Home

AMESim/AMESet/AMERun/AMECustom Release Notes

1. 44 1 869 351 994 Fax 44 1 869 351 302 E Mail support uk amesim com GERMANY AUSTRIA IMAGINE Software GmbH Elsenheimerstr 15 D 80687 M nchen DEUTSCHLAND Tel 49 89 548 495 59 Fax 49 89 548 495 11 E Mail hotline germany amesim com JAPAN IMAGINE Japan kk Satokura Akebonobashi Building 2F Shinjuku Ku Sumiyoshi Machi 1 19 162 0065 Tokyo JAPAN Tel 81 3 3351 9691 Fax 81 3 3351 9692 E Mail mailto hotline japan amesim com CHINA IMAGINE Room 109 Jinyan Building Business N 2800 Chunsen Road Shangai 201100 CHINA PRC Tel 86 138 18 75 09 86 E Mail ging amesim com SOUTH KOREA SHINHO Systems Co Ltd 702 Ssyongyong IT Twin Tower 442 5 Sangdaewon dong Jungwon gu Seongnam si Gyeonggi KOREA 462 723 Tel 82 31 608 0434 Fax 82 31 608 0439 E Mail iclee shinho systems co kr BRAZIL KEOHPS CELTA Parc Tec ALFA Rod SC 401 km 01 CEP 88030 000 Florianopolis SC BRAZIL Tel 55 48 239 2281 Fax 55 48 239 2282 E Mail info keohps com HUNGARY Budapest University of Technology amp Economics Department of Fluid Mechanics H 1111 BUDAPEST Bertalan L U 4 6 HUNGARY Tel 36 1 463 4072 463 2464 Fax 36 1 463 3464 E Mail vad simba ara bme hu Copyright IMAGINE S A 1995 2003 AMESim is the registered trademark of IMAGINE S A AMESet is the registered trademark of IMAGINE S A MATLAB and SIMULINK ar
2. Floating licenses require properly functioning TCP IP networking FLEXLm v8 4a for license servers supplied with AMESim Adobe Acrobat Reader The applicable X11 version is R5 or later for all supported UNIX platforms Platform OS amp version Window Manager or compatible HP 9000 HP UX 10 20 HP Common Desktop Environment CDE IBM RS 6000 AIX 4 3 3 AIX Common Desktop Environment CDE 2 2 RedHat 6 0 Contact us for more information about Linux Silicon Graphics IRIX 6 5 3 4D Window Manager 4Dwm Sun Solaris 2 6 or highe Open Windows 3 X or Common Desktop SPARCstation Environment CDE Other platforms and or operating system versions may be compatible with AMESim 4 1 x please check the Platforms page at the web site http www amesim com or contact Technical Support at hotline amesim com This is especially true for Linux where there are many different possible configurations Installing AMESim 4 1 x The AMESim 4 1 x software is ordinarily installed on a single file system This can be an individual user s computer in case of a stand alone workstation or a central file server for networked installations The instructions that follow describe how to install AMESim 4 1 x on a single system in either a stand alone workstation or file server environment Multiple different versions of AMESim 4 1 x software can be installed on the same server possibly for heterogeneous platforms All of these versions can access the sa
3. Remove the C AMESim directory BEFORE THIS BE SURE TO KEEP A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR LICENSE FILE LOCATED IN C AMESim4 x licensing directory Registry Delete the AMESim items that had been created in the registry see section 3 Shortcuts Delete the AMESim directory that had been created in C WINNT Profiles All Users Start Menu Programs Back to contents A AMESim Suite Installation Instructions for UNIX System Requirements To install and use AMESim 4 1 x your system must meet several requirements After you have read and complied with the following requirements you can continue by installing the AMESim 4 1 x release Hardware Requirements Minimum system resources Minimum 128 Mo RAM A CD ROM drive for software installation or use of PDF documentation Other system requirements depend on the particular platform on which you are running AMESim Platform Disk space required HP 9000 175 320 Mbytes IBM RS 6000 205 345 Mbytes Silicon Graphics 160 310 Mbytes Sun SPARCstation 170 310 Mbytes Linux x86 140 280 MBytes PLEASE NOTE On PC platforms Linux AMESim products are tested with Intel Pentium processors III or VI recommended We cannot guarantee the same behavior for PCs using other processors Software Requirements The following requirements apply to UNIX systems running AMESim 4 1 x The AMESim 4 1 x Product Family software requires a supported version of UNIX as described in table below
4. Running previous version models on AMESim 4 1 Please note that when you open a system created using a previous version of AMESim AMESim 4 1 will detect it is an old system and lead you through a compulsory Check submodels A new executable will be created when you switch to Parameter mode and as you save it the whole model will be converted to the AMESim 4 1 format It is important to know that AMESim 4 1 models cannot be read by previous versions of AMESim Back to contents A Installation Instructions This section contains the information necessary to prepare for and install AMESim 4 1 x and its license manager FLEXIm You should read all of the information in this section before you begin the installation process These instructions assume that you have a basic working knowledge of the Operating System of your machine If this is not the case please seek the assistance of your local system administrator AMESim 4 1 x is distributed on CD ROM The media contains The AMESim program set Related utility files Any program options and libraries you purchased Demonstration models and submodels Online documentation Release notes in HTML form Manuals in PDF form For a detailed list of files see the section AMESim 4 1 x Directory Structure below AMESim 4 1 x uses a license manager called FLEXIm v8 4a to manage software access AMESim 4 1 x is licensed on a per computer or a per user basis e If licensed per computer AMESi
5. TRINOA TRINIA sleeve ring and sleeve idle gear engagements New utility getoilvisc setoilvisc getoildensity setoildensity Utility updated chamf2cham2 Hydraulic Component Design The node added in 4 0 2 version is removed It is not useful anymore since hydraulic nodes and sensors convey volumes if needed Activity variables are added in submodels Some minor bugs are corrected cf bug list gAol MEEREES SEERE de Hear Figure 15 Pneumatic library is entirely redesigned see the note on new Pneumatic library following Hydraulic Resistance es an les fe Id A CaN isi ra J J ca Olole Figure 16 Full compatibility with Hydraulic and Hydraulic Component Design libraries The fluid properties are now taken at the current working pressure instead of a zero pressure gauge Activity variables are added in submodels Submodels updated HR0222 hydraulic orifice Thermal Hydraulic ane EVV Vedi i ma et es a E M dH SU A e LIRE Figure 17 The Thermal Hydraulic library has gained some submodels derived from the Hydraulic library Fluid submodels are improved you have now the choice for a specific cavitation model for low pressure applications A new data file is supplied 15W30 data and two data files are updated 15W40 data and diesel data These give a better description of the specific heat thermal conductivity and viscosity variations according to the pressure and the
6. four variables are exchanged at pneumatic ports Temperature T K Enthalpy flow rate dmh J s Pressure p Pa Mass flow rate dm g s Notice that the pressure is a gauge pressure in Pa whereas in the previous version the pressure at ports was an absolute pressure in barA It is therefore impossible to connect an old submodel to any new submodel directly If some specific submodels have been developed it is suggested to modify their variables at ports or alternatively to use the conversion node as shown in Figure 28 speciic submodel Conversion node A External Variables PNCNOOS conversion node Pa Gara For variables WHA fave a Gvecron associated Wit He a posie Sign IS in He Greco orie avo t t t t 4 4 dis gs Gimin cm3 K bar t t f Fa dis gis Gimin cms Figure 28 use of conversion node In this example submodel PNCN003 will convert the total pressure in barA at port 2 into a gauge pressure in Pa at port the total pressure is equal to the gauge pressure plus the atmospheric pressure in order to connect a specific accumulator submodel to a standard orifice AMESim can display all the pressures in barA instead of Pa by using the following procedure Select Option Preferred Units Click on hyd pneu pressures and bulk modulus Select Pa and set barA in the translation column This is of great interest for users who prefer to work with absolute pressures Back to contents A
7. Using Windows AMESim 4 1 x platform Warning This procedure is only intended to computer administrators or advanced users in Windows operating system This procedure is intended to install the AMESim 4 1 x platform manually if the automatic installation with the CD Rom fails InstallShield error messages Login as an administrator and perform the following operations to install the AMESim 4 1 x platform manually Copy the AMESim directory located on the CD in the Program Files folder from the CD Rom to your hard disk for example in C AMESim in this procedure we will assume that the AMESim platform is being installed and that C AMESim is the chosen installation directory Alay E HA Acroread H Licensing Tools A Frogram Files EH AMESim4 0 H demo H doc Figure 38 Please note the name directory where you copy the AMESim folder must not contain any spaces Compiler installation Copy the vcvars32 bat file from the compiler installation directory for instance C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio VC98 Bin into C AMESim Start the registry to set different registry parameters Start gt Run gt regedit In HKEY CLASSES ROOT create a key named ame and set its default value to AMESimFile In HKEY CLASSES ROOT create a key named AMESimFile and set its default value to AMESim system file Inside this AMESimFile key create 5 keys to obtain the following tree AMESimFi
8. etc inittab RS 6000 AIX SGI IRIX Create etc init d amelmgrd containing the startup command Enter the following In s etc init d amelmgrd etc rc2 d S9lamelmgrd Create etc init d amelmgrd containing the startup command Solaris 2 6 Enter the following or higher In s etc init d amelmgrd etc rc3 d S26amelmgrd Configuring compilers If you are using AMESet and will write submodels in Fortran you should read this section carefully In an AMESim system model you can include both C written submodels and Fortran written submodels However you will need to set special flags for compiling Fortran files and for linking with Fortran libraries in order to create an AMESim simulation executable The table below contains the additional flags required for compiling and linking Platform Flag to compile Flags for linking SG IRIX 6 ae aig a Linux 1G2C for g77 l f2c for f77 For SOLARIS you may also need to specify the library search path explicitly in addition to the link flags typically L opt SUNWspro Sc3 0 1 lib You should change the library path appropriately for your system You will also need to edit the file 4ME make which is in the standard AMESim area and put a third line with the appropriate flags see the examples below 1 If your platform is running HPUX the contents of the file will be CC c g DHPUX I AME lib CC lel and you will need to compile your Fortran files using the comma
