Adams 2020 FP1

Release Guide
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Contents
Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide

Preface
Welcome to Adams 2020 FP1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
About MSC Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Internet Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

1 What’s New
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Adams Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Adams Car-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adams Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adams Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adams Co-simulation Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adams Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adams Durability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adams Explore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adams Flex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adams Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adams Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adams MaxFlex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adams PostProcessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adams Real Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adams Solver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adams Tire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adams Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adams View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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2 Running Adams Products

Starting Adams Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting Your Working Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3 Getting Help
Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tutorials and Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4 Supported Versions of Integration Products

Support for Easy5 and MATLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Supported Environments for Adams Real Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Supported Versions of Integration Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
MSC Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) User’s Guide

Preface


Welcome to Adams 2020 FP1

About MSC Software

Technical Support

Internet Resources
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Welcome to Adams 2020 FP1

Welcome to Adams 2020 FP1

Thank you for purchasing Adams 2020 FP1. Adams is motion simulation software for analyzing the complex
behavior of mechanical assemblies. With it, you can test virtual prototypes and optimize designs for
performance, safety, and comfort, without having to build and test numerous physical prototypes.
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Preface

About MSC Software

Overview
MSC Software Corporation is the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) tools,
including simulation software and professional services. MSC Software helps companies make money, save
time, and reduce costs associated with designing, testing, producing, and supporting manufactured products.
MSC Software works with thousands of companies worldwide, in hundreds of industries, to develop better
products faster by using information technology, software, and services to enhance and automate the product
design and manufacturing process. Simulating your product performance reduces development costs, time
to market, and warranty costs.

About Virtual Product Development and Adams

You’ve heard it before: manufacturing companies today face intense global competition, demanding
customers, fragmented markets, increasing product complexity, compressed product cycles, price and profit
pressures, strict regulatory and liability environments, systems integration and supply chain issues,
skyrocketing costs of testing and physical prototyping, and on and on…
What you don’t often hear, though, is a strategy for enabling your company to improve your new product
development process to meet these challenges.
Whether you are delivering airplanes, automobiles, ships, biomedical devices, golf clubs or children’s toys to
your customers, MSC Software’s goal is to help you improve your new product development process,
allowing you to be significantly better at your concept development, design, testing, and production activities
through the application of VPD.
VPD is an environment that uses an integrated combination of both simulation software technology and
traditional techniques to design, test, manufacture, and support products. The result is that cost-effective
designs that meet all performance, safety, durability, and reliability requirements can be brought to market
in less time and for less cost.
Adams, as part of VPD, is focused on enhancing your ability to make better product development decisions,
explore innovative design alternatives, and consistently get the product right. It is the world's most widely
used mechanical system simulation software. It enables you to produce virtual prototypes, realistically
simulating the full-motion behavior of complex mechanical systems on your computers and quickly
analyzing multiple design variations until an optimal design is achieved. This reduces the number of costly
physical prototypes, improves design quality, and dramatically reduces product development time.
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Technical Support

Technical Support
For help with installing or using an MSC Software product, contact MSC technical support. Our technical
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details please see the Technical Support Usage Guide, which is accessible via our support web site.
You can reach MSC technical support on the web, by telephone, or e-mail.

Web
Go to the MSC Software web site at www.mscsoftware.com, and click on Services -> Technical Support.
Here, you can find a wide variety of support resources including Product Updates, Discussions, Technical
Articles, and Documentation updates.
In addition, we provide several excellent sources of online information:
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Then:
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Phone and Email

For a current list of phone numbers and language based email addresses please visit our support web site and
click on Contact Technical Support.

Training
MSC Software training provides comprehensive training in Virtual Product Development. We offer standard
and customized training courses in the application of CAE tools to solve from basic to complex problems
within any industry. We offer over 100 courses in our state-of-the-art classroom facilities and individual
computer graphics laboratories at training centers throughout the world. All of our courses emphasize hands-
on computer laboratory work to facilitate skills development. We are uniquely positioned to optimize your
investment in design and simulation software tools.
Our industry experienced expert staff is available to customize our course offerings to meet your unique
training requirements. For the most effective training, we also offer many of our courses at our customer's
facilities.
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We specialize in customized training based on our evaluation of your design and simulation processes, which
yields courses that are geared to your business. In addition to traditional instructor-led classes, we also offer
video courses, interactive multimedia training, web-based training, and a specialized instructor's program.

Course Information and Registration

For detailed course descriptions, schedule information, and registration call the Training Specialist at (800)
732-7211 or visit www.mscsoftware.com.
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Internet Resources

Internet Resources
MSC Software (www.mscsoftware.com)
MSC Software corporate site with information on the latest events, products and services for the
CAD/CAE/CAM marketplace.

MSC Software Store (store.mscsoftware.com)

store.mscsoftware.com is a virtual marketplace where clients can find engineering expertise, and engineers can
find the goods and services they need to do their job.
1 What’s New

What’s New, 2

General, 3
 Adams Car, 5

Adams Car-Ride, 13

Adams Chassis, 14
 Adams Controls, 15

Adams Co-simulation Interface, 16

Adams Drill, 17
 Adams Durability, 18

Adams Explore, 19

Adams Flex, 20
 Adams Insight, 21

Adams Machinery, 22
 Adams MaxFlex, 24
 Adams PostProcessor, 25
 Adams Real Time, 28

Adams Solver, 29
 Adams Tire, 33
 Adams Vibration, 34

Adams View, 35
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What’s New

What’s New
The following are highlights of additions to existing products. Subsequent updates to the Known and Resolved
Issues lists may be found in the MSC SimCompanion articles linked above.
 General, 3
 Adams Car, 5
 Adams Car-Ride, 13
 Adams Chassis, 14
 Adams Controls, 15
 Adams Co-simulation Interface, 16
 Adams Drill, 17
 Adams Durability, 18
 Adams Explore, 19
 Adams Flex, 20
 Adams Insight, 21
 Adams Machinery, 22
 Adams MaxFlex, 24
 Adams PostProcessor, 25
 Adams Real Time, 28
 Adams Solver, 29
 Adams Tire, 33
 Adams Vibration, 34
 Adams View, 35
 CHAPTER 1 3
What’s New

General
 Ubuntu Linux Support for Standalone Solver Scenarios
 Required Upgrade to MSC Licensing Helium as of Adams 2020.0
 Migration to Python 3 as of 2018.0
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Ubuntu Linux Support for Standalone Solver Scenarios

While Ubuntu Linux is not a supported platform across all MSC products, with this release of Adams some
Adams products support it. Standalone Adams Solver simulations, including those that use Adams Controls
and/or Adams Car Solver extensions are supported on Ubuntu Linux versions 16.04 and 18.04. The Adams
installer for Red Hat 7.3 should be used for either of these Ubuntu versions. There continues to be no
support for Ubuntu in any other Adams products, including all those with a graphical interface.

Required Upgrade to MSC Licensing Helium as of Adams 2020.0

Users who wish to use Adams 2020.0 or later versions must update their license servers to use MSC Licensing
Helium (this version uses Flexera FlexNET v11.16.3.0). The previous release of MSC Licensing FLEXlm is
version 11.13 and is what users working on Adams 2018.0 and more recent prior versions have been running.
Those and other older versions of Adams will be supported on MSC Licensing Helium as well.

Note: It is possible to have multiple versions of MSC Licensing co-existing for those organizations
unable to redirect older versions of Adams to MSC Licensing Helium for some reason.

