ADAMS/Insight Release Notes

Refining regression models

In previous version of ADAMS/Insight you could refine a regression model and the specific refinement action would apply to all the responses. Now, you can use a particular refinement strategy on one response and a different refinement strategy on another. In the analysis model form, under the regression summary, there is a new display option that shows the refinement options that have been applied to each response. The Graphical User Interface has been enhanced so that you can select one of the refinement strategies and continually monitor the respective fit statistics without having to reopen the chosen refinement dialog box.

Automatic refinement

There is a new mechanism that automatically performs refine operations. Select Tools->Refine Model Automatically to open the new dialog box. Press F1 to open the online help and get more information on this new feature.

Optimize merged experiments

Using ADAMS/Insight, you could always 'merge' multiple experiments into one dynamic report, in .htm, .bas, .m, or .slk format. This allowed you to easily perform a system level trade-off analysis. In this release, the merge capability has been extended so that you can run a multi-objective optimization on a set of merged experiments.

Correlation computations

Assessing the raw workspace data has been extended with correlation computations. Previously, you could either browse the raw data resident in the Work Space matrix or use the Work Space Review utility to browse various numerical attributes of the raw data (along with several charts). In this release, you can select Tools->Work Space->Correlation to examine the correlation index of the various factors and responses.

Scatter plots of workspace information

You can now view scatter plots of raw workspace information using Tools->Work Space->Scatter Plots.

ADAMS/Insight ASCII conduit enhancements

A standalone graphical difference tool is now supplied with the application by default. In addition, user-defined post-processing methods have been enabled.

Performance improvements

Speed has been improved on the following: displaying tables, fitting a model, cut/paste operations on tables (minimizes memory consumption), and reading of large .xml files.

The optimization form now supports a dynamic update of all responses when the factor slider is manipulated with the mouse, either by dragging or using the thumb wheel.

Documentation Enhancements

ADAMS/Insight Documentation Improvements

Improved documentation as follows:

• Added glossary of terms
• Updated the online help and the Getting Started guides to reflect all changes made to the product.

Overall Documentation Improvements

For MSC.ADAMS 2005, we've made improvements to the MSC.ADAMS help:

• Added global search so you can search across the entire set of MSC.ADAMS help. To access the global search, do one of the following:

  • At the top of the help, select Switch Products, and then select the Search tab.

  • In any product, select the Search tab, and then in the window that appears, select Global Search.

  Note that the global search does not include any .pdfs (including getting started guides and ADAMS/Driver).

• Removed any hardcoding of font sizes so you can scale the text of the help to any size. Please note that many of the equations do not scale because they are images, and the help looks the best when viewed with medium (or 100%). In addition, your browser will print the text the same size as it is displayed.

• Documented many of the environment variables for the products to help customize your session. The environment variables are for ADAMS/Controls, ADAMS/Durability, ADAMS/Flex, ADAMS/Solver, ADAMS/View, and the template-based products (ADAMS/Aircraft, ADAMS/Car, ADAMS/Driveline, ADAMS/Rail). For more information, see the Running and Configuring help.

The following changes have been made:

• The ASCII Conduit file selection dialog box only allows you to select one file.
  
  
• The factors and responses in the Workspace review are now  in a tree format with icons.
  
  
• The column sort in the Workspace review now works on factors and responses, independently.
  
  
• Under Tools->WorkSpace->Scatter Plots, a tree has been introduced to help you identify the inputs and outputs.
  
  
• Under Tools->Workspace>Scatter Plots, you can optionally plot against trials.
  
  
• Response output characteristics are no longer displayed in the Response Form.