9. frequency modulation TI001 time increment selection DTI00 DTIO1 discrete time integrators ZOHO1 zero order hold Submodels updated DD001 discrete delay Back to contents A New Libraries Pneumatic Component Design 4 m 4 JA i 3 F l it I iti dh walt ae qma af hie oA F 4 F S e E E n l if l if l i feel Wi OF gt Sx a Figure 26 The PCD library enables to construct a model of a pneumatic component from a collection of very basic blocks PCD greatly increases the power of the AMESim Pneumatic library PCD uses a subdivision that enables you to build the greatest number of engineering system models from the smallest number of icons and submodels Considering the case of the pneumatic jack we can easily see that all possible jacks can be built up from various combinations of the following elements pneumatic gas under pressure annular variable volume chamber mechanical spring piston generating force due to differential pressures and areas This suggests that this is a good subdivision to use Comparing this with subdivision based on standard ISO symbols it is clear that the basic blocks are much smaller We could describe them as technological units since each element is a tangible object for an engineer With most PCD icons you could almost go to the engineering store collect the corresponding physical objects and use them to make a component Electric
10. make changes to the license dat file you must run Imreread or restart the license daemons by running Imstop and then Imstart All these utilities are available in AME licensing directory Note There is no part of FLEXIm Imgrd vendor daemon or application that requires root permissions In fact it is recommended that you do not run the license server Imgrd as root since root processes can introduce security risks If Imgrd is started from root as in a system boot script it is recommended that you use the bin su command to run Imgrd as a non privileged user You will have to ensure that the vendor daemons listed in AME licensing license dat have execute permissions for username The path to the vendor daemon in the license file is listed on DAEMON line To ensure that the license manager daemons start at boot time add the following startup command to a UNIX boot script on your system as described hereafter as one line bin su username c umask 022 AMEHOME licensing systype Imerd c AMEHOME licensing license dat l AMEHOME licensing amelm log where username is anon privileged user and systype is one of hp ibm sun or sgi Please note that previous releases had the Imgrd command in the licensing directory Platform Boot File Instruction HP 9000 Create sbin init d amelmgrd containing the startup command HP UX Enter the following In s sbin init d amelmgrd sbin rc2 d S900amelmgrd IBM Append the startup command to
11. not contact Imagine SA immediately and request your passcodes Via e mail at hotline amesim com Via phone from France 04 77 23 60 30 Via phone at 33 0 477 236 037 Via fax at 33 0 477 236 031 Please have ready or include in your e mail or fax the following three items 1 Your License Contract Number if you already use previous version of AMESim 2 The hostname and hostid for the server or servers on which you will execute the AME License Manager For Node locked license and or stand alone workstation the hostname and hostid for your workstation For floating license be sure to provide your server hostid s and hostname s not your client workstation information 3 Your e mail address An utility is provided on your CD ROM to get the information requested above in point 2 e On Windows platforms it is an executable called Imtools exe e On Unix paltforms it is a script called Imhostid sh Just run this utility on your server s and copy the output information into your e mail message or fax Once you have obtained your license dat passcodes you begin the installation procedure For more information about FLEXIm License Manager please refer to the AME License Manager section below The Installation Procedure Once you have obtained your license dat passcodes you can begin the installation procedure e On Windows platforms please refer to the chapter Installation instructions for AMESim on Windows e On Uni
12. removed Consistent sign convention between MCLSPLOA and eae All LSTPO and between MCSPRLOA and RSTPOO In reset integrator friction model there was a problem when MEC_009 the static dry friction was zero and the dynamic friction different from zero This has been corrected in the Control Signal amp Observers library Rerum Hydraulic Component Design library Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release are Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release HCD 000 New parameter name for piston diameter in BAF submodels New default values in BAO BRO submodels so that the HCD 025 All parameter chamber length at zero displacement is now visible HCD 026 All Code optimization of BHO14 particularly the discontinuity E handling Electro mechanical library Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release are Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release MEC O11 i state minimum and maximum values in EMME33 EM 014 submodel are updated Thermal library TH_003 Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release New signal port added to the material properties icon New submodels to compute flux from the exchanger efficiency Null conductance in the thermal contact conductance is allowed to simulate isothermal or adiabatic conditions with the same system TH 004 TH 006 Known Bugs in 4 1 3 Cannot dra
13. support Technical support is available to purchasers of AMESim Annual Technical Support Service When contacting us about a new problem or question always provide the following information e Platform information e AMESim AMESet AMERun AMECustom and libraries version information e License numbers For problems please provide a test case and test procedure if possible and please purge using AMEpurge the affected system if result data is not needed then compress the files using the gzip provided in your installation directory We must also know on which platform the problem occurs If you are following up on a previously reported problem please include the Imagine problem tracking number in your correspondence Finally tell us how we can contact you Please give us your e mail address telephone and fax numbers Please refer to the last page for a list of contact information Web Site http www amesim com FRANCE ITALY SWITZERLAND SPAIN PORTUGAL BENELUX SCANDINAVIA IMAGINE s a 5 rue Brison 42300 ROANNE FRANCE Tel 04 77 23 60 30 Tel 33 4 77 23 60 37 Fax 33 4 77 23 60 31 E Mail hotline amesim com USA CANADA MEXICO IMAGINE tenors Inc 44191 Plymouth Oak Blvd Suite 900 Plymouth MI 48170 USA Tel 1 734 207 5557 Fax 1 734 207 0117 E Mail support us amesim com IMAGINE Park Farm Technology Centre Kirtlington Oxfordshire OX5 3JQ ENGLAND Tel
14. temperature This also means that you will find different more accurate results using these files Half heat exchangers are added and permit more possibilities you can now have liquid liquid exchanger or gas liquid exchanger in combination with the Thermal Pneumatic library Effectiveness and NTU methods are also available New submodels TFEX01 TFEX02 half heat exchangers TFPHIO1 TFPHIO2 heat flow rate calculation TFVOROO0 variable orifice with transition at a specified flow number TFOROOO fixed orifice with transition at a specified flow number TFSV00 servovalve TFPV022 033 2 3 ports and position control valves TFHA000 001 accumulators with and without orifices TFRV00 simple relief valve Submodels updated TFFD2 fluid properties Thermal Submodels updated THSPRO1 calculation of solid properties THCDO0 thermal conductive exchange THCV05 THCV06 THCV07 convective exchange Cooling System Li eae Le eT Mrssroay HR oe Pe Figure 19 Engine submodels with external heat flux calculation are added You will also find a heat flux calculation submodel There are new mission profile submodels with fewer parameters 3 ports thermostats are available New submodels CSOP00 CSOP01 CSOP02 engine operating points CSTHT10 11 20 21 3 thermal hydraulic port thermostats CSTHF01 02 3 thermal hydraulic port 1 signal port controlled thermostat CSEN30 3 1 32 33 engines CSFLUX0
15. 1 02 03 flux calculation CSPMPO0 controlled pump Submodels updated CSDATAO0 characteristic data with a new parameter which is the mean effective pressure Electro Magnetic DAHO Jee Heh Figure 20 Some new submodels are added to this library linear magnetic transducers using tables linear piezo actuators and electrical global circuits New submodels EMLT40 41 linear magnetic transducers using flux tables EMPAO1 02 03 11 12 13 linear piezo actuators EMCD011 012 021 electrical global circuits New utility magtrphi computes force and current in a magnetic transducer from FEM tables of force and magnetic flux Thermal Hydraulic Component Design T Te ig T Pee T Toe UPT jF 3 Figure 21 Thermal Hydraulic Component Design library is updated according to Hydraulic Component Design library Many parameters have now the same name and missing equivalent submodels are added namely spools with rounded edges and hole section orifice absolute and relative New submodels THBAO43 44 spools with rounded edges and hole section orifice THBRO43 44 spools with rounded edges and hole section orifice Submodels updated all except THBAI11 THBAI22 THBHC11 THBHO11 THBRIO22 THBRIO23 and THBHC12 New utility Thedghole Thermal Pneumatic 34 te Figure 22 As Pneumatic library Thermal Pneumatic library is entirely redesigned see the note b