Migration to Python 3 as of 2018.0

Beginning with Adams 2018.0, Adams has moved from Python 2 to Python 3 (specifically version 3.6.6 now
in 2020). There are some changes in the Python language that render some Python 2.X syntax nonfunctional
in Python 3.X. For details visit https://www.python.org/. The contents (classes, methods) of the Adams Python
Interface are already Python 3 compliant. However, when authoring Python code around those classes and
methods one should be advised that if it is not Python 3 compliant then it will not function when imported
into later releases of Adams. Further advice related to making this migration can be found on SimCompanion
at: https://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=KB8023252
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General

Issues Resolved

ADMS-60406 Online help contains hyperlink errors

ADMS-45510 To start in the Linux environment Adams appbar Adams
Chassis/Driveline/Solver icon need to be updated with latest icon in Adams
online help
ADMS-60360 Adams desktop icon is not created after installation under some circumstances

Known Issues

ADMS-57756 Adams Help stopped working with Firefox (v68 or later). A workaround to
disable this is to do the following change in the Firefox settings:

1. Open Firefox browser and in the address bar type about:config and hit
Enter button.
2. Click on I'll be careful, I promise! ...
3. In search box type origin.
4. Look for security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy option.
5. Double click on security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy will change the
status from true to false.
ADMS-57375 When starting one of the Adams UI products like View or Car on Linux box
with Mesa graphics driver version prior to 11.2.2, the following message
appears in the console window: "function is no-op"

With this message some of the Adams graphics functions may not work
properly. It is recommended that you upgrade your Mesa graphics driver
version to 11.2.2 or higher.
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What’s New

Adams Car
 Reports for Additional Standard Events
 Aggregate Mass Enhancements
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues
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Reports for Additional Standard Events

In this release of Adams Car more standard events now come with default reports. The following full-vehicle
events now have default report templates provided with the Adams Car installation:
 Open Loop Steering Events:
• Braking-in-Turn
• Swept-Sine Steer
• Ramp Steer
• Fish Hook
 Cornering Events:
• J-Turn
• Throttle-on-in-Turn
• Power-Off Cornering
 Straight Line Events:
• Cross Wind
• Braking
• Acceleration
• Brake Drift
• Steady State Drift
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What’s New

Aggregate Mass Enhancements

Two enhancements to the aggregate mass capability are available in this release.
First, an aggregate mass calculation can be accessed directly from the model browser's right-click menu. So,
for example, you can multi-select a number of parts, right-click for Aggregate Mass and the information
window will display the results of the calculation. As in previous releases, the Aggregate Mass dialog
continues to be accessible from the Tools - Model Diagnostics menu. It remains helpful when you want to
specify a specific reference frame in which to report the aggregate center-of-mass and inertia tensor.
Secondly new in this release, when no reference frame is specified, the aggregate mass calculation will provide
the inertia tensor not only about the global origin, but also about the newly calculated aggregate center-of-
mass location and orientation as well as about the newly calculated aggregate center-of-mass location but in
the global orientation.
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Adams Car

Issues Resolved

ADMS-64240 description correction for stabilizer bar template in the concept cdb online
help
ADMS-63978 write ude property_files not working for xml-bumpstop files
ADMS-62914 Support to save request created in the session for XML assembly format

ADMS-64110 The Object Name is not updated when renaming an object.

ADMS-65370 Cross wind event shows last modified event parameter in second event
instance even for first event instance
ADMS-65295 event ude does not verify loaded assemblies
ADMS-65191 Vehicle not able to reach required acceleration when speed is inputted in mps

ADMS-64511 front/rear ride height not matching in SVC for some migrated AChassis
models
ADMS-64139 Error message appears while executing step steer event after trailer subsystem
removed
ADMS-64107 Error appears when opening a migrated AChassis assembly due to ACar not
expecting certain connection topology to the frame

ADMS-63766 vas_gear_demand set to 3 when running full-vehicle analysis based on

mac_ana_ful_sub_custom_acf
ADMS-63444 List of error messages appears at beginning of SPMM simulation for flexible
body model
ADMS-59691 Event browser issues errors on startup after reloading session file

ADMS-64145 Suspension External Files event browser doesn't know about results files

ADMS-63956 GSS Loadcases: Steer Moment & StaBar Adams Car Result is not matched

ADMS-63493 GSS event with rigid subframe output DAT file generated with missing WFT
info
ADMS-61684 Displacement Roll Motion, improve pass rate from above 92 to 100

ADMS-63869 Removing all suspension subsystems from a susension assembly is allowed by

the GUI and issues errors
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What’s New

ADMS-63535 Switching variant does not update Actuator function properly.

ADMS-61522 Down arrow key moves focus to top left of ACar Curve Editor table

ADMS-64364 While creating request Using Type and Markers requires J marker though J
marker filed is greyed out
ADMS-64154 Error message appears while creating General Data Element -> Parameter in
template builder
ADMS-63793 Error message appears while renaming single type connector object

ADMS-64050 Saving subsystem (TeimOrbit) with replaced spring as a variant causes

warnings on open
ADMS-62242 Tire rotation initial velocity is zero
ADMS-63616 FEA Loads export incompatible with external jounce bumper

ADMS-64887 Drive Torque Bias/Ratio (Front drive torque ratio) is not migrated from
Chassis into Car database cdb
ADMS-64396 Simulation failed after deactivated 'Steerable Axle' design option in quad link
advanced template subsystem
ADMS-64318 Velocity Sensor Request 51052 use the correct conversion factor depending on
the Model units
ADMS-64316 Inconsistency for Velocity Sensor units in ReqTable_SI_acar.txt file

ADMS-64137 Steering Input option does not available in Adams Car Dynamics Loadcase
Event Set Generator
ADMS-63507 ACar "Request Activity" selection GUI reset the user selected "Coordinates
System(s)" checkbox option to default

ADMS-63453 Adams Car Instrumentation delete option is not working in the Standard
Interface
ADMS-63396 List of Error message appears while modifying stabar diameter after KnC
dynamic event simulation
ADMS-62394 Model Browser drop-down selection option of the GUI can become frozen
under some circumstances
ADMS-64271 Road Points of Road Builder cannot be edited.
ADMS-57831 leafspring property file extension is not used at save as in leafspring property
editor
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ADMS-64895 SPMM event REQ/5109 - RY 'spindle pitch angle' plot differences between
Chassis and Car
ADMS-63415 Request 1060 is not included in Parking Event and Steering Geometry events

ADMS-65151 Dynamic KnC external plotting: 'lat aid 30mm offset' plots are incorrectly
using the align_rtn req
ADMS-64893 Adams Car Quasi-Static SLD event Generated report metrics values sign
wrong as compared with Adams Chassis

ADMS-64890 ACar does report Body-on-Chassis Roll Angles (REQ/3040) and not Total
Roll Angles (REQ/1041)
ADMS-64774 Roll & Vertical Force/Length event - Generate Plot (external) 'Torque vs Roll
Angle plot' Y expression need to use Request 50255-X channel

ADMS-64459 Jounce Bumper Metal-to-Metal request missing for GSS Loadcase event
generated .dat file in Adams Car
ADMS-63615 External object under mount part will not be saved to subsystems

ADMS-63612 Tire subsystem variant saving removes all variant data blocks

ADMS-63282 Right-click in model tree on one element does not display copy

ADMS-49375 Event Builder: changed unit settings are not saved by "Save" button

ADMS-61816 Error in the Page "Definition of the SVC Compliance Matrix"

ADMS-59251 ACar 2019 online help error
ADMS-62060 Adams Vibration Actuator Type documentation error
ADMS-62400 Typo and missing bracket in documentation in Bumpstop Force Calculation

ADMS-46560 need information for the parameters used in powertrain template

ADMS-61875 Steering wheel goes out of control by the unit conversion.
ADMS-59714 'Duration' label in the analysis DBOX
ADMS-61825 FMU export option from Controls plugin causes loss in RT performance

ADMS-62648 Documentation incorrectly mentions "pvs_gear_kickdown" instead of

"pvs_gear_sport"
ADMS-62181 req907 link goes to wrong target
 CHAPTER 1 11
What’s New

ADMS-57633 The documentation misses a parameter from Steering Arm Toggle Angle
request help
ADMS-44791 Parameter variable 'pvs_adjuster_active' in Adams car is no longer accessible
to user but still enlisted in online help documentation.
ADMS-56201 Session file does not properly save python command window status

ADMS-60996 Model Browser edge goes missing

ADMS-60891 Template Builder Tutorial Requires update for new features in 2019 version
and fix steer axis definition
ADMS-52252 Error mesage when trying to change variant with no open assembly

ADMS-62054 Bumpstop property file .xml format deactivates (greys out) clearance/impact
field and give incorrect (zero) forces
ADMS-61969 Save and Publish assembly flexbody user specified damping settings reset to
default
ADMS-61146 Implausible spring user value after synchronizing subsystems with
"use_hardpoints" option
ADMS-60572 issues of visualization with Adams 3D road profile
ADMS-59604 2019.2 solver memory leak - Noticing solver process takes up more and more
memory when multi-threading on
ADMS-61803 Need Parametric units in the plot configuration file
ADMS-26276 cannot modify width of model browser after changing interface
12 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Car

Known Issues

ADMS-21716 Adams Car bushing geometry disappears during animation when animating a
second time after first running the animation successfully and then clicking
the reset button

ADMS-55600 When launching Adams View or Adams Car on any Linux platform one may
notice the message “failed to connect to DS server.” This error can be safely
ignored for situations that do not involve remoting. Note: the cause is
sensitivity to /etc/hosts being incorrectly configured. This file should correctly
resolve IP addresses for both the fully-qualified hostname and the short (alias)
name.
ADMS-16820 Name of the Filter is also added to Group if user creates a Group by using 'Add
to Group' option (Template Builder Mode)

ADMS-20717 Fit View is unsupported for the standalone OGL animation view in Adams
PostProcessor
 CHAPTER 1 13
What’s New

Adams Car-Ride
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved
.

