Full Vehicle Models with Altair Driver and Events

To access the vehicle solutions the Vehicle Tools extension must be loaded. In MotionView, go to File > Extension Manager and enable the extension.

Figure 1. Vehicle Tools Extension

MotionView contains three libraries of vehicles: Car/Small Truck, Heavy Truck, and Two Wheeler. With Vehicle Tools loaded in MotionView, click on Libraries to select the desired vehicle configuration.

Figure 2. Setting Vehicle Library

With the vehicle library selected, click on Assembly to invoke the Assembly Wizard and start building the full vehicle model.

Figure 3. Building a Full Vehicle Model

The full vehicle events are available in the Entity Browser under the VehicleTools folder. The Car & Truck folders contain the events used in cars, small trucks, and heavy trucks. A general folder contains common events for all vehicle library models. The Motorcycle folder contains events specific to 2- and 3-wheeler vehicles.

Figure 4. Events Folder in Entity Browser

Figure 5. Car/Small Trucks List of Events

To add an event, double-click on the event icon in the Entity browser and click on the Create button displayed in the guide bar.

Figure 6. Adding an Event

The events parameters such as vehicle velocity, events dimension definitions, controls and signal settings, can be edited using the Entity Editor.

Figure 7. Entity Editor for the Brake in Turn Event

To simulate a full vehicle model with events, use the Run ribbon. The simulation settings can be modified in the Analysis Settings Dialog. Both quick run and offline simulations are supported for the full vehicle events.

Figure 8. Vehicle Tools Run Ribbon

Multiple events simulation can be performed by selecting the events in the Run settings under Select analysis. When more than one event is selected, MotionSolve simulates one event after the other in different simulations following the displayed order.

Figure 9. Analysis Setting Dialog