16. 5269 All eer a result file no error is displayed It is possible to type in a password with more than 30 IUa characters in the password input field In AMECustom when PI is used in an expression which is 105391 All the default value of a supercomponent global parameter the parameter is not visible in parameter mode preview 105535 All When a too long argument list is used with multi line macro AMESim cannot generate code Powertrain library O a amp Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 0 Release TR_008 ae _ ee a RRER NS The torque converter takes into account ratio greater than 1 torque converter takes into account ratio greater than 1 TR 009 In the jaw clutching an error in the sign of penetration and penetration velocity has been corrected Cooling System library ee ee Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 0 Release are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 0 Release CS _ 200037 Gas index added to CSAC1 CSA01 TFAC1 TFACO1 and new function calls CS 200049 Some bad memory access corrected in CSEN21 CSHCO and TFFD1 CS 200053 AL One variable name modified in CSVTO this was used twice One One variable name modified in CSVTO this was used twice name modified in CSVTO this was used twice Hydraulic library ee ae Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 0 Release HYD 003 All Description of line submodels improved by adding more 7 details on structure Flow conversions at zero pre
17. ESim the only thing this will influence is where AMESim will start when you use the items in the Start menu for starting AMESim As you probably know it is simple to modify this later it is also possible to create your own shortcuts and using them to define where you want to start AMESim Remember not to use folder names with blanks InstallShield Wizard Select a default working directory for ABE Sim Set nehalshrela Figure 30 Choose the compiler you want to use Microsoft Visual C and or GNU GCC compiler In the case you choose GNU GCC it will be automatically installed in the AMESim directory For Microsoft Visual C there is a separate installation see 2 InstallShield Wizard Compiler setting nehalshrela Figure 31 Please note that if you want to use the AMESim Simulink interface you must select Microsoft Visual C You have the choice between 3 installation types Evaluation Standard or AMERun If you have an evaluation license obviously select Evaluation which gives a full installation If you have only an AMERun license select this option For other licenses select Standard by default you will get a full installation but you can customize as you want InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits pour needs AMERun Evaluation fandard Figure 32 If you choose to use the Standard installation you will get the extra dialog box shown in the next page With
18. Edt Options View Parameters Interface Graphs Ic Hew Ctrl h fa Open Ctrl 0 le Save Ctrl S Save ag Heload saved version We ite ale files Touch HTML report Print Chrl P Print election Print display 1 h amesimsurtacel ame h famesion demos F lowLimitor ame 3 h amesim demosArplaneSuspension ame 4 i amesin demos Flowh ate ame Close Quit Chrl 0 Figure 12 Save auxiliary files When you switch to Parameter or Run mode AMESim updates automatically the auxiliary files If you work in Parameter mode or in Run mode and you want to update the auxiliary files you can now do this by yourself in the current mode by selecting the menu File gt Write aux files This is useful when you use interfaces between AMESim and other software Improved run log There are now twin windows in the Simulation run dialog box Warnings and errors are separated from other log messages By double clicking on a line of a message containing a submodel name and instance number the Find submodel facility immediately identifies this submodel in the sketch Improved Variable List dialog box If you click on a submodel in Run mode the Variable List dialog box is displayed At the top of this dialog box now you can find the name of the results file currently dealt with Ifa Batch run is processed you can select any other results file that 1s available for the current model lt Variable List Submodel MAS 003 1 E
19. IMAGINE AMESim AMESet AMERun AMECustom Release Notes Version 4 1 3 Windows UNIX December 2003 These notes describe new features in the 4 1 3 version of the AMESim software set They also contain information necessary to prepare for and install AMESim 4 1 3 and information on bug fixes since the October 2003 AMESim Version 4 1 2 release as well as information on bug fixes since previous AMESim versions Contents e Introducing version 4 1 of the AMESim software set O O O O O AMESim new features AMESet new features AMECustom new features Library upgrades New Libraries Running previous version models on AMESim 4 1 e Installation Instructions O O AMESim Suite Installation Instructions for Windows NT 2000 amp XP System Requirements Compiler installation AMESim installation License management Uninstalling AMESim 4 1 x Fast installation procedure for Windows Manual installation procedure without InstallShield AMESim Suite Installation Instructions for UNIX System Requirements Installing AMESim 4 1 x Running the software e AME License Management e AMESim 4 1 x Directory Structure e Problems Resolved in 4 1 3 since 4 1 2 e Problems Resolved in 4 1 2 since 4 1 1 e Problems Resolved in 4 1 1 since 4 1 0 e Problems Resolved in 4 1 0 since 4 0 3 e Known Bugs in 4 1 3 e How to Reach Us Introducing version 4 1 of the AMESim software set AMESim new features A
20. Motors and Drives ee ceases OPO OO Figure 27 aTe Today the modeling of a full mechatronic system is required by the automotive industry In particular with the hybrid vehicles a new generation of cars is born Hybrid vehicles are vehicles that use more than one power source The aim of these vehicles is to use cutting edge technology combined with current mass produced components to achieve much higher fuel economy combined with lower emissions without raising consumer costs appreciably The modern car manufacturers are increasingly replacing mechanical and hydraulic actuation with electric devices such as robotized gearbox electric power steering and braking systems EGR valve and throttle position control using electric motors 42 V electrical network Electric devices are also used in a wide range of applications such as hybrid press coupling electric and hydraulic elevators electro hydraulic actuator subway electric trolley bus electric train The Electric Motors and Drives Library EM amp D is used to model the electric parts of these systems The Electric Motors amp Drives library is a set of component submodels ready to use with the other AMESim component libraries It can be used in most engineering applications where conversion between electrical and mechanical domains take place Note for users of the previous version of the pneumatic and thermal pneumatic libraries The vers
21. ROM The table below shows the name of the tool you can use for some of the platforms On some platforms the CD is mounted automatically when inserted Platform System Tool Sun Solaris 2 6 or higher Volume Manager The Installation Procedure To install AMESim 4 1 x on your UNIX workstation from CD ROM l Log in as super user to your file server You can also use any other account with sufficient privileges for creating directories where you want to install AMESim Choose a location for AMESim 4 1 x home directory on your file system This may for instance be opt ame_v41 If this directory does not exist yet you can create it Please note that all existing files in the directory you select will be automatically removed before the installation Subsequent instructions refer to this directory as AMEHOME Place AMESim 4 1 x CD ROM into the drive Mount the CD ROM on your system as described above Move to the CDROMDIR use the command cd CDROMDIR Run the CD ROM install script Use either the upper case or lower case version as appropriate for your platform do an ls to see what the file is called on your system install sh AMEHOME or INSTALL SH AMEHOME or INSTALL SH 1AMEHOME The AMEHOME argument is the chosen installation directory The installation script is self explanatory and will ask for which platforms and optional libraries to install Install optional libraries only if you purchased lice
22. ains the license keys Put this file in the licensing sub directory of the AMESim installation directory YAME licensing Depending of the type of license you have you may have to configure Flexlm or not before using AMESim 4 1 x There are three possibilities You have a node locked license no access to a license server l Flexlm must be configured on your machine see instructions below You have a floating license access to a license server 2 On the server Flexlm must be configured see instructions below 3 On every client machine accessing the server No need to configure Flexlm To configure the license manager you need to run the Flexlm Tool in the Start gt Programs gt Imagine AMESim menu In this tool you must configure different tabs Service License file Select the Configuration using services radio box System settings Check if the data on this tab matches with the license dat file in particular the Hostname the Ethernet Address and the Disk Serial Number Configures services Set the fields as shown on the following figure where C AMESim4 1 x is the chosen installation directory in the example below LMTOOLS by Macrovision Corporation http wew globetrotter com File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Save Service service Mame AMED Remove Service Co
23. censing directory various utilities are available such as Imutil Imreread Imstat With these you can check the hostid verify the connection with the license manager and other administrative tasks AMESim 4 1 x uses version 8 4a of Flexlm For a more detailed description of the license administration tools please refer to the FLEXIm End User manual Chapter 6 Creating a Local Options File You can instruct the FLEXIm license manager to e Reserve one or more keys for a user group of users or host e Reserve one or more keys for users or groups logging in from a specific host e Specify the users groups of users or hosts that have permission to access one or more products To use these options you or your users can create a local options file and list its pathname as the fourth field on the DAEMON line in the file license dat or add lines directly in the file license dat AMESim installation UX compiler Windows compiler Type of license Passcodes installation cc compiler or Microsoft UX Windows cc compiler ox Witos e aea a CPU locked license S ee o o Y o eaw oe o e o r o Windowsmachine XX XX O Floating license on UX server a Se 1 on the UX server CO A a O O O ee O O a ss from a UX client rlogin a a Ss from a UX client local use S o USE_SERVER a a ee 2nd configuration CR rs 1 on the UX server OX Jo XK XX S S o from a Windows client telnet E sD ee 2 on the UX se