ADMS-61970 The General Bushing Coupling number is different in the Adams Help
documentation.
14 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Chassis

Adams Chassis
 Adams Chassis 2020 FP1 Will Be Last Release
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Adams Chassis 2020 FP1 Will Be Last Release

This Adams 2020 FP1 release will be the last release in which the Adams Chassis product is included. The
Adams Chassis functionality has been consolidated into Adams Car. Adams Car 2019 and onward, contain
the key capabilities (and templates) previously unique to Adams Chassis. If you have any questions about the
transition, please contact your MSC account manager.

Issues Resolved

ADMS-61601 SVCI events don't work with a specific model

ADMS-56855 AChassis does not inherit final value of the first Mini_Maneuver when
control_type = function
ADMS-62373 Can't copy/paste in the stabar/twist data table
ADMS-61406 Can't paste in the TBA data table from Excel spreadsheet.
ADMS-61763 Failed to update the value of part mass while modifying in Mass/Inertia/Cg

ADMS-63418 Error appears when exporting Adams controls plant, depending on state
variable name.
ADMS-63310 Do not use global Matlab time for Simulink-Adams co-simulations to allow
Adams to start at a different time
ADMS-45513 Adams Chassis “Standard Plots for Ride Motion” image need to be updated in
Adams online help
ADMS-62078 Plugin manager does not show plugins when model exported from Adams
chassis
ADMS-61520 Large CRG road file (~13 Gb) solving crash

Known Issues

ADMS-18145 Flex Generation event does not work with rear twist beam
 CHAPTER 1 15
What’s New

Adams Controls
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

ADMS-64891 Antenna tutorial specifies wrong communication interval with

Matlab/Simulink
16 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Co-simulation Interface

Adams Co-simulation Interface

 Supported Versions of Software for Co-simulation
 Issues Resolved

Supported Versions of Software for Co-simulation

An updated table of the Adams co-simulation Interface supported versions of Marc and EDEM is shown
below:

Marc/EDEM version ACSI supported version

Marc 2013.0 ACSI 2014.0, 2014.0.1
Marc 2013.1 ACSI 2014.0, 2014.0.1
Marc 2014.0 No support for ACSI
Marc 2014.1 No support for ACSI
*
Marc 2014.2 ACSI 2015-2015.1, ACSI 2016*-2019.0*
Marc 2015* ACSI 2015-2015.1, ACSI 2016*-2019.0*
Marc 2016 - 2019 FP1 ACSI 2015-2020 FP1
EDEM 2.7.1 (or later) ACSI 2016-2020 FP1

*
The ACSI 2016 and later versions require a workaround for the case of Adams models co-simulating with
Marc versions 2014.2 and 2015. Marc 2016 does not require this workaround. For details see the “Special
requirements to run Marc” section of the Adams product documentation (Online Help) under “Adams Co-
simulation Interface.”

Issues Resolved

ADMS-61476 Corrections to Online Help for Adams MSC CoSim Adapter.

ADMS-64983 The connection between Adams marker and Marc interface-node is incorrect.
 CHAPTER 1 17
What’s New

Adams Drill
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

ADMS-60373 Creating a Drill Collar that is smaller than (unknown number) produces an
error indicating that the mass is 00.
ADMS-47674 Measured Depth reported incorrectly for additional measurement points
ADMS-57388 Drilling Parameters worksheet will not accept valid incremental input table
18 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Durability

Adams Durability
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

ADMS-64830 Durability PUNCH File Format in NASTRAN Modal Export is no longer

supported by MSR
 CHAPTER 1 19
What’s New

Adams Explore
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

ADMS-64309 File remains on Explore JOB server

ADMS-33986 Working Remotely Adams Session Locks up after invoking any of the servers

ADMS-33563 Some of Errors from Adams Car should be Captured in "Job Status" of
Webpage.
ADMS-34101 Browsing of Excel sheet is not working in Edge Browser
ADMS-55867 AExplore import aborts when error occurs and does not proceed importing
further (correct) data
ADMS-56415 result file doesnot get generated for suspension model when using adams
explore
ADMS-54531 Error should be more Specific and Clearly State Permissible Char Limit
allowed to User
ADMS-52223 Exporting/exporting parts with mass==(none) will cause an error
ADMS-47788 Model solves in AView but not via AExplore complaining about CONTACT

ADMS-42663 Error in aview.log

ADMS-40262 AView/explore failed to export a model with Cylindrical Coordinate System

ADMS-40208 Error is seen after Submitting Excel with Files Only option
ADMS-33633 The value of option "Leave Files on Server" has no effect
ADMS-33342 Sometimes Analysis Status Page is seen Blank in OUT Excel.
ADMS-32686 Refreshing Adams Explore web page takes you always back to main page
20 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Flex

Adams Flex
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

ADMS-64195 Add documentation of what L (upper case L) does when used along with
mnf2mtx command
ADMS-62756 Adams Flex 2020 Toolkit still shows old logo
ADMS-62179 MNF Optimizer in Flex Toolkit does not exit when pressing the quit button
ADMS-61125 FLEXTK MNFLOAD does not work for MNF's with more than 1000 modes
 CHAPTER 1 21
What’s New

Adams Insight
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-61954 Defined event parameters not used in DOE

Known Issues

ADMS-33805 Exported HTML Report from Insight is not working with MS Edge Browser
on Windows10; may work in later versions of Edge; In the meantime use
another browser like IE or Firefox
22 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Machinery

Adams Machinery
 Licensing Organization Change as of 2019.0
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Licensing Organization Change as of 2019.0

If you run Adams Machinery with seat licenses (that is, not with either the Master Key or MSC One token
systems), then, as of Adams 2019.0 and later releases (including this 2020 FP1 release), you must contact
your MSC account manager to get a new license file.
This is because MSC has modified the license features for Adams Machinery such that there are independent
license features for interface (GUI) usage and solver usage.

Issues Resolved

ADMS-63073 Silent Chain profile is incorrect

ADMS-60954 Add ViewFlex license to licensing table row for AMachinery Gear A3DC
ADMS-60088 The "Carrier Part" field does not update.
ADMS-59167 "alfa_t" and "alfa_w" in Adams Machinery Gear simplified
ADMS-43087 Spur gear with Advanced 3d contact.
ADMS-40081 Gear system with two driver and one driven gear does not mesh properly.
ADMS-38212 Adams online help on "Addendum Modification Factor"
ADMS-32015 no description of flank forms in Worm Gear F1 Help

Known Issues

ADMS-31992 Duty cycle bearing life does not support analyses run via external Adams
Solver launched from Adams View or via standalone Adams Solver.
ADMS-32055 An error message appears if the user deletes the design variables created for
Detailed bearing geometry parameters
ADMS-32067 Bearing disappears when selecting “reset to start” in animation control dialog.

ADMS-22387 A broken translational joint on the tensioner in a belt systems is observed

when reading bin file created on 2013.1 in later versions. Use .cmd as
workaround
 CHAPTER 1 23
What’s New

ADMS-31988 Some instances of bin file corruption observed which result in inability to
open them in Adams 2013.2 and later without error. Workaround is to export
.cmd files.
ADMS-31937 When copying a cam system its follower motion will not be copied. Both cam
systems will reference the same follower motion object.
ADMS-31900 Span requests do not persist when modifying chain (open and closed) and belt

ADMS-31886 Chain system guide tensioner's piston & housing mass properties are
uneditable.
ADMS-31994 Contact parameter definition for Guide - Chain contact is missing
ADMS-30608 If users run the motor with the exact rated condition of voltage and fluency
and the external load (load on motor) is within the motor torque limit, then
the AC motor is showing abnormal behavior since current is remaining
constant but torque is changing as per load applied. Workaround is for the
user to specify slightly lower supply voltage and frequency than is rated.
ADMS-31960 Unable to change direction of motor in runtime with curve based method for
motor.
24 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams MaxFlex

Adams MaxFlex
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-50896 Car quasi-static Solver is suspended just before the end when a MaxFlex body
is present
ADMS-27979 User unable to remove the machine name specified for "Compute Resource"
field in Flexible Body Modify dialog box
ADMS-24244 On Linux system while browsing .bdf from current working directory; it still
directs to the last browsed .bdf location directory
ADMS-26176 "Processing "Flexible body_2" Cleanup "progress bar is not seen properly
when animating a MaxFlex body

