Welcome to Adams/Chassis
Adams/Chassis, part of the MD R2 Adams® suite of software, provides a complete analysis environment
for automotive Adams analysis. It does this by providing standard model types, two analysis types, and
post-processing. You run Adams/Chassis in conjunction with Adams/Solver and Adams/PostProcessor.
Adams/Chassis
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Adams/Chassis Work Modes
Adams/Chassis is divided into four work modes:
• Build
• Test
• Review
•
Improve
Build
The Build mode allows you to edit model data and change system configuration. You can also work on
multiple models at once. The Build mode is the default for starting Adams/Chassis.
Test
The Test mode allows you to build and run your model.
Review
The Review mode allows you to visualize analysis results using Adams/PostProcessor.
You can postprocess the output of standard Adams/Chassis events. Postprocessing has two formats:
reports and plots. A majority of standard Adams/Chassis events have either a report, a plot, or both. You
can also create an animation of your event.
Improve
The Improve mode allows you to refine models with Adams/Insight. Here you can use the features from
Adams/Insight to create sophisticated experiments for measuring the performance of your model. It also
provides a collection of statistical tools for analyzing the results of your experiments so that you can
better understand how to refine and improve your model.
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Welcome to Adams/Chassis
Adams/Chassis Data Structure
Learn about:
• Vehicle Databases
• Systems
• Subsystems
• Property Object
• XML Data Format
See a diagram of the Adams/Chassis data structure.
Adams/Chassis Process Flowchart
Adams/Chassis Preprocessing and Simulation Flowchart
Adams/Chassis
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Bushing
Damper
Spring
Subsyste
Tires
Vehicle
Database
(.vdb)
System File (.xml)
Full, Front, or Rear
Visedit
Adams/Chassis
GUI
Event and Alignment
Parameters
.adm
aview_fragment.txt
Adams/
View
achassis_defaultSession.xml
achassis_defaultPreferences.xml
.py Method Files
Python
Adams Input Files
.cmd
.dcf
.acf