24. ch as R and C make AMESet fail At unit is used a lot in magnetic library but it has not been nae a added to AME units 104603 All Possible bad conversion of a b form in AME units Entering an expression with x y can cause problems NaN 104666 if x is negative and y is a float When loading a system parameter set hidden variables are 104683 not loaded 104696 All The Karnopp friction model gives different results with standard and cautious solver options A wrong error message is displayed when compiling an 104741 All implicit AMESim model containing a Simulink interface block 104765 The Common parameters facility does not work inside supercomponents Global parameters are not always replaced by their values 104787 All when submodels are put in a supercomponent In AMESim the File gt Save As menu item does not work 105062 All if the new name is the same as the current one After performing a frequency response without jacobian file 105081 All i we get the message Impossible to open file s 105100 2000 Plotting about 400000 points can crash a Windows 2000 machine AMESet crashes when a number is entered as a unit value in 105114 All l l an external variable an internal variable or a real parameter In AMESim system global parameters depending on other 105123 All global parameters are not replaced by their real value in supercomponents When AMESim reads infinite numbers or NaN values from 10
25. contents A AMECustom new features Check submodels This facility checks if the submodels used in a customized supercomponent are available and up to date Check consistency This facility checks if the generic submodels or supercomponents associated with customized object have changed or not In addition to these changes 4 1 distribution features upgrades to most libraries as well as two new libraries Back to contents A Library upgrades Powertrain Doge ey EX i __ IL ESS _ tL CCPC CPC SEEDS Dag ny a yO a oa EEE E villialli Figure 14 Since the toolbar drop is removed in 4 1 version it was used in Powertrain library for oil properties a new oil properties icon is added and replaces it It is now necessary to put this fluid icon on the sketch when you use submodels which need such properties Single ring sun and planet submodels are removed and replaced by planet sun and planet ring assemblies Activity variables are added in submodels New submodels TROPOA fluid properties TRPSOA L planet and sun gears TRPROA C planet and ring gears TRSCRAOA F C Ravigneaux gear set Submodels updated TRBB2A band brake system for automatic gearboxes TRDB2A simple multi discs braking system for automatic gearboxes TRDCOB TRDC2A multi discs clutches for automatic gearboxes TRBEIA TRBE1B torque losses bearings TRIG2A TRIG2B idle gears
26. ctivity index The activity index facility is a powerful analysis tool based on energy transfer in the submodels of a system Activity index can identify the most energy active components of a system and the most energy passive components lt Activity Index List Sanaa e Yves uit oe FLO 2 activity of mechanical dissipation trict O 000e 000 J O 000e 000 w FLO 1 activity of mechanical dissipation trict 2 103e 015 J j 2 08 016 FiLO1 2 activity of mechanical inertia mass 1 709e 001 J 21436 002 RSDO0 1 activity of mechanical dissipation rdamp 3 202 e 001 J R o 6 524e 002 RSDO0 1 activity of mechanical capacitance spring 3 263e 002 6 601e6 001 FRAROO 1 activity of mechanical dissipation trict B r 29e 003 J FR 3 4406e 000 RLO1 1 activity of mechanical inertia rmass 1 731 e 004 J 2 2336 001 Fe Format Time 4 Update Automatic update i Figure 1 The study of the activity index in each submodel of a system allows you to reduce the model complexity down to a level which remains accurate enough to simulate the phenomena being studied This is done by removing or simplifying when possible the most energy passive components The resulting model is able to reproduce the essential behavior and to analyze the global dynamics of the system 3D plots and order analysis In order to increase post processing tools and to allow you to analyze in detail the run results AMESim provides 3D
27. dows XP you need 1 A compiler for AMESim AMESet Microsoft Visual C v5 or higher or GNU GCC supplied with AMESim Adobe Acrobat Reader Floating licenses require properly functioning TCP IP networking The AMESim software suite A license manager Flexlm Flexible License Manager v8 4a supplied with AMESim AE ta ta If you have an earlier version of AMESim on your PC and you still want to be able to use this version you should install AMESim 4 1 x in a different directory and use the BAT files supplied in the misc directory to run the old version Note that for AMERun and AMECustom only the compiler is not necessary Compiler installation Under Windows AMESim 4 1 x can use two different compilers Microsoft Visual C and or GNU GCC compiler Warning In order to use Simulink interface it is obligatory to use Microsoft Visual C If you want to use only GNU GCC it will be automatically installed in the AMESim directory A special dialog box will ask you about this choice later In this case you can jump directly to the next section AMESim installation Otherwise it 1s better to install the compiler before installing AMESim but it is possible to do it afterwards If several people will use the PC it is a good idea to install the compiler as Administrator since then it will be available for all users Verify that the compiler is installed properly before installing AMESim AMESim and AMESet 4 1 x need to
28. e corresponding executable file AMECustom exe AMERun exe AMESet exe or AMEHelp exe For Flexlm documentation set the target to C AMESim licensing index htm For Flexlm tool set the target to C AMESim licensing Imtools exe Add a copy of the shortcuts you want to the desktop by using the drag and drop facility Setting Environment variables Set AME to C AMESim system variable Set HOME system or user variable it has to point to a directory where you are sure to have a complete read write access eg C Temp D Temp Please note that if you create the HOME variable as a user environment variable it must be defined after you have re logged in as a normal user in this case this has to be done after step 7 Add AME and AME win32 at the beginning of the PATH environment variable If you will use GCC compiler add also AME mingw32 bin into the PATH Flexlm license file see Installation Notes the license file license dat must be copied into the C AMESim licensing directory and Flexlm must be configured correctly if applicable Restart the computer and login as a normal user Set the HOME environment variable only if it is defined as a USER variable Run AMESim Uninstall the AMESim platform after a manual installation The Window Installer program will not take into account this installation Indeed this procedure has to be done manually Log in as an Administrator
29. e rectangle shown in the reduced sketch represents the visible part in the main sketch You can move this rectangle and the main sketch will respond to this Tea Lee eS a rH Figure 5 Preview of the system in Open file dialog box When you select an AMESim file you can now preview the sketch associated with the model in the browser window Fl Open Look irr EJ HAR oussel AME Sim bd A BrakingSysterm ame A Cam00 ame BA Camivalve ame Al catapult ame A Controlloop ame Al DieselSystern ame Al DoorLockingS ystem ame File name Camvalve ame File type f ame X Cancel tA Figure 6 Batch runs Before starting a batch run you can now select only some of the runs if you do not want to start all of them Batch Run Selection Ei E4 List of batch runs 1 agaaa mM Fe to M lt I Select all Select none Figure 7 Find submodel tool With this facility you can search for one or more submodels in your sketch When you select a submodel in the Find Submodel dialog box AMESim displays the submodel label in the sketch Fl Find Submodel RIES Submodel Hame DAM Match case Submodel Alias Instance Number i 4 Search instance number Submodel DAMOOO QuarterCar Figure 8 GCC compiler for Windows AMESim needs a compiler to produce the executable file of your system Under Windows Microsoft Visual C is used as the default compiler N
30. e registered trademarks of the Math Works Inc Netscape and Netscape Navigator are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries Netscape logos and Netscape product and service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation which may be registered in other countries PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively licensed by X Open Company Ltd Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP and Visual C are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation The GNU Compiler Collection GCC is a product of the Free Software Foundation See the GNU General Public License terms and conditions for copying distribution and modification in the license file X windows is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
31. elect manually GCC compiler in Options gt 4MESim Preferences menu Figure 36 The final dialog box suggests you restart the computer to end the installation The license manager should be installed before starting AMESim In order to achieve this please refer to the next paragraph License management The Software which controls AMESim licenses is FlexIm Flexible License Manager This software uses a license file which identifies the host machine and the expiration date of each software feature available for the AMESim programs This version of AMESim uses version 8 4a of Flexlm or higher Using older Flexlm versions will not work This means that you will need to read the following section even if you previously have used AMESim License file If you previously have used AMESim 3 5 you cannot use the same license file for AMESim 4 1 x If you are a new user or if you have changed your machine please read on If you have not determined the machine identity to establish the license file you need to go in the AME licensing directory and run the command file named hostids bat This command will create a file named hostids txt which will contain the data used to establish the license key file Send this hostids txt file to Imagine at hotline amesim com or send a fax to 33 4 77 23 60 31 You should also have sent the signed license agreement Flexlm settings You will then receive a file called license dat which cont