Known Issues

ADMS-65607 Distribution of multiple MaxFlex parts in a given model to solve across

multiple remote machines is not functioning. All of the MaxFlex parts will be
solved on just one of the remote machines.
ADMS-25798 Object measures unsupported by nonlinear flexible bodies
ADMS-20258 Outline graphics generated for nonlinear flexible bodies do not respond to
hide/show toggle
 CHAPTER 1 25
What’s New

Adams PostProcessor
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-50800 Switching to PPT incredibly slow on Windows platform when installed

Adams at Network drive location
ADMS-59627 Record button doesn't pop up when Loop = Once
ADMS-43662 Slow Animations after a deactivating many parts
ADMS-50893 Potential and Kinetic Energy object measures do not appear under measure
category in the post processor
ADMS-23696 invisible measure
ADMS-65002 Errors detected when try to load the durability plugin into Post-processor

ADMS-28850 "Swap View" should not swap its view with Adams/View
ADMS-63510 Plot config file creates curve from unexpected results
ADMS-40080 Select miss for editing curve has happened when overlapping a curve and
legend object.
ADMS-49692 the error when importing a plot config file with differentiate curve

ADMS-45978 Adams PostProcessor Launch through Animation Control dbox does not
appear on front end.
ADMS-62988 Results_name input with double quotes causes issue in plotting

ADMS-62711 Need to remove empty page_1 in PPT

ADMS-56206 Contact tracks does not appear as expected in Postprocessor

ADMS-21193 Large size files reading

ADMS-50893 Potential and Kinetic Energy object measures do not appear under measure
category in the post processor
ADMS-23696 Invisible measure
26 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams PostProcessor

ADMS-20304 Swap view in command in Adams postprocessor is not working.

ADMS-62726 Plot config file creates curve from unexpected results

ADMS-62174 Contact track does not become visible in ADAMS PPT at launch

ADMS-49407 Contact track disappears once an imported measure is plotted.

ADMS-62184 Need to change default file type on "Print to file"

ADMS-13396 Wrong acceleration from calculated results (Source=Objects) in postprocessor

ADMS-22189 Naming inconsistency of toolbar in Adams/PostProcessor

ADMS-52668 Adams PostProcessor Axis Division text field is grayed out

ADMS-62851 Issues with applying the RPC file to independent axis in postprocessor

ADMS-61457 Comments in the Request file over the limit of 132 characters corrupt the
results
ADMS-54290 result set creation command ignores comment parameter

ADMS-19376 Excessive memory consumption after reading in .res file with multiple analyses

Known Issues

ADMS-16835 Error in PPT Appearance Rules if we delete analyses on which rules were
created and reload a new animation
ADMS-16834 PPT Appearance Rules cannot be created with request files only

ADMS-23245 Auto-generated object measures for markers on FE Parts give incorrect results
for translational velocity and translational acceleration. Workaround is to use
result set data or requests.
 CHAPTER 1 27
What’s New

ADMS-55010 The coloring of 3D surface plots, especially when the data values are close to
Z=0 relative to the extent (height) of the z-axis can be noticeably offset from
what the legend indicates.
ADMS-5552 No warning that velocity plots of CM in object measures when displacements
are disabled in .res are actually Part Xform results
ADMS-23790 View-Reset GUI Dimensions only resets the graphics window
(plot/animation) size but not the others (treeview and dashboard)
28 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Real Time

Adams Real Time

 Easier Adams Car Property File Switching for Online Users
 Known Issues

Easier Adams Car Property File Switching for Online Users

Adams Car 2019 introduced the ability to associate multiple property files to a given component. With this
2020 FP1 release of Adams Real Time, an easier means of switching between property files in the online
environment is introduced. Now all property files associated with a given component will be exported with
the Adams Car model's Functional Mockup Unit (FMU) instead of only the currently active property file.
Also, the ModelDescription.xml file will document the index number to property file mapping.

Known Issues

ADMS-64189 Users are unable to modify model parameters from parameterized Adams
FMU's on SIMulation Workbench 2019.3-3
 CHAPTER 1 29
What’s New

Adams Solver
 Reference Frames for FE Part Initial Velocity
 FEMDATA Support for FE Parts
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Reference Frames for FE Part Initial Velocity

The FE_PART statement has new arguments for specifying the reference frames in which translational and
rotational initial velocity is specified. The arguments VM and WM have been added for translational and
rotational initial velocity reference frames, respectively.
30 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Solver

FEMDATA Support for FE Parts

The FEMDATA statement now supports stress and strain output in FE Parts. The FE_PART keyword is now
available under the STRESS and STRAIN arguments.

Issues Resolved

ADMS-64684 Missing explanation of generalized stiffness/energy units in Modal Tables

ADMS-59157 Documentation does not detail on how to determine (rule) the principal axis
of inertia orientation.
ADMS-61620 General Point Motion's confusing documentation about velocity inputs

ADMS-64188 Typo in VTORQUE help.

ADMS-61464 Need documentation on all command line parameters
 CHAPTER 1 31
What’s New

ADMS-62023 For the same model there are big differences in results of one function and
accross the versions
ADMS-56067 Running AChassis adm with custom ACF file generates not well-formed
Result File
ADMS-55813 Env variable MSC_RAPID_SKIP_SHELL_VERIFICATION has no effect

ADMS-59605 C++ Solver is not robust in dynamic solution compared to Fortran solver

ADMS-61968 Incorrect results when the part mass is specified in the simulation script.

ADMS-59106 library load error in VirtualDynamics

ADMS-64778 Non-deterministic behavior when nthreads>1
ADMS-63674 typos in the online help for Adams Solver Linear Command
ADMS-62477 Monitor point "FLEX_BODY" keyword is wrongly printed as
"FELX_BODY" in FEMDATA solver statement
ADMS-61565 Environment variable MSC_ADAMS_REAL_TIME missing explanation of
options
ADMS-62250 Typo in the Solver docs for the FE_LOAD statement
ADMS-61957 Links to extended definition in the help for CONTACT statement is wrong

ADMS-62694 Need to correct Typo in C++ Function ACCY document

ADMS-58677 Must document CORRECTOR switching with CONTACT
ADMS-62371 Typo in documentation in Run-Time Functions... AKISPL
ADMS-62350 Adams Solver crashes after processing MOTION command
ADMS-62288 FE_PART leaf spring simulation fails with NaNs
ADMS-61886 " MSC_ADAMS_REAL_TIME" env.var does not work from Aview advanced
solver settings
ADMS-62633 need to correct second example in C++ Function ACCM document

ADMS-61148 The tire seems to penetrate in the View internal simulation.

ADMS-62981 Endless Symbolic Refactorization during Statics of model with FE PART Leaf
Spring
32 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Solver

Known Issues

ADMS-19401 Running numerous initial conditions analyses at different velocities in

sequence can lead to incorrect results in C++ Solver. Workaround is to use the
FORTRAN solver.
ADMS-16306 Different results observed in Adams Solver C++ between versions Linux 2012
and 2008r1 for certain model content
ADMS-5440 The C++ solver has a looser error control when dealing with small models. If
your model is small (few DOF), use a tighter error control.

ADMS-5641 Performance issues with BEAM elements used in C++ Solver observed in
Adams Chassis models
ADMS-46710 On Red Hat Linux machines when a standalone Adams Solver job is
terminated purposely by the user, the message in the terminal gives the
impression that Adams Solver stopped unexpectedly.
===============
***Error: Error executing Adams Solver
An error occurred while trying to run ...solver.exe
Please examine any error message above and report it
to Adams Technical Support if necessary.
==============
ADMS-14816 The linear fortran solver should issue a warning about using varval expressions
 CHAPTER 1 33
What’s New

Adams Tire
 FTire No Longer Included with Adams Release
 Known Issues

FTire No Longer Included with Adams Release

Beginning with the 2020 release (and including this 2020 FP1 release), FTire is no longer included with
Adams. FTire users will need to acquire FTire directly from its manufacturer, cosin scientific software.
https://www.cosin.eu/

Known Issues

ADMS-52624 On SUSE Linux 11, the Cosin utility converting road files for the full vehicle
embankment event crashes after having successfully completed the conversion
task. The "invalid pointer" error and resulting backtrace and memory map
diagnostics in the acar.log are benign and can be ignored.

