Building a Car Model with an Aerodynamic System

In Altair MotionView, models are assembled from libraries of pre-defined systems using the Assembly Wizard. The Assembly Wizard dialog guides you through the assembly process, ensuring that your selections are compatible.

Starting the Assembly Wizard.

1. Start MotionView from the installation folder.
   The MotionView window is displayed.

   
   
   Figure 1.

2. Click Model > Assembly Wizard.

   
   
   Figure 2.

   The Car/Small truck - Model Type dialog opens.

Building a Full Vehicle Model with Aerodynamic Forces

The following steps how to make a Full vehicle model with Aerodynamic Forces.

1. Select the Full vehicle with driver option from the Model Type dialog and click Next.

   
   
   Figure 3.

2. Select the Aerodynamic Forces on the additional systems page and complete the model selection.

   
   
   Figure 4.

   Note: Aerodynamic Forces is now included as a system.
3. The Full vehicle with driver model including the aerodynamic forces system build through the Assembly Wizard is displayed in the graphics area.

   
   
   Figure 5.

4. The subsystems with the Aerodynamic Forces you have selected in the Assembly Wizard to build the model are displayed in the browser.

   
   
   Figure 6.

The following steps outline how to use the Aerodynamic Forces graphical user interface:

1. Click on Aerodynamic Forces in the browser to bring up the Attachments section in the panel area.

   
   
   Figure 7.

   The corresponding panel is displayed.

   
   
   Figure 8.

   Attachments	Description
   Vehicle Body *Required	Vehicle body where the action forces of Aerodynamic system is applied.
   Front wheel center *Required	Wheel center point pair for front axle.
   Rear wheel center *Required	Wheel center point pair for rear axle.