32. elow New submodels All New utility tp2rcqfix computes the mass flow and enthalpy flow in a pneumatic restriction using a fixed flow coefficient tp2rcqnor computes the mass flow and enthalpy flow in a pneumatic restriction using ISO 6358 norm tp2rcqper computes the mass flow and enthalpy flow in a pneumatic restriction using variable flow coefficient perry s law tp2pipefr computes frictional drag in pipes Hydraulic SC es ass ee doja ia Haa ECS APIA SEEE E Figure 23 Fluid properties icons are reorganized since the toolbar drop is removed You must now add a fluid icon to the sketch for any system involving hydraulic components Activity variables are added in this library Some new convenience submodels are added 4 ports junction 4 ports chamber calculation of fluid properties with signal output New submodels FPROP2 calculation of fluid properties HC01 hydraulic chamber Submodels updated OR001 hydraulic orifice HL10 11 12 hydraulic lines HL020 021 022 021 hydraulic lines HL030 03 1 032 hydraulic lines HA000 HA001 HA010 HAO11 hydraulic accumulators HJ010 HJ020 hydraulic jacks Mechanical oni S A ale NE EZEE ae Ma a Bennan NODE Figure 24 Activity variables are added in this library All submodels involving springs are redesigned the force is no more a state variable stabilizing runs and continuation runs are now more robust Old submodels are still avai
33. g and drop a FFT plot into a new plot window 100697 correctly Plotting or using replay with a system which has been run on 102556 another OS may crash The Check submodels facility does not check minimum 105686 maximum and default values 105691 Windows Some submodel names are changed to be compatible with the naming submodel rules first digit lower than 5 Back to contents A When text is moved in a plot it may be invisible on some Windows machines during the drag operation g In the plot manager the integ and differ functions applied to computed items do not work AMESim crashes if the auto update is active and the plot manager is opened 107113 107125 If the combination complete path system name without extension is more than 255 character long AMESim crashes 107135 All when trying to open a system The best is to limit the complete size to a maximum of 240 characters to avoid any possible side effects If the size of a system name is longer than 96 characters 107147 All AMESim may fail to open the system with the following error message The ame file does contain a cir file Back to contents A How to Reach Us Email Addresses You can use our main e mail address imagine amesim com for any type of correspondence If you would like to send e mail directly to a certain department please refer to the last page for a list of contact information Technical
34. he AMESim installation CD run Setup exe and use the default options At the end of this setup AMESim and FlexIm are installed on your PC 5 If it is not done already copy the vcvars32 bat file from the Microsoft Visual C directory to the AMESim directory Typical paths are C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio VC98 Bin for MicrosoftVisual C and C AMESim for AMESim 6 Copy the license dat file supplied by IMAGINE to the AMESim licensing directory Typical path is C AMESim licensing 7 If you do not have to configure Flexlm see section Flexlm settings restart your PC and log in as a normal user DO THE FOLLOWING ONLY IF YOU NEED TO CONFIGURE Flexlm 8 Start Flexlm Tool from the Start Programs Imagine AMESim menu In the Service License file tab select the Configuration using services radio box In the Configure Services tab type in or browse to the correct AME licensing path for the Imgrd exe license dat and Debug log files as the Debug log file does not exist yet do not use the Browse button copy the license dat line and replace license dat by Debug log by hand Typical path is C AMESim licensing Then tick the check box Use Services and Start Server at Power Up Start the server from the Start Stop Reread tab of the dialog box 9 Restart your PC log in as a normal user and reactivate your anti virus if applicable Manual installation procedure without InstallShield
35. icking on AMESim system files You have the choice between AMESim and AMERun You will have access to the other software by using the mouse right button on an AMESim file and choosing the appropriate one If you plan to use both AMESim and AMERun we recommend that you set AMESim as the default program to launch InstallShield Wizard aa AMESim or AMERun by default x Do you want AME Sim or AMER un to be started by default when double clicking on a ame file f Stat SME Sim C Start AMERun InstallShield z Back Cancel Figure 34 This is the LAST popup before the installation starts Look at the settings and make sure that they suit what you want The installation will start when pressing the Next button InstallShield Wizard g x Start Copping Files Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files IE pou want to review or change any settings click Back fF you are satished with the settings click Hest to begin copying files Curent Sethrigs Installation directory CAAME Sima 1 0 Setup Type Standard Components to be installed Common AME Sim AMESet c Installshield z Back Cancel Figure 35 If Gcc has been chosen as the default compiler you have the following message at the end of the installation Compiler settings i X You have only selected GCC compiler Before building the First AMESin circuit s
36. ies All files associated with the license manager aone including license dat and FlexLM end user utilities Optional MATLAB SIMULINK interface matlab ae utilities submodels All files associated with default submodels tutorial Files used in the manual tutorial examples Back to contents A Problems Resolved in 4 1 3 since 4 1 2 This is a selection of the bugs that are corrected The full description is available on demand AMESim AMESet AMERun AMECustom a Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 3 Release 105517 a with texts containing blank lines in an AMESim In AMESet the calculation initialization user code was not 107313 All kept if spaces were manually added at the end of Extra code tag lines 107388 All In certain conditions at then end of a run the simulation time was different from the final time 107412 Unix In AMESet when an error occurred during a submodel compilation the compilation window disappeared When the Check submodels detected an encrypted 107483 All submodel or supercomponent it asked the password to update it After the license server had stopped the time allowed for 404588 All server maintenance was too short about 4 minutes Thermal Pneumatic Library ee ae Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release User defined TPN properties did not work anymore with AMESim4 1 0 THPN 501961 All Back to contents A Problems Resolved in 4 1 2 since 4 1 1 This is a select
37. ion 4 1 of the Pneumatic library is a major release of the library The main changes are the multi gas facility and the gas properties perfect and semi perfect The variables which are exchanged at ports have also changed Users of the previous version of the Pneumatic library should know the following points in order to use this new library easily Using models created with previous version of the library Old submodels are still provided but they can not be selected It means that models which have been created with the previous version of the library can be used with AMESim 4 1 but they can not be modified It is highly recommended to reconstruct all your models using the new submodels Tips for the reconstruction of a model A model created with a previous version of the library can be easily reconstructed using the new submodel by following the procedure below save the model into a new file in Sketch mode select all the submodels ctrl a select Edit gt Copy to shadow it will remove all the submodels associated with the icons in Submodel mode select the new submodels stepwise If this procedure is followed the majority of the parameters will be saved and only a few ones will have to be set again The results of the new models may be slightly different from the old ones since some improvements have been introduced in the modeling of the orifices Conversion node ty In this new version of the Pneumatic library
38. ion of the bugs that are corrected The full description is available on demand AMESim AMESet AMERun AMECustom __ Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 2 Release In AMECustom 4 0 x there was no check on formula size in 104989 parameter or variable values and this could cause a crash in AMECustom 105708 AMESet could get blocked when a high number of real stores was required 106014 All When a parameter was defined by a customized global parameter the Check submodels removed its hidden flag A Checkout failed for a library caused a crash when opening a model 106388 All Switching to Parameter mode was long 3 seconds one to Parameter Switching to Parameter mode was long 3 seconds was long 3 seconds dr O aii cectd ations AME AT and it created problems in AMESim when the cursor was in a cell The data2ame m did not work properly it saved data in a format which was not readable by the plot manager In AMESim 4 1 0 or 4 1 1 under certain circumstances the 106646 All gp2 file was read even if a supercomponent with no global local parameters was used When creating a supercomponent with global parameters 106675 All the order of global parameters in the spe file could be wrong Then some expressions could not be evaluated In 4 1 1 on Windows it was impossible to compile with GCC a system containing THH components i Ihe lopa parameters dialog box could crash when OK or Cancel buttons were c
39. lable Friction models have been completely reorganized Karnopp models which include an inertia are now under explicit icons you have now two more friction models at disposal Dahl model and LuGre model which are dynamic friction models A new viscoelastic spring damper is available knowing the frequency characteristics of the material you can now have a better model for the damping Rope ports are redesigned and now specific for ropes New submodels RSPRI infinitely stiff rotary spring Submodels updated MCLSPLOOAA linear endstop with preload spring MCSPRLOOA clearance with preloaded spring LSTPOOA elastic contact RSTPOO elastic endstop in rotary motion REND001 2 RSHEO0O1 2 WINCH01 ROP0001 ROPO0011 12 13 ropes sheaves and winch VRROO1 variable gear ratio Utility updated resetstrib2 Signal Control and Observers LE COTO TRY OTOTO OPO TO of en lect ke 0 rod o eH TEH HeH e e e ee t L fa iHe ii ES es HH Tee H AH A H Ee O EA H E H ce Poeren foal fear Lines R a ses FUNCTION EH Figure 25 Some submodels are added 4 ports splitter a pulse frequency modulation discrete time integrators zero order hold time increment selection which permits the communication step to vary along the simulation It is now possible to use global parameters in expressions so that batch runs are possible with text parameters New submodels SPLT1 signal duplication PFM10 pulse