This issue does not occur if Cosin licensing is used for FTire.
34 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams Vibration

Adams Vibration
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-49347 Local Input Channel is not properly saved in / restored from .cmd file

ADMS-58375 Performing Mechanical Transfer Function Computation in Batch Mode

throws an error
ADMS-18622 Cannot display Modal Info Table after Vibration Analysis and Design Study

ADMS-61804 Macro error appears when clicked on the "Display Modal Info Table" from
vibration plugin

Known Issues

ADMS-22060 Vibration analysis won't launch after a dynamic analysis has been run first and
animated in Adams PostProcessor.
ADMS-16221 OUTPUT variables referencing deactivated BUSHING forces cause analysis
failure. Workaround is to comment out or otherwise deactivate the OUTPUT
variables.
 CHAPTER 1 35
What’s New

Adams View
 FE Part Preload
 FEMDATA Support for FE Part
 Location and Orientation Fields on FE Part Wizard
 FE Part Initial Velocity Scripting
 Temporary Settings Sweep
 Aggregate Mass Enhancements
 Modify Objects Partially within a UDE Definition
 Mixed Language Scripting in Adams View
 CAD Interoperability Version Support
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues
36 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams View

FE Part Preload
In previous releases the Adams FE Part could only be in an unloaded, un-deformed state in the model's design
position (that is, prior to simulation). Starting with this release of Adams, the FE Part permits the
specification of a preload.
Because of its nonlinear nature, the preload specification for an FE Part is not as simple a applying a single
scalar value like one would do for a linear spring, for example. The path by which an un-deformed, unloaded
FE Part becomes deformed and loaded matters. So, to specify a preload for an FE Part, a user must begin with
a model in which the FE Part is in its unloaded state. Then, the user must model and simulate the loading
event. After the loading event's simulation is complete the “Save Model at Simulated States” capability can
be used to create a new model whose design condition represents the end of the loading event's simulation
(or any output time step of it, for that matter). This new model will have the FE Part in a preloaded
configuration. Below shows the “Save Model at Simulated States” button and dialog on the Simulation
Control dialog.

The FE Part in the new model refers to a preload file. The preload file (.mtx extension) is automatically
created during the save-model-at-simulated-states action and stored in the working directory. The preload file
contains all the information necessary to define the preloaded condition of the FE Part. The FE Part wizard
in Adams View now has a field in which the preload file is referenced.
 CHAPTER 1 37
What’s New

Because the preload file is specific to the particular FE Part definition used in the loading simulation, its new
(preloaded) shape, and the means by which it got there; it can only be applied to FE Parts of the exact same
definition and exact same preloaded shape. So, users will find it most convenient to simply use the FE Part
from the new model created via the save-model-at-simulated-states action.
Also because the preload file is specific to the particular FE Part definition (that is, its shape, nodes, material
and sections), there is little that can be modified about a preloaded FE Part. Only the damping terms and
the rendering parameters (faceting and external geometry) can be modified.

FEMDATA Support for FE Part

The FEM Data object has been extended in this release to support reporting of stress and strain on an FE
Part at both marker locations and at hotspots. Previously, FE Part stress and strain could only be generated
via the Adams Durability plugin. Two new options were added to the Type field in the Create FEMDATA
dialog box, Stress on FE Part and Strain on FE Part.
38 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams View

When a simulation is run, the FEM Data object causes a file to be generated with the specified quantities if
the Durability Files Output Category menu for Strain or Stress is set to a particular file format in the Solver
Settings Dialog box. For example, set Strain format to RPC to output strain time histories on FE Part
locations to RPC file for FEM Data objects of type Strain, So, use cases not involving Adams View and/or
Adams PostProcessor are enabled by this capability because the FEMDATA statement in the .adm now
supports FE Parts.
 CHAPTER 1 39
What’s New

Location and Orientation Fields on FE Part Wizard

A set of location coordinates and orientation angles can now be specified in Adams View for an FE Part.
Previously, users could only re-locate/re-orient FE Parts via the interactive move tools within Adams View.
These new location and orientation fields are supported in the Adams View command language and Python
language and they manifest themselves in the Adams Solver dataset (.adm file) as QG and REULER
arguments.
40 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams View

FE Part Initial Velocity Scripting

Prior to this release, the initial velocity of the FE Part could not be set in Adams View With this release of
Adams the FE Part Preload capability is one new means to set the initial velocity of an FE Part because it will
be set when saving the model's simulated states after a preload simulation. But, users can also set the initial
velocity of an FE Part directly via the Adams View command language and the Adams Python scripting
language. It can be set uniformly for the entire FE Part or on a node by node basis. See the product
documentation of the Adams View command language and Python language for details.
For the Adams View command language, see the following commands:
 part modify fe_part initial_velocity
 part modify fe_part nodal_ics
For the Python scripting language see:
 The object Part - FEPart
 The method fep.modifyNode
 CHAPTER 1 41
What’s New

Temporary Settings Sweep

In Adams 2020 the temporary settings file was introduced. It serves as a means to specify a set of Adams View
model parameter values and/or Adams Solver settings that can then be applied temporarily for a given
simulation with the model reverting to its baseline configuration immediately after the simulation. In Adams
2020 FP1 a new multi-run simulation capability, the Temporary Settings Sweep, is introduced allowing users
to specify a series of simulations each defined by the baseline model and one or more temporary settings
file(s). This multi-run simulation is made available through the Design Evaluation Tools dialog and is a new
option alongside Design Study, DOE and Optimization. For the Temporary Settings Sweep, there is a table
to specify the temporary settings files to be applied for each run (trial). The post-processing behaves much
the same as the design evaluation options, design study, DOE and optimization. For the Temporary Settings
Sweep, the objective can be plotted and reported against each of the trials.
42 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams View

Aggregate Mass Enhancements

Two enhancements to the aggregate mass capability are available in this release.
First, an aggregate mass calculation can be accessed directly from the model browser's right-click menu. So,
for example, you can multi-select a number of parts, right-click for Aggregate Mass and the information
window will display the results of the calculation. As in previous releases, the Aggregate Mass dialog continues
to be accessible from the Tools menu. It remains helpful when you want to specify a specific reference frame
in which to report the aggregate center-of-mass and inertia tensor.
Secondly new in this release, when no reference frame is specified, the aggregate mass calculation will provide
the inertia tensor not only about the global origin, but also about the newly calculated aggregate center-of-
mass location and orientation as well as about the newly calculated aggregate center-of-mass location but in
the global orientation.

Modify Objects Partially within a UDE Definition

Last release Adams View introduced a set of interactive User-Defined Element (UDE) authoring tools. This
release there is an extension to the capability of those tools. Users can now modify UDE Definition objects
that cross the line between the UDE Definition and the rest of the model. For example, a joint whose I marker
belongs to a part inside the UDE Definition and J marker belongs to a part outside the UDE Definition. Such
objects previously could not be modified (for example, to change the type of the joint). Now, this is allowed.
 CHAPTER 1 43
What’s New

That said, it is generally recommended to create UDE Definitions with total separation between their objects
and the rest of the model.

Mixed Language Scripting in Adams View

Adams View has long had its own scripting language, the Adams View command language. Starting in
Adams 2017, a Python scripting API was introduced for Adams View as well. Now in this release, Adams
View supports mixed language scripts so that a mix of Adams View command language and Python
commands can be executed from a single imported .cmd file or from the execution commands of a dialog
box. Furthermore, the aview.log file captures both Adams View command language and Python and provides
a clear indication when switching between the two was done.
The Adams View command "language switch_to python" will switch from cmd to Python.
In Python one can switch to cmd via "Adams.switchToCmd()".
As for the Command Window interface, there is no change in behavior from previous releases. The scripting
language set in the command window (via the cmd/py option menu) applies only to the commands that are
executed from the command window. It does not become the active scripting language for the entire session.
44 Adams 2020 FP1 Release Guide
Adams View

CAD Interoperability Version Support

The following table lists the versions of the supported CAD formats that can be imported and exported in
Adams 2020 FP1. There is no change from Adams 2020 in this regard.

