one of the following: "none", "minimum", "maximum", "geometric"
    Method of variable scaling applied to the system.

I did not find anything about scaling in Maples help system.

What exactly does the scaling do?

I found this option mentioned in help(MapleSim,Multibody,Dynamic_Exports).

For the example of the help page I tried

SliderCrank:-GetDynEQs(AugType = Reaction);
SliderCrank:-GetDynEQs(AugType = Lagrange);

but the output is the same (which I would expect since GetDynEQs is not defined with parameters).

In the help system I only find deprecated commands that use this option

How can this option be set in newer versions of MapleSim without using deprecated commands?

Sometimes the canvas in the 2d-workspace of a subsystem (or component) is grayed out and the parameters in the parameter pane cannot be changed.

Example from the Model Gallery where the mass cannot be changed

Another example of a CAD geometry where I would like to change color and transparency:  seeshell.msim

How to unprotect the parameters?

I have observed that copy and pasting (Edit2: in a new document) and deleting the original component and copy/paste back into the original document and reconnection of the pasted  component works. Are there shorter ways to unprotect? 

And: How to do the reverse action (i.e. protecting a component)?

(I could not find a "when" and "why" for the protection in the documentation. Maybe I overlooked something)

Edit:

Other reasons why to unprotect are suppressions of components and highlight of multibody ports and axes.

Adding or reformating automatically generated ports (Edit3).