40. le shell Fy open fi command S E Open with AMER un 4 0 Figure 39 open key set its default value to Open with AMESim open command key set its default value to C AMESim win32 AMESim exe 1 Open with AMERun command key set its default value to C AMESim win32 AMERun exe 1 Create the corresponding shortcuts In the C WINNT Profiles All Users Start Menu Programs directory add a new AMESim item as shown below French version shown G Frofiles By All Users _ Application Data of Bureau 1 Programmes a Adobe Acrobat 4 0 Sy AMESim 4 0 Figure 40 In this menu add the following shortcuts SAJ AMECustom 4 0 af AMEHelp 4 0 Sf AMERun 4 0 SY AMESet 4 0 afi AMESinn 4 0 E Flexi documentation mi Flexlm Tool mA Figure 41 AMESim shortcut must be configured as follows French version Propri t s de AMESim eal G n ral Raccourci S curit N AME Sim Type de la cible Application Emplacement wire Cible fc VeME Sin warns VME Sim ewe Ii Ex cuter dans des zones m moires diff rentes Ex cuter en tant qu utilisateur diff rent D marrer dans CHAME Testi Touche de raccourci Javon Executer Fen tenomale ssi Commentaire JAdvanced Modeling Environment for Simulation Rechercher la cible Changer d icdne Annuler Appliquer Figure 42 For AMECustom AMERun AMESet and AMEHelp just replace the AMESim exe by th
41. licked When opening a 2D table in the table editor if the number 106751 All of X values n was greater than the number of Y values m the graph displayed only the Z values corresponding to the first m X values AMESim crashed when performing an Interchange axes action on a 3D plot The Check submodels did not keep hidden flags in the right 106815 All status when a user customized submodel was used inside a supercomponent l We could not open an amen file from Windows 2000 or AMESim 4 1 1 crashed when clicking on a component 106874 All containing output variables with vectors in Linear Analysis mode In AMESim the simulation failed if it included a 106904 All customized supercomponent whose name contained a symbol hyphen and if this supercomponent contained at least one global local parameter If already on the sketch line labels disappeared after highlighting them in the Activity Index List window 106954 libAME a did not work on HP machines for AMESim 4 1 1 106954 HP l E 2 when using the Simulink interface chars AMESim crashed when opening a model When trying to open a plot configuration file that was read 107094 All protected no message was given and AMESim crashed sometimes The existing warning message when AMESim system 404193 All containing special characters cannot be opened in 4 1 0 or 4 1 1 has been completed We now show the original version of a circuit or submodel ina in when a Check submode
42. ls is processed Electro mechanical Library ee aa Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release EM 201049 Several EMAG41 on the sketch used the same data file Hydraulic Component Design library a ae Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release THCD 200999 Windows The area in THBAO04 submodels did not consider the T number of orifices Back to contents A Problems Resolved in 4 1 1 since 4 1 0 This is a selection of the bugs that are corrected The full description is available on demand AMESim AMESet AMERun AMECustom Pe fe Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release 102798 Expressions ending with an operator were accepted 103526 Maximum was wrong in replay arrows 104105 All The and amp symbols should not be accepted in an AMESim system name 104572 When we drag and drop curves with computed items from a plot window to a blank plot we do not copy all needed items 105647 ALL There is no Find submodel item in AMERun menus 105771 when removing or adding port under some circumstances When a text parameter used as either expression or filename 105854 is not an expression but a filename the message is not very clear and it seems to be a bad error 105912 All When importing a linear state space system with ONE output AMESim does not set the value of D it remains at 0 When we drag and drop a curve into the table editor plot 105962 All area AMESim often crashes We cannot read
43. m 4 1 is node locked and operates only on the designated CPU or CPUs Node locked licenses can be single user or multi user for a specified number of users on the designated computer e If licensed per user a designated number of users can execute AMESim 4 1 concurrently on any computer in a network This license type is called a floating license Before You Start PLEASE NOTE On PC platforms AMESim products are tested with Intel Pentium processors We cannot guarantee the same behavior for PCs using other processors Before you begin the installation you must choose a directory in which you want the AMESim 4 1 x software to reside This directory will be referred to as 4ME on Windows platforms or 4ME on Unix platforms This directory must exist or be created in a partition that 1s accessible to all users and has sufficient hard disk storage as described in the Installation Instructions We recommend a name which reflects the version being installed such as AMESim4 Ix Before you begin installing AMESim 4 1 x you must have a valid set of license passcodes from Imagine SA License passcodes include feature and archive passcodes for all the products in the AMESim family for which you are licensed License passcodes are stored in a file called license dat on your disk Passcodes for the license dat file are usually supplied by e mail If you already have your license dat passcodes please proceed to the installation instructions If you do
44. me license dat file using a common license server All machines that will use AMESim 4 1 x software must be able to access the installation directory SAME root directory Mounting the CD ROM You can use either a local or remote CD ROM drive to access the AMESim 4 1 x installation file sets The instructions given below are for mounting a local CD ROM drive for remote CD ROM please seek the assistance of your local system administrator The AMESim 4 1 x CD ROM is in ISO 9660 format If you do not already have a mounted CD ROM mount one with the following procedure 1 Login to the root account and make a CD ROM mount point For example mkdir cdrom 2 Execute the command to mount the CD ROM on your system Use the table below to determine the correct command for your system Note that the actual device name you use may depend on the SCSI port to which your CD ROM drive is attached Below we will use CDROMDIR to refer to the CD ROM mount point and DEVNAME to the device name of the CD ROM Platform Mount Command HP 9000 mount F cdfs r dev dsk c201d2s0 CDROMDIR dev dsk cdrom for latest HP UX versions HP UX IBM RS 6000 mount v cdrfs r dev cd0 CDROMDIR AIX Linux mount t iso09660 r dev cdrom CDROMDIR SGI IRIX mount t iso9660 r dev scsi scOdnl0 CDROMDIR Sun Solaris 2 6 mount F hsfs r dev dsk cOt6 d0sOCDROMDIR or higher On some platforms you can use administration system tools to mount a CD I
45. names are not sorted 102719 alphabetically 102767 Problems implicit loops with 3 port and 4 port hydraulic nodes 102789 Unix Unix default font is too big and some numerical fields are too small for a proper display of numbers 102852 All AMESim cannot sort the system if it contains a submodel with a long name 102925 Multi line macros cannot be used in submodels with no ports 102991 All The place of some submodel HTML documentation is not found In function submodels like FX00 FX YO expressions with 103114 All global parameters are not allowed Block inputs and outputs are reversed when a spp file is 19227 imported into AMESim Volumes not always transferred properly in hydraulic node 103204 submodels 103571 e In AMESim In AMESim the submodel alias list slider does not work submodel alias list slider does not work 103580 All The Load plot configuration facility does not work with customized submodels In the AMESet gt Options gt Preferences menu item if the 103666 Windows Code editor path contains blank spaces then it is truncated 103776 All When exploring a supercomponent the window is not always sized properly In compilation and run windows error messages are mixed 104245 with other messages 104255 ee ae FFT are not FFT are not saved into plot configuration files into plot configuration files 104337 Computed items in plots can be out of date under certain circumstances 104398 Variable names su
46. nd f7 7 C g ppu MY PROG f 2 If your platform are running Solaris the contents of the file will be CC c g DSOLARIS S CC L opt SUNWspro SC3 0 1 lib 1F77 lsunmath and you will not need to use any special flags to compile your Fortran submodels You may use the command EI O g MY PROG T When you have configured the file AME make you should check whether you have access to a C compiler and optional a Fortran compiler When you type which cc or which gcc you should see the full path name of the executable cc or gcc Otherwise you need to include the path for the C compiler in your cshre or profile file Note for Silicon Graphics Users If you have created submodels or libraries using AMESim 2 1 or earlier it will be necessary to recompile the source Previously for C or Fortran the options 032 mips2 were required Now it is necessary to use n32 mips3 Similarly if you have any local or AME2 AME make files ensure that any use of 032 mips2 is replaced by n32 mips3 Back to contents A AME License Management AMESim 4 1 x uses the Flexible License Manager FLEXIm v8 4a from Macrovision Corporation to manage the per computer or per user licensing FLEXIm daemons must be running on a server node in order to run an AMESim 4 1 x product The server node is usually the file server on which AMESim 4 1 x is installed All software required to run FLEXIm are supplied in e For Wi
47. ndows AME licensing directory e For Unix AME licensing directory where AME resp AME is the AMESim installation directory This includes the FLEXIm license file template license dat a license daemon program Imgrd the AME application daemon program AMED and a set of useful FLEXIm utilities This section is intended to give the system administrator a general overview of FLEXIm and how AME licenses are managed Note The complete FLEX m End User manual is provided in the SAME licensing resp SAME licensing directory You should read this file if you have questions about FLEXIm Two types of licenses are available e Node locked licenses which allow a specified number 1 or more of people to use an AMESim 4 1 product concurrently on a single host e Floating licenses which define the number of concurrent users of AMESim 4 1 x products allowed These users are not restricted to any particular host Back to contents A License Servers and Hostids Before running any FLEXIm licensed program using node locked or floating licenses you will need to set up your license server node or nodes You must select which node or nodes to run your license servers on and provide the hostname and hostid of those machines to Imagine SA Determining Your Hostname s and Hostid s e Under Windows On the AMESim 4 1 x CD ROM there is a directory Licensing tools that contains a command file named hostids bat and an e