Format Import Version Export Version

IGES (.igs) 3&5 5.3
STEP (.stp) 203/214/242 214
ACIS (.sat) All → R27 Not Supported
CATIA V4 (.model, .dlv, .exp, session) All 4.xx Not Supported
CATIA V5 (.CATPart, .CATProduct) R10 → R29 Not Supported
Pro/Engineer part files (.prt, .asm) 13 → Creo 4.0 M020, Creo 6.0 Not Supported
Inventor (.ipt, .iam) All → 2019 Not Supported
Solidworks (.sldprt, .sldasm) 99 → 2019 Not Supported
Unigraphics (.prt) 11 → NX12 Not Supported
JT : JtOpen (.jt) 7.0 → 10.2 Not Supported

Issues Resolved

ADMS-61547 Documentation and example not present for tables option in custom dialog
box
ADMS-42083 "defaults adams_output" docs do not include the argument
"export_all_graphics"
ADMS-52443 Adams does not execute batch mode run of python command file (.py)

ADMS-52025 Dollar char in comment creates error message when executing macro

ADMS-12968 Hole feature modification option is not working properly

ADMS-48804 Moving the flams only on animation at end time when replaying last
animation
ADMS-64213 deactivated gravity object does not get activated from Settings > Gravity

ADMS-45424 contact simulation becomes slow down after opening the model browser, all
other
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ADMS-63831 "Modify FEMDATA" opened from command navigator does not load data
for browsed FEMDATA element
ADMS-52245 View crashed while zooming in using w (zoom box)
ADMS-45738 Incorrect traslation in error message when creating revolute joint (Japanese
mode)
ADMS-20995 Adams Car throws an error when user clicks on show button 2-3 times
continuously in simulate > Full vehicle Analysis > Path Optimization dialog
box.
ADMS-47237 Unable to export a point when exporting IGES
ADMS-41779 Warning is always displayed when importing STL file to part and moving the
shell
ADMS-25914 Chamfer/Fillet does not affect graphics of imported parasolid

ADMS-17549 Blend Feature on parasolid doesn't work

ADMS-63405 Database Navigator window width cannot be resized to its original size after
enlarging it
ADMS-13155 When two features (hole and fillet) interest with each other during modeling
the features graphics is not updated properly

ADMS-62029 VFORCE Graphics Issues

ADMS-55320 View goes white (not responding) or shows distorted graphics

ADMS-53270 Many labels or other objects were unintentionally created in Tab Cotainer.

ADMS-64757 Kinetic Energy measure is activated on creation

ADMS-64677 Translation Kinetic Energy measure appears to be deactivated when created
after simulation
ADMS-62484 ERROR: "angular_momentum_about_cm" not found
ADMS-57237 View shows a wrong orientation for the flexible body upon assembly

ADMS-13742 Icon is not displayed for some of the features in Model Browser.

ADMS-47474 Entity copy command creates weird result

ADMS-44709 Request defined Using Function Expression not allowing line brake

ADMS-62820 Extrusion parametrics don't function during 'create'

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ADMS-21565 Variables having first value = (none) are not reported correctly

ADMS-64544 If user cancels on SELECT_OBJECTS call, View crashes

ADMS-62992 FE_PART section based on *Properties* does not seem to be supported

ADMS-62984 When switching to HHT, should change to original corrector

ADMS-63834 Closing the orientaion strip chart after running the simulation causes Adams
2020 to crash sometimes
ADMS-62376 "path too long" error message when exporting a partial binary

ADMS-41390 Japanese default font warning on Windows10

ADMS-63033 "tesselate" spelled wrongly in the Python docs
ADMS-61350 "clean_on_import" argument is missing in the View Command Language
help
ADMS-28295 The second example shown for LOC_ON_AXIS function is wrong
ADMS-64013 Need to update Beam Type Method of Fe Part from 3D Beam to 2D Beam

ADMS-53269 document for "constraint modify joint revolute and translational

ADMS-63855 Markers on FE PART are exported duplicately to ADM
ADMS-51924 CSG export to IGES and STEP generates
ADMS-62696 Adams fails to startup correctly if the CWD has an aview.bin from a different
version
ADMS-62685 Function Object cannot be saved in template/subsystem/assembly models

ADMS-62861 FE Part Markers offset values changed after imported cmd Model
ADMS-59451 Comment field is not working in Res Options of Solver Settings
ADMS-63211 Issuing 'file command write' from command line changes model units to MKS

ADMS-36454 Command "pause" missing from Command Navigator

ADMS-61676 Getting error when user trying to modify coupler from user defined to By
scales
ADMS-62323 Point Motion Modify opens Joint Motion dialog
ADMS-61669 Modify contact type when modifying contact is getting errors
ADMS-59050 Integrate a newer CT version (than 2019SP1) in Adams and add back skipped
r-tests
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ADMS-52569 Dialog box shows only first value out of multiple values of design variable of
type 'string'
ADMS-59679 Adams View and Shared Material online help issues
ADMS-63734 Design of Experiments: Sample User Defined Algorithm leads to Adams crash.

ADMS-62679 A problem about many times DOE with adams view in batch mode
ADMS-62397 Issue with Design Evaluation result reporting tool.
ADMS-59019 Facing problem running batch script using 2019 Adams version.
ADMS-56202 Problems with exporting .adm with [Write Default Values] option.
ADMS-49490 design variable name is not exported correctly after renaming a model name

ADMS-44730 Parasolid PK Error is seen if User Tries to Export Parasolid on Long path

ADMS-57423 A/Explore reading workbook modif motion from rotation to translation

ADMS-21906 Can't write cmd file of form myfile.1.cmd

ADMS-23591 "New Database" not always working
ADMS-62325 Contact's Normal Force option menu does not set correctly when modify
contact to other Normal Force option through Apply button.
ADMS-52658 Force graphics object is removed after applying Modify SFOCE DBOX.

ADMS-54467 Displaying function builder the old fashioned way throws info window

ADMS-54649 Expected units differ on the "Impose Motion" dialogue for angular motion

ADMS-62894 geometry create shape picture does not work

ADMS-56509 Hovering over taskbar icon's preview displays all dialogs opened in session

ADMS-43740 Error is seen on Changing Filter Type for existing Fields.

ADMS-32042 Adams crashes after inserting an incorrect value in the offset along axis and
right clicking in the field while creating a cylindrical type Cam shape

ADMS-56928 Strange part name when importing STEP file.

ADMS-62931 Adams View binary file list_info information need to be updated from partial
to full binary
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ADMS-45213 Information displayed for general motion is incorrect if any of the DoF is set
back to "Free"
ADMS-60887 Data Table Right click - "copy/cut/paste" need to be supported localization

ADMS-62635 Translation Kinetic Energy measure appears to be deactivated after creation

ADMS-62364 Option of creating measure for spring using the right-click option with Adams
2020 is no longer available from model tree
ADMS-57537 Model browser resizing behavior is inconsistent
ADMS-33088 User unable to strech MB horizontally when undock and dock the MB in
AVIew and ACar
ADMS-61023 WRITE_T_O_POP_PRECISION function is not working
ADMS-63748 Batch mode simulation failed for Model Copy (simulate states) of parts
without cm marker
ADMS-61915 When point motion (rotational) modified the joint motion dialog box opens.

ADMS-63576 Can't exit Adams Car from Python using Adams View Command
ADMS-62537 Error occurred while doing design study
ADMS-63234 Running A/View in batch on a pure compute node without any GPU hangs

ADMS-56817 'Create Wheel and Tire' & 'Create Road' dialog box issue
ADMS-55449 PUTENV function does not work correctly for path with backward slashes

ADMS-61424 Adams output files truncated for result file bigger than 2GB
ADMS-63433 Incorrect implementation of GSE py properties
ADMS-63057 Creating fixed joint using parts leads to FEP marker without node ID

ADMS-62508 Problem still existing with usage of mutated vowels in Adams 2020
ADMS-62104 Inconsistent return values for Part object
ADMS-61589 Adamspy geometry classes missing single typed property to reference objects
by name
ADMS-61531 Function expression with multi line strings are not returned in full by adamspy

ADMS-60670 AVIEW Python - Can not get multiple General_Motions information using
Python
ADMS-59171 Error detected when try to open the Modify Design Variable dbox for object
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ADMS-52609 Creating Measures for Marker fails with error

ADMS-58730 Default Solver Settings for Output: Contact Incidents.
ADMS-61622 Display complete function expression string in the TSF property browser on
a single line
ADMS-5248 DB_DEPENDENTS function can not find the object in UDE.
ADMS-62376 "path too long" error message when exporting a partial binary
ADMS-63362 Issues with plugin manager in Adams 2020
ADMS-61175 Need translation of Dynamics Corrector Selection in Solver Setting dialog

ADMS-45351 Adams crashes when working with dialog box builder with no message

ADMS-41415 Material create dbox input is cleared when apply is pressed

ADMS-23308 'CT' option is not shown for STORQUE
ADMS-34227 Normal Direction option is placed differently for three method of FlexBody
Type
ADMS-23920 ViewFlex Find Attachments is suppressed in extrusion and import mesh
modes

Known Issues

ADMS-22402 FE Part isn't translated properly in model merge operations using offsets.

ADMS-20196 Force Display ON/OFF option is not working for the FE Load
ADMS-23472 Dimensioning lines and self-intersecting splines are ignored when importing
IGES geometry
ADMS-22236 Defects of exporting/importing polylines and splines as IGES when deviating
from default setting and using CAD Interoperability environment variable.
Workaround is to use the default setting

ADMS-16288 Some options on the View Management Orient command not working
correctly. Workaround is to rotate the View via the tools available in the
graphics window and toolbar.
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ADMS-37795 When exporting .adm files from Adams View, "Roundoff Values" has no
influence on the number of digits in the .adm files. Unchecking it should cause
AView to ignore the "Significant Digits" setting, but this is not the case.

