Support for the MSC.ADAMS Community

ADAMS Partners for Version 10.1

Integration with CAD/CAM Packages

At Mechanical Dynamics, we believe you should be able to work in your native computer-aided design (CAD) environment even as you exercise the unique capabilities and strengths of virtual prototyping with ADAMS. Without leaving your CAD system, and with little or no additional training, you can model not just parts -- and not just static assemblies of parts -- but entire products or subsystems, with parts that move.

The leading CAD vendors -- as part of our ADAMS Partners Program -- fully embed ADAMS virtual prototyping capabilities in their software. Are ADAMS virtual prototyping capabilities embedded within your preferred CAD/CAM environments?

Click on selected companies to jump to their proprietary Web sites.

ADAMS Partner		Product Name	Product Version	Available from
	Parametric Technology Corp.	MECHANISM/Pro	Revision 2000i	MDI
	Dassault Systemes	CAT/ADAMS	V4R2.1 R1 through V4R2.2	MDI
	Unigraphics Solutions Inc. (includes SDRC)	I-DEAS Mechanism Design	Master Series 7 or 8	Unigraphics
		UG Mechanisms*	Version 15
		Scenario for Motion+	Version 16
	Ford Motor Co.	Ford PDGS		Ford
	Intergraph	I/MSM & I/ADAMS		Intergraph
	Autodesk	Dynamic Designer for Mechanical Desktop	Mechanical Desktop V5.0 , V4.0, V3.0, V2.0, V1.2 AutoCAD/Mechanical 2000i, 2000	Autodesk dealers
	SolidEdge (Unigraphics Solutions Inc.)	Dynamic Designer for SolidEdge	Solid Edge 9, 8	SolidEdge dealers
	SolidWorks, Inc.	Dynamic Designer for SolidWorks	SolidWorks 2001/2000, 2000/99, 98/98+, 97	SolidWorks dealers
	Bentley Systems	ADAMS/MS Mechanisms		Bentley Systems
	CoCreate	SD/ADAMS for SolidDesigner		Mechanical Dynamics srl

Integration with Finite Element Packages

ADAMS works with your finite element analysis (FEA) software in two ways:

• The reaction forces you compute with ADAMS can be automatically transferred to your FEA applications as accurate loading and boundary conditions.

• Component flexibility information can be brought from the FEA software into ADAMS to simulate a system's large-displacement motion behavior, including the effects of flexible parts.

ADAMS supports a two-way neutral-file FEA interface, as well as custom two-way interfaces for the leading FEA packages:

ADAMS Partner		Product Name	Product Version	ADAMS Product	Platform
	MacNeal- Schwendler Corp. (MSC)	MSC/Nastran	V69x, V70.x	ADAMS/Flex	Unix, NT**
	ANSYS Inc.	ANSYS	V5.4, V5.5, or V5.6	ADAMS/Flex	Unix, NT
	Hibbett, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc.	ABAQUS	Version 5.8	ADAMS/Flex	Unix, NT
	Unigraphics Solutions Inc. (SDRC)	I-DEAS Mechanism Design	Master Series 7 or 8	ADAMS/Flex	Unix, NT

** ADAMS/Flex is not compatible with MSC/Nastran for Windows.

Integration with Control Systems Packages

If your organization designs systems involving automatic controls -- for example, speed controllers, anti-lock braking systems, or guidance systems -- ADAMS can help by predicting exactly how the mechanical systems will function using different control-feedback assumptions.

You can output physical plant models from ADAMS for use with popular controls design packages such as:

ADAMS Partner		Product Name	Product Version	ADAMS Product	Platform
	The MathWorks, Inc.	MATLAB	Version 5.3.0	ADAMS/Controls	Unix, NT
		Simulink	Version 3
		MATRIXx	Version 6.0
	The Boeing Co.	EASY5	Version 5.3.2	ADAMS/Controls	Unix, NT

You can also transfer control laws into ADAMS to simulate the operating behavior of a controlled mechanical system.