48. nfigure Service Fath to the Imgrd exe file CAME Simt 1 05licensingslmagrd exe Browse Fath to the licenze file CAME Sind 1 0Micensingslicense dat Browse Path to the debug log file CNAME Sim 7 OMicensing debug log Browse View Log lose Log W Use Services Jv Start Server at Power Up Figure 37 Tick the Use Services and Start Server at Power Up check boxes Do not forget to save your AMED service by clicking on Save Service Start Stop Reread When you have filled out the fields and saved the service you should be able to start the server Server status After waiting one minute you should go to Server Status tab and press the button named Perform status inquiry to check if the server is UP in the corresponding list RESTART THE MACHINE AS A NORMAL USER The installation is finished Uninstalling AMESim 4 1 x If you want to uninstall AMESim 4 1 x you must use Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel You can find the Control Panel in the Start menu under Settings There might be files or directories you need to remove manually but do this only if necessary and do it after the Add Remove Programs task has been completed Fast installation procedure for Windows l Log in as Administrator 2 Deactivate your anti virus if any is currently running 3 Install Microsoft Visual C v5 or higher only required if you only plan to use AMESim or AMESet and you don t want to use GCC 4 From t
49. nses to use it If you want to add additional libraries after the initial installation re run the install sh command using the lib option You will then be able to install extra libraries for the platforms already installed Install now your license passcodes in the AVEHOME licensing license dat file Please edit that file and copy the license passcodes from your e mail or fax into that file The content of your license file must match exactly the information provided on the passcodes printout fax or e mail that you received from Imagine The specific items you must match for each FEATURE line are Expiration date Number of keys Passcodes Hostid if a feature is CPU locked A complete description of the license dat file appears in the AME License Manager section if you need additional information You may need then to edit the optional daemon path on the Vendor line 2nd arg 8 Unmount the CD ROM use the command umount CDROMDIR 9 Log out if you were logged in as root Running the software In general you should never use the root account to run non system administration programs Therefore you should log in as normal user in order to run AMESim Setting environment variables In order to run AMESim AMESet AMERun or AMECustom you need to set an environment variable AME to the newly installed release of the AMESim family You also need to add AME in your command search path The followings are how to set up
50. ow you can also use the GCC compiler supplied with AMESim under Windows GCC is under the GNU general public license Sketch annotation tools You can add annotations to your sketch such as text objects arrows lines rectangles ellipses and images Annotation tools Figure 9 Drop The drop has disappeared from the parameter toolbar Fluid properties are now only defined from the hydraulic properties icons of the Hydraulic library props Figure 10 To ensure backward compatibility a special drop hydraulic properties icon is provided This uses exactly the same parameters and model as the old toolbar drop Table editor The Table editor allows you to create modify and preview data stored in the following data formats 1D table 2D table 3D table Table of 1D tables XYs table Table Editor C AMESim4_0 tutoral data cam datal File Edit wiew ami ex E o C4 3 E T P ae u WR a fo a a a i ome a 2s omes e Cubic spline Out of range mode f None e 425 conse a a oor e ss oma n1sneaal_ 7 U 0 40 80120 BUCO AES OS20560 Format E Table Help SSS f Extrapolation Extreme values Cyclic Figure 11 Last opened systems A list of last opened systems is available in the Fi e menu If you click on one of these systems it will be reopened The number of systems recorded in the list can be adjusted in the AMESim preferences dialog box File
51. plots and order tracking facilities 3D plots 3D plots are useful to display a huge number of similar curves Batch plots are a good example of plots containing a big number of similar curves AMESim distinguishes two types of 3D plots Surface plots These are created from 2D plots where a large number of related curves are displayed The 2D curves are displayed as slices stacked one behind the other This 3D representation gives an additional method of comparing the plots Here is an example of surface plot Time z Figure 2 XYZ plots This is a natural extension of the XY plot The result can be described as a twisted wire in 3D space pai Z a e a ae o ee ae see SS Cie BE 0 15 015 aaa ee 1 om i ig oe os T D ___ Z 02 Y a 0 6 e o o 0 6 y U pg r Order analysis Order analysis and spectral maps are post processing tools used extensively in automotive industry Order analysis allows engineers to analyze and diagnose vibrations and noise in variable speed systems usually car engines s0 40 50 30 40 z 70 if a0 l 10 a0 pii h a T RA _ ie hi 10 H E J ibe 5 tt 0 y 4 AL er a 3 z 1 0 100 200 a300 400 S00 mt Figure 4 Bird s eye view This facility produces a reduced size sketch which enables you to view the whole of a large sketch If you click on an object in the reduced sketch AMESim tries to centralize the main sketch on this object Th
52. rt nodes Hydraulic library ae Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release THH 200861 Torque calculation error in the TFPU3 submodel Back to contents A Problems Resolved in 4 1 0 since 4 0 3 AMESim AMESet AMERun AMECustom This is a selection of the bugs that are corrected The full description is available on demand pe Pe Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release 100298 All Linear analysis problems when a control variable is also a fixed variable The colour of a component on the sketch sometimes depends 100355 All on the category order in the path list 100516 Initialisation of state variable vectors with ameputp is not taken into account No error message is displayed when the disk is full and 100714 result files are generated Errors with information displayed in the License Viewer facility Some error messages related to submodels parameters are 101486 All ee i missing in the simulation run window after a simulation 102123 Problems simulation stopped with linert and rinert 101331 It is not possible to delete a component selected in a 102170 2000 NT category and not put on the sketch after minimizing the AMESim window 102293 Text cannot always be typed in the sketch 102593 AL Line styles in plots are not printed properly 102658 5 eenen ee The port list in the icon designer is too narrow port list in the icon designer is too narrow In HTML reports submodel
53. rver C S licensing directory only a ee from a Windows client local use O i a USE_SERVER Oo X X Floating license on Windows server E M S ES O S e onthe Windows server licensing directory only es es ee from a Windows client local use Oo X USE_SERVER Oo X X 2nd configuration a Bs Gs _____onthe Windowsserver Y licensing directory only ee es ee from a UX client local use X USE SERVER X In this table you can see the different possibilities for licensing and using AMESim Back to contents A AMESim 4 1 x Directory Structure The AMESim 4 1 x installation directory contains the following files and subdirectories AME bat AME sh Utility files etemplate c itemplate c C code generation template files AME import AME export Specification of import export facilities available AME make Platform dependent Makefile template AME units Specification of unit conversion Details of default submodels and their association submodels index ani with icons Copyright IMAGINE txt Copying GNU txt win32 sun sgi ibm hp The AMESim program set related utilities and the Copyright and License text files Inx QT library AMElIcons Default category icons specification Icons Default icons used in AMESim E Template files for HTML reports and scripts for running previous versions of the AMESim suite demo Demonstration models doc HTML and PDF online documentation lib Standard AMESim library lib Optional librar
54. ssure gauge corrected in pene a at HA000 HJO10 and HJ020 HYD 036 All Correction of options 2 and 3 for PUOOIC Correction Correction of options 2 and 3 for PUOOIC options 2 and 3 for PUOOIC Hydraulic Resistance library Ca ae Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 0 Release HR_ 002 All HR library uses dynamic fluid properties HR 005 All HRLOO and HRLO3 have specific description Fluid velocity added for all dissipative elements Reynolds HR 009 All added for HR0223 HR221 Some internal variables reordered for consistency Documentations Updated Thermal Hydraulic library e amp Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 0 Release The description of pump submodels TFPU0 TFPU1 TFPU2 TFPU3 and TFPU4 has been updated In addition the enthalpy flow rate is computed so that the fluid temperature at the pump outlet can not be lower than the fluid temperature at the pump inlet ideal pump with isentropic transformation THH 000 In line submodel TFL03 a temperature and a pressure THH_ 001 variable were used to compute fluid properties without being initialized THH 002 There was a problem with stepdn calls when cavitation occurred is THH submodels leading to simulation failures Mechanical library E Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 Release MEC 004 All Ropes can now work in compression MEC 005 All New icon for double elastic end stop MEC 006 All Implicit loop generated by VRRO1 is