ADMS-23940 If you export an Adams model to CEI Ensight via the co-animation export
capability and that model contains a flexible body, and the flexible body
doesn't use the same length units as the model itself, the resulting bodies in
Ensight will not be scaled or located properly. A workaround is to scale the
flex body in Ensight.

ADMS-21941 Torsional springs missing when merge two models (each containing one) via
"Model assemble" command. Workaround is to use a rotational sforce instead.

ADMS-23849 Error "An empty body was encountered when converting the parasolid to a
shell" when importing a parasolid geometry
ADMS-22004 Zero volume of cylinders with 1 or 2 segments, with angle extension less than
360 degrees
ADMS-23976 On machines with multiple graphics hardware options, use of the "CPU
integrated" graphics hardware (for example, "Intel HD Graphics") may cause
problems with display of flexible bodies and FE parts in wireframe mode. The
workaround is to use the other graphics hardware option (for example, the
"NVIDIA Processor").

ADMS-22088 Location Parameterization on Markers Created on Flexible Bodies Lost after

CMD Export-Import
ADMS-17094 Some items in parentheses not selected properly in Information Window

ADMS-21230 Usage of MBFolderName in UDEs does not work if one tries to add items to
a pre-defined named entry in the model browser. One must select a new,
unique folder name.
ADMS-61425 Temporary settings files (.tsf ) cannot be used to switch objects' properties
between Adams Solver function based definitions and Adams Solver user
subroutine based definitions. Any such switches fail to revert after the .tsf is
applied.

ADMS-12740 Error in Mass property calculated for copied part with the original part being
a parasolid for some (not all) externally imported parasolid files
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What’s New

ADMS-17344 If one uses the Database navigator to look at Associativity and then close it and
try to modify something using the Edit ? Modify menu, one can see the
Database navigator stuck in "Associativity" mode. The way to recover is to go
to the Database Navigator and switch to Browse mode and close it and then
go back to the Edit ? Modify menu.

ADMS-24977 Window header text is garbled on the Function Builder's Assist dialog

ADMS-60172 Adams View based interfaces are subject to a crash on certain platforms when
a computer is reawakened from sleep or hibernation mode.
ADMS-61517 For some object types, one is unable to set properties through the Temporary
Settings Property Browser that are object references (e.g., a marker name that
defines upon which part and where a given constraint type operates). For such
object types the Temporary Settings Property Browser will simply not show
the properties that would take object references as values.

ADMS-5419 Change search-order for plugin binaries

ADMS-35885 On Red Hat Linux systems when Adams View is busy with a large task (e.g.,
importing a large file) if one minimizes and then maximizes the Adams View
window an "Adams is not responding" or "DOM Bookmarks" is not
responding message gets displayed.

ADMS-34194 On Windows 10 virtual machines when VMware tools are installed to make a
full screen virtual machine, then some of the Adams-View-based product
sessions might terminate unexpectedly (Adams View, Adams Car, Adams
Driveline). Uninstalling the Vmware tools alleviates the issue.

ADMS-24007 The font sizes in Adams View based products in version 2014 and later are not
very clear. Menus do not take the system settings "system font size".
ADMS-23899 Some labels in the dialog box builder are obscured under Attributes: Value
when Windows font size set to 125%
ADMS-19599 Hitting a menu button or any other action in the .main window does not
make the main window view the active one
ADMS-13363 Commands related to modifying internal views of the following form (found,
e.g., in the A/Durability sample model) will cause a grey background in the
main graphical window:
int view mod view=.gui.main.front loc=0.0,0.0 height=0.5 width=1
The work-around to this issue is to click on the view layout icon on the status
bar and select the relevant layout.

ADMS-38510 Flexible body creation through ViewFlex fails on Linux when working
directory has spaces in the path/name.
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ADMS-23496 Error messages repeat 2-4 times when trying to apply an orthotropic or
anisotropic material in ViewFlex (which accepts only Isotropic materials)

ADMS-16818 Some extraneous messages are printed out during ViewFlex solution
ADMS-16207 Adams session terminates while creating flexible bodies via ViewFlex and the
working directory does not have sufficient space for the generated files.
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2 Running Adams Products


Starting Adams Products, 54

Setting Preferences, 57

Setting Your Working Directory, 58
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Starting Adams Products

This sections described how you can start your Adams products on LINUX and on Windows.

Starting Adams Products on LINUX

The Adams Toolbar is a starting point to using Adams products on LINUX. The toolbar is shown below.

Adams Toolbar tool - Right click to set up Toolbar, manage

memory models, access online help and Technical Support
resources and more

Product tools - Click to run product or right-click to

configure products and create user libraries.
Hold the cursor over a tool to see the name of the associated
product.

You can also use the Adams Toolbar to:

 Customize, keep track of, and organize multiple libraries of standard Adams products
 Create binaries
 Manage custom memory models and product preferences
For more information on these or other Adams Toolbar operations, see the Running and Configuring online
help (from the Help menu in any product, select Adams Help, on the left pane, select Configuring Adams).

To start a product on LINUX:

1. To display the Adams Toolbar, at the command prompt, enter the command adamsx where x is the
version number, for example adams2020_1.
2. Click on the tool representing the product you want to start.

Note: We recommend that you use the Adams Toolbar to start your Adams products, but
if you want to automate certain operations, use the text-based Program Menu. For
more information, see the Running and Configuring online help.
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Starting Adams Products on Windows

You start any Adams product from the Start menu. You can also use the Start menu to:
 Change your license type
 Generate problem reports
 Set Adams preferences
For more information on these or other operations, see the Running and Configuring online help.

To start a product on Windows:

 From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2020 FP1, point to the name of the
product you want to start.

Tip: Select the corresponding desktop icon for the product, if you installed it on your
desktop.

To start a product from DOS shell in Windows:

 Start → Programs → Adams 2020 FP1 → Command Prompt.

 An alternative is to add the /bin directory under the Adams installation directory to your user
PATH environment variable. You can do this via the Control Panel:
a. Type environment in the Control Panel search box.
b. Select the Edit environment variables for your account pick.
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 Check to see if you already have a PATH variable defined under “User variables”. If it exists then
edit it, add a semicolon “;” to the end of the existing value, and then add the “bin” directory under
the Adams installation directory. Otherwise select New..., use PATH for the variable name and add
the “bin” directory under the Adams installation directory as the value. The default location of this
directory is:
Windows Adams:
C:\Program Files\MSC.Software\Adams\2020_1\bin

 Once you are done click OK.

Note: Windows appends your User PATH to the System PATH environment variable, so there is
no need to copy the existing System PATH variable to your user PATH variable. This
behavior is unique to the User PATH variable. For all other environment variables, a User
variables definition overrides a System Variables definition.
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Setting Preferences
This section describes how you can set preferences, such as your working directory, graphics setting, and
memory model size.

Setting Preferences on LINUX

You use the Registry Editor from the Adams Toolbar to set a variety of preferences. For information on the
preferences you can set, see the Running and Configuring online help.

To display the Registry Editor:

 From the Adams Toolbar, right-click any product tool, and then select Change <Product Name>
Settings.

Setting Preferences on Windows

You use the Settings menu to modify:
 Graphics settings
 Memory model size

To display the Settings dialog box:

 From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2020 FP1, and then select Settings &
License.
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Setting Your Working Directory

During a session in a default or custom product, you can select the directory where you want to place your
model and output files.
For Adams View, you can set the working directory from the Welcome dialog box.

To set your working directory:

1. From the File menu, select Select Directory.
2. In the dialog box that appears, select the working directory.
3 Getting Help


Tool Tips, 60

Online Help, 61

Tutorials and Examples, 65
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Tool Tips

Tool Tips
Tool tips display information about the item the cursor is currently over in an Adams product. The following
shows the tool tip that appears when you place the cursor over the link geometry tool.

To display tool tips:

 Move the cursor over the item in the interface on which you’d like information.
A brief description of the item appears.
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Online Help
To help you use the Adams products, MSC Software provides online help (HTML format). To view the
online help and tutorials, you can use your default Web browser. An example of online help is shown below

Versions of Web Browsers

For the Adams Help system, all you need is a Windows, Macintosh, or LINUX computer running a fairly
new browser with JavaScript enabled. If JavaScript is not enabled, then the Help set will not display in its
entirety. You also need to have appropriate Acrobat reader to view PDF files from online help system. Due
to security restrictions in the latest version of Google Chrome, you cannot use Chrome to view the Adams
help. Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer are recommended to view the Adams help.

Accessing the Online Help

You can view help for a dialog box, a product, or for all Adams products. The figure below shows the help
for all Adams products, called the integrated master site. You can use this site to view any product’s help and
search across all product help. You can also access release notes for all products, and view the documents in
Adobe Reader.
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To get help on a dialog box:

1. Click in the dialog box for which you need help.
2. Press F1.
Adams launches a browser window that contains information about the dialog box.

To get general help on your product:

 From your product’s Help menu, select Product Name Help (where Product Name is the name of
your Adams product).
Adams launches a browser window that contains the starting point for your product’s online help.

To get help on another Adams product:

 Perform one of the following:
• If you’re in an Adams product, from its Help menu, select Adams Help.
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• If you’re in the help for an Adams product, use the “All Products Help” button ( ) to get to
main help system.
Your default browser starts and displays the master site for Adams online help.

To open the Adams online help from the Adams Toolbar:

 Right-click the Adams Toolbar tool, and then select Online Help.
Your default browser starts and displays the master site for Adams online help.

To open the Adams online help from the Start Menu:

 From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2020 FP1, and then select Online Help.
Your default browser starts and displays the master site for Adams online help.

Navigating through the Help

You navigate through the Adams help system as you do through any help system, selecting topics in the pane
on the left. In addition, we’ve provided:

 Navigation arrows at the top of the pane to let you scroll through topics one at a time.

 Automatic sync to show you where your current topic is in the table of contents (TOC).
This is very helpful if you, for example, search for a topic and want to know if there are more topics
on the subject. It shows you where the topic is in the TOC, allowing you to see whether or not there
are more topics with it.

Searching
You can search all the help files in HTML format for a particular product or all Adams products.

If you are in a product specific help

1. Open the online help for your product.

2. Press Search button at the top of the help window, enter the search text, and then

press the Go button .

The results appear in the pane on the left, replacing the table of contents.
3. Click the topic you want to view.
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If you are in Adams help system

1. Press search button at the top of help window, which will give an option to search All Available
products or A single product.
2. Enter the search text and follow Steps 2 and 3 above

Printing
To print a file:
 In the help system you can select the Print button . to print the topic that you are viewing

 You can select the PDF button . to see the entire PDF file pertaining to the topic and print the
file like a regular PDF file. Notice that some of the images in PDF file may be cropped.

Index
The Index tab displays an alphabetical list of keywords associated with help topics. To view index entries, you
can select a letter group to display the entries for that group. When you click on an index entry, the related
topic will display in the topic frame. You can select Indexes in a product specific help or in the main help
system.
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Tutorials and Examples

Adams products have a set of tutorials or getting started guides that step you through examples of using the
product’s features, as well as introduce the basic concepts of the product. The getting started guides are
online. In addition, many of the products have examples of its features that are stored in Knowledge Base
Articles.
You will find links to all the tutorials and examples for a product under its Examples tab.

To access the tutorials and examples:

 From the online help, from the left pane, select Getting Started and select the product that you are
interested in.
 From the online help for a product, from the pane on the left, select Examples.
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 Supported Versions of
4 Integration Products


Support for Easy5 and MATLAB, 68
 Supported Environments for Adams Real Time, 69

Supported Versions of Integration Products, 70
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Support for Easy5 and MATLAB

Support for Easy5 and MATLAB

Easy5
This release of Adams Controls is certified to run with Easy5 2018.0.2, 2018, 2017.1, 2017, 2015, 2013,
2010, 2010.1.2, 2010.1.3 and 2010.1.4. Easy5 version support is subject to change. For the latest
information, see updates to the Release Guide here:
http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/.

MATLAB
The supported versions of MATLAB on Windows and on all Linux except SUSE12sp1 are 2018b and 2019a.
On SUSE12sp1 supported MATLAB versions are 2016b and 2017a.
For more information on MATLAB platforms and compatibility, see:
http://www.mathworks.com/support

Note: If you want to co-simulate with Easy5 or MATLAB and you are running Adams Controls
on one of the platforms that Easy5 or MATLAB does not support, you should consider using
TCP/IP communication. This allows Adams Controls to communicate with Easy5 or
MATLAB even though the codes are running on different platforms.
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Supported Environments for Adams Real Time

Concurrent SIMulation Workbench

Adams Solver supports Concurrent's SIMulation Workbench® (SimWB) real time modeling environment on
the RedHawk™ Linux® operating system. In addition to participating in real time co-simulations facilitated
by SimWB, standalone Adams can be run on the RedHawk Linux operating system. For this release of
Adams, MSC has certified Adams Solver in the following environment:
 iHawk® running RedHawk Linux 7.0.2 or 7.3.2, with SIMulation Workbench Control Center
2018.1-0
 The Adams Red Hat Linux 7.1/7.3 installer should be deployed on the RedHawk machine.

dSPACE SCALEXIO
This version of Adams Real Time does not support dSPACE® SCALEXIO®. To use Adams Real Time with
dSPACE® SCALEXIO® please use Adams 2020 FP1. We expect to support dSPACE® SCALEXIO® again in
a near-future version of Adams Real Time.
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Supported Versions of Integration Products

Company Product Name Product Version Adams Product Platform

The Math Works, MATLAB* 2018b, 2019a Adams Controls Windows 7 x64
Inc. (The minimum Windows 10 x64
features of MATLAB
required for
interfacing with
Adams are MATLAB,
Simulink, MATLAB
Coder and Simulink
Coder)

The Math Works, MATLAB* 2018b, 2019a Adams Controls Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Inc. (The minimum 7.3 x64
features of MATLAB Red Hat Enterprise Linux
required for 7.5 x64
interfacing with SUSE 12 SP2 x64
Adams are MATLAB,
Simulink, MATLAB
Coder and Simulink
Coder)

The Math Works, MATLAB* 2016b, 2017a Adams Controls SUSE 12 SP1 x64
Inc. (The minimum
features of MATLAB
required for
interfacing with
Adams are MATLAB,
Simulink, MATLAB
Coder and Simulink
Coder)

MSC Software Easy5** 2018.0.2, 2018, Adams Controls Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Corporation 2017.1, 2017, 2015, 7.1 x64
2013, 2010, 2010.1.2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2010.1.3 and 2010.1.4 7.3 x64
SuSe 11 SP4 x64
SuSe 12 SP1 x64
Windows 7 x64
Windows 10 x64
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Supported Versions of Integration Products

Company Product Name Product Version Adams Product Platform

Functional Mock- FMU Export Co- 1.0, 2.0 Adams Controls Red Hat Enterprise Linux
up Interface Simulation 7.1 x64
(FMI)# FMU Import Co- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Simulation 7.3 x64
FMU Import Model SuSe 11 SP4 x64
Exchange SuSe 12 SP1 x64
Windows 7 x64
Windows 10 x64
MSC Software MD Nastran R1 and above Adams Car Ride LINUX and Windows
Corporation
Adams Vibration
MSC Software MSC.Nastran V69.X and above Adams Durability LINUX and Windows
Corporation
Adams Flex
MSC Software Marc 2005 and above Adams Durability LINUX and Windows
Corporation
2003 and above Adams Flex
MSC Software Fatigue 2001 and above Adams Durability LINUX and Windows
Corporation
nCode FE-Fatigue Version 5.2 and above Adams Durability LINUX and Windows
ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS V6.0 and above Adams Durability LINUX and Windows

V5.4 and above Adams Flex

Dassault Systemes, ABAQUS/ADAMS Version 6.3 and above Adams Durability LINUX and Windows
SIMULIA division
Version 6.1-1 and above Adams Flex
Siemens Digital I-DEAS Mechanism I-DEAS NX 10 and Adams Durability LINUX and Windows
Manufacturing Design above
Solutions division
I-DEAS 8, 9, NX 10 Adams Flex
and above
ANSYS, Inc. EnSight 10.1.1b (but later than Adams PostProcessor LINUX and Windows
8.2.1f may likely
function
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Notes: With regards to compilers, Adams 2020 FP1FP1 officially supports the Professional
Edition of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, but the Community Edition 2017 has been
found to function in the following scenarios (for more details on compiler support see
Hardware and Software Specifications section of the Adams Installation and Operations
Guide):
*Function Evaluation and co-simulation mode for Adams and MATLAB/Simulink;
External System Library (ESL) import of MATLAB/Simulink models into Adams.

**Function Evaluation and co-simulation mode for Adams and Easy5; External System
Library (ESL) import of Easy5 2018, 2018.0.2 models into Adams.

#FMI co-simulation and model exchange FMUs generated with Easy5 2018, 2018.0.2.
FMI co-simulation FMUs generated with Adams 2020 FP1 and imported into Easy5
2018, 2018.0.2, MATLAB R2018a, R2018b.