Maple 18 Release Improves MapleSim

Last week Maplesoft announced the release of Maple 18. The engineering software is famous for its symbolic computation engine, which allows for physical modeling. Maple is designed to assist mathematicians, scientists and engineers with modeling, optimization and the simulation of whole systems.

The new release includes tools to assist engineering analysis such as pattern finding, modeling & analysis, time series analysis, forecasting, and data variation vs. time. The program also shows improvements for control systems design, signal processing, connectivity options, common computation performance and physics.

Maple 18 includes a suite to assist the creation of custom components, like interactive calculators based on analyzed results. Typically, these will be made to determine the answers to a specific experimental setup. Plus the look, visualization and behaviour of the interactive components are now easier to control.

According to Maplesoft’s Executive VP and Chief Scientist, Dr. Laurent Bernardin, “Maple provides engineers with the ability to develop a concept from its initial inspiration to a fully functional, end-user friendly application deployed through the organization … Maple 18 supports this process every step of the way, with a wider range of analysis tools to develop ideas, more options for visualizing results, new ways to connect with an even wider range of products in your toolchain, and more flexible tools for creating end-user solutions quickly.”

Maple 18’s advancements have been integrated into the new version of MapleSim, a system-level simulation and modeling tool that uses the Maple engine. With this advancement, MapleSim also sees improved performance, Control Design Toolbox, custom component creation tool and model generators.

Current Maplesoft customers include Bosch, Ford, NASA, Canadian Space Agency, Bowing, Canon and Motorola. Their program can also help engineers in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, energy, defense, financial, entertainment and consumer product industries.

Story and images courtesy of Maplesoft.