55. systems using cosimulation interface with Linearization produces the wrong answer for systems 106092 All ee ee ee containing masses with friction under certain circumstances 106106 All Batch parameter list is lost when containing a state variable fixed constraint Check submodels fails when the number of variables 106119 All changes on supercomponent port 106161 All Error in code generation when input with default are used under certain circumstances 106276 All Unit conversion does not work in linear analysis A new argument has been added in the sim file second 106308 All line in 4 1 0 for activity index and this makes the amerun m script fail 106348 All Various crashes in replay mode 106402 All Error in calculation of the void content for Robert Bosch fluids below the high saturated vapor pressure AMESim crashes when a Check submodels is applied to a 106464 All model which needs too many updates Electro mechanical library os amp Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release EM 200885 Missing functions in library makes some submodels 7 impossible to use Powertrain library O Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release TR 200903 All TRSUIG does not calculate T3 correctly due to uninitialised variable Pneumatic library a Below are bug fixes introduced in the 4 1 1 Release PN _ 200799 ISO 6358 orifices calculated wrong flow PN 200896 All Computations are missing in some 4 po
56. the following dialog box you can select which parts of the product you want to install eeonstetanetnanan Sm en Son oe a n m n ee oe ma nan oe reg m a an s ama nnn a a GACE cui pie pa AMES et iv AMERUA E Care libraries Standard hrar Aydrauic fe Hydrauic Aasictarce fw Aydrauic Lomponert Design ml Crsumatic n a n m n m n a n n n a a nana nana a n n n na a na n n n a n annn nnan nnna orori ey or na n na na TTET n m n m n a n m n n n a n m n ua n a n a n na ana mamana nnan ns a n m n mn na n s n m n nnan nnan aay ee ee ee ee nnan nn ee ee ee ee nan o n n n n nu na n m a n n n m n m a m n a n m n m n m n mn na na n na n m n m nan nnna TETE a na mnnn annan n a n m n an Pee eee ee ee ee ee ead Da 1 nr amp ee na n a n n na na n a n n na a ana na a na n n a n m a nn nan n n n a a n m n m u m n nn mn maman eee oer Figure 33 Not all parts can be installed independently For instance the documentation files for libraries HTML format will always be installed if the library is installed except if only AMERun is installed To install an extra library afterwards it 1s simplest to first remove all checkmarks and then mark the libraries you want to install If you have chosen to install AMERun and AMESim we need to know what software to be started by default by double cl
57. uals allp exe Sel p ini For the AMESim installation start the Setup program on the top level on the CDROM This will lead you through the AMESim installation There will be a sequence of dialog windows displayed we will show some of them in this document with some comments on what to choose in each of them The default options have been carefully selected so that they suit the majority of installations The first Welcome dialog box is simply a welcome window where you need to press the Next button or Cancel if you so wish The following Software License Agreement window is a reminder of the license agreement under which AMESim and its supporting software is distributed Read it carefully and press Yes if you accept the agreement Next Information follows some release information The full release information is available on the CD in HTML and PDF format With the following dialog box you select where you want AMESim to be installed This will thus be your AME directory InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will mstall files Setup wall install AME Simt 0 in the following folder To Install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder CAME Sime 1 0 Heals lt Back Cancel Figure 29 During the installation you will be asked for a default working directory for AM
58. use Microsoft Developer Studio Visual C v5 or higher Note if you reinstall the C compiler after AMESim you will also need to reconfigure the compiler It is made by copying a file vcvars32 bat from the Visual C installation directory to the AMESim directory You can normally find this file in the directory where Microsoft Developer Studio is installed for instance C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio Vc98 bin This will take care of the environment variables required by the C compiler AMESim installation Warning Caution ie oh E nA ics IP SSI Be S setup ama If your machine uses Windows NT with Service Pack lower than 6 0 the installation managed by InstallShield could abort In this case you can use the manual installation procedure described in section Manual installation procedure at the end of this chapter Make sure there is no anti virus program running during the installation process since this for AMESim and other software has proven to result in a faulty installation After the installation is complete you should of course turn on the virus protection again Licensing Tools Program Files 0 049 ir Tel wi The top level on the CDROM contains the Alor int Iridellaliere If eid EXE files shown to the left The CD Rom contains Html and PDF versions of the submodels and utility abe documentation for AMESim It also Peleaseh ate contains PDF versions of the User man
59. x platforms please refer to the chapter Installation instructions for AMESim on Unix You will also find an explanation on how to start the license server for your platform For more information about FLEXIm License Manager please refer to the AME License Manager section below Back to contents A AMESim Suite Installation Instructions for Windows NT 2000 XP System Requirements AMESim is an advanced scientific software performing complex tasks and calculations To do this AMESim needs a well defined PC environment and several external utilities It is extremely important that all these elements are correctly set up before starting the AMESim installation A faulty configuration or a non standard installation may prevent AMESim from working properly You should therefore allow some time to review the installation procedure before starting the installation If you are in a hurry or you hate reading installation instructions read at least section Fast installation procedure for Windows at the end of this chapter There you will find a brief overview of the AMESim installation procedure Hardware Requirements On PC platforms AMESim products are tested with Intel Pentium processors We cannot guarantee the same behavior for PCs using other processors Pentium III or IV with 256 Mo RAM is recommended 110 to 380 Mo of hard disk space is required Software Requirements To run AMESim 4 1 x suite on Windows NT Windows 2000 Win
60. xecutable called Imhostid exe Copy these files to a temporary directory and execute the command hostids bat This command will create a file named hostids txt which will contain the data used for establishing the license key file The same information can be obtained using the Imtools program using this you will not have the possibility to save the information e Under Unix On the AMESim 4 1 x CD ROM there is a directory Licensing tools that contains a script file named Imhostid sh Copy this files to a temporary directory and execute it this command will display the data used for establishing the license key file Understanding the license dat file The file license dat contains configuration information including the number of license keys and the hostids of the licensed machines The file includes e A SERVER line which describes the license manager daemon e A DAEMON line which describes the vendor daemon e A series of FEATURE lines which define your license for AMESim 4 1 x products and any optional library or tool you purchased For a more detailed description of the license file please refer to the FLEXIm End User manual Chapter 2 Back to contents A License Administration Tools e Under Windows in the AME licensing directory the Imtools program is available With this you can check the hostid verify the connection with the license manager and other administrative tasks e Under Unix in the AME li
61. xternal variables 1 port mass capable of one dimensional motion with Friction Select a results file MSPB atch results x MSPB atch results PB atch_ results 1 ETRE e ae eco a SiN Ue ree ae MSPB atch results 3 Velocity at por NRE displacement port 1 Orn W wj acceleration at port miss W w force at port 1 ON m v Time 10 Flot Save none Update M Automatic update Reset title Save all Figure 13 If a run is still ongoing you can use the Update button or the Automatic update check box to display the latest values of the variables without having to reopen the Variable List dialog box Back to contents A AMESet new features Activity variables Use this kind of variable when you want the activity of your submodel to be calculated this will allow you to know its index of activity in an AMESim model Is it a difference This is a boolean field which becomes available only for variable having a unit set to either a pressure bar Pa barA or a temperature degC degF This field must be set to True when the variable is either a pressure drop or a temperature difference It must be left to False its default value otherwise This characteristics is used in AMESim when preferred units are requested so that absolute units are replaced by relative ones or the opposite If the variable is a difference and an offset is needed for the unit conversion then this offset will be ignored Back to
62. your user area automatically when you log in your platform 1 If you use the shell cesh You may put the following two lines in your cshre file which is in your home directory setenv AME AMEHOME set path SAME Spath Replace AMEHOME by the name of the AME home directory and the two lines should be placed after any other set path command lines in the file 2 If you use the shell sh You may put the following lines in your profile file which is in your home directory AME AMEHOME export AME PATH SAME SPATH export PATH Replace AMVEHOME by the name of the AME home directory and the four lines should be placed after any other set path command lines in the file Once you have modified your cshre or profile file you have to log out and log in again in order to have the changes effective You can run the following command if you use csh source cshre When the environment variable and command search path are set the simulation environment and the submodel editing tool can be started by typing AMESim AMESet AMERun or AMECustom as appropriate Running the license manager daemon Before you can start AMESim AMESet AMERun or AMECustom the license manager daemon must be running You can start it by executing Imstart The Imstart script is in the AME licensing directory You can check the AME licensing amelm_hostname log file to see if the license server is running correctly Warning Any time you

AMESim/AMESet/AMERun/AMECustom Release Notes

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents