INTRO-1 ADM704-705, Introduction, August 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation WELCOME TO ADVANCED ADAMS/VIEW TRAINING.

INTRO-1ADM704-705, Introduction, August 2005Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation

WELCOME TO

ADVANCED ADAMS/VIEW TRAINING



WELCOME TO ADVANCED ADAMS/VIEW TRAINING

What’s in this section: A Brief History of MSC.ADAMS About MSC.Software Content of Course Getting Help


WELCOME TO MSC.ADAMS BASIC TRAINING

Welcome to the Advanced ADAMS/View training course. In this course, you learn how to parameterize your model to determine how different modeling parameters influence the design and how to iterate on those to achieve the optimal design. You will also learn how to build macros and tailor the virtual prototyping process within ADAMS/View to specific applications.

What’s in this section: A Brief History of MSC.ADAMS About MSC.Software Course Overview Getting Help


A BRIEF HISTORY OF MSC.ADAMS

ADAMS: Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems.

Technology was implemented about 25 years ago. Mechanical Dynamics Incorporated (MDI) formed by

researchers who developed the base ADAMS code at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. MDI has been part of MSC.Software Corporation since 2002.

Large displacement code.


A BRIEF HISTORY OF MSC.ADAMS (CONT.)

Systems-based analysis. Original product was ADAMS/Solver, an application

that solves nonlinear numerical equations. You build models in text format and then submit them to ADAMS/Solver.

In the early 90’s, ADAMS/View was released, which allowed users to build, simulate, and examine results in a single environment.

Today, industry-specific products are being produced, such as ADAMS/Car, ADAMS/Rail, and ADAMS/Engine.


ABOUT MSC.SOFTWARE

Find a list of MSC.Software products at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/products.cfm

Find a list of MSC.ADAMS products at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/products_detail.cfm?PI=413

Find additional training at: http://www.engineering-e.com/training/ Or contact your local support center

Run through verification problems at: http://support.adams.com/kb/faq.asp?ID=kb9587.dasp

Find out about our consulting services at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/services/esg/


COURSE OVERVIEW Lecture Hands-on workshops


GETTING HELP

Online helpTo access the online help: Press F1 when a dialog box is active From the Help menu, select ADAMS/View Help

Referencing the online help While working in any ADAMS/View dialog box, you can press F1 to

display online help specific to that dialog box.

Once the online help is displayed, you can search for any terms you are looking for, or browse through the index or table of contents.


GETTING HELP (CONT.)



Technical support To find your support center, go to

http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/contacts/index.cfm To read the Standard Enhancement & Technical Support Usage

Guide, do one of the following: If in the United States, go to

http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/Tech_Spt_Guide_Americas.cfm If outside the United States, go to

http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/contacts/ to learn who you should contact

Knowledge base Go to http://support.adams.com/kb For a quick tour, go to

http://www.adams.com/news/newsletter/vol3/kbtour.htm



MSC Virtual Product Development Community To join the community of MSC.ADAMS users, go to

http://forums.mscsoftware.com Select MSC.ADAMS to view the MSC.ADAMS discussions.

INTRO-1 ADM704-705, Introduction, August 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation WELCOME TO ADVANCED ADAMS/VIEW TRAINING.

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