VI-grade today announced the release of v19.0 of its software product suite. The release includes major product features and several usability enhancements in the following products: VI-CarRealTime and VI-Driver (real-time software); VI-DriveSim (driving simulation solutions); and VI-Automotive, VI-Motorcycle, VI-Aircraft (vertical products).
Selected new features of VI-CarRealTime v19.0 include:
1. Investigation Mode:
- Automatic model variant response module
- Allows to easily execute a given plan of experiments
- Select events or scenario to be tested
- Define the metric to be monitored
- Automatically generate the related reports
- New engine mount layout options (bushings on body chassis, torque rods)
- Vehicle chassis flexibility with body-on-frame architecture
- New demo vehicles
- Pick-up truck
- Improved driveline modelling options, to specify e.g. gear shifting maps or specific inertias.
- Design time scaling factors for suspension elements (dampers, springs, bumpers…)
- CDTire RealTime
- FTire 2019-1
- Improved computational efficiency
- TameTire 5.1
- MF-Tyre/MF-Swift 7.3
- MegaRide
- Realtime capable version available
4. Adams Car Interface: new properties export added
- Frequency bushing
- Rack & pinion (Pfeffer model)
- Suspension auxiliary longitudinal dynamics identification
- VI-SpeedGen can optionally consider the suspension travel while predicting the limit speed profile computation
- (For motorsport applications): Aerodynamic balance and electric motors regeneration state can be parametrized on the on-track position
- VI-CarRealTime solver now able to produce additional output signals:
- ABS & TCS activity
- Possibility to configure multiple solver plugins
- Scriptable (python) custom post-processing
- VI-CarRealTime SDK now includes an executable able to perform simulations with forced “Save&Restore” operation
- VI-DriveSim environment opened to 3rd party vehicle solvers
- Template for Matlab/Simulink
- Input File management
- Override road data file
- Redefine vehicle initial position/orientation
- Possible to inherit the lap sensor directly from the road file (explicit reference to a drd file still supported for special cases)
- Support of angle tracking control mode in addition to the regular torque tracking mode
- Active belts systems with independent left/right actuators now supported by the graphical interface
The new releases, developed on top of Adams2018, are available on the completely revamped VI-grade download area at the link: https://www.vi-grade.com/en/reserved_area/software_download. A complete list of new features and enhancements can be found in the Release Notes documents available for download at the same link.