Add-on Products and Toolboxes

Maple Global Optimization Toolbox Formulate your optimization model easily inside the powerful Maple numeric and symbolic system, and then use world-class Maple numeric solvers to return the best answer, fast!

Maple Toolbox for MATLAB A technical computing solution that is tightly integrated with MATLAB, providing direct access to all the commands, variables, and functions of each product while working in either environment.

MapleNET ™ A platform that allows Maple users to publish their live Maple documents on the web.

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Additional Products and Services• Maple T.A.• Grid Computing Toolbox• Placement Test Suite• Interactive E-books

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MapleSim Simulink® Connector Automatically convert high-performance, high-fidelity MapleSim models to S-Function blocks for seamless inclusion in Simulink diagrams.

MapleSim LabVIEW® Connector Extend your LabVIEW applications by integrating MapleSim’s high-performance, multi-domain environment into your existing toolchain. Optimized MapleSim models give you the performance you need for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing without sacrificing fidelity.

Advanced Engineering Mathematics Part of the Maple Interactive E-book Collection, Advanced Engineering Mathematics is the definitive reference software and textbook for engineering mathematics.

Key Features

The Essential Tool for Mathematics and ModelingInterface• Technical document environment with live math• Natural math notation, command completion, context- sensitive self-documenting menus, and syntax highlighting• Automatic equation numbering• Dials, sliders, buttons, and other embedded components• Word processing tools• Task assistants and templates for common operations• Fully integrated electronic help and printed manuals

Math and Visualization• Over 4000 symbolic and numeric functions• The world’s best ODE, PDE, and high-index DAE solvers

• Coverage of virtually every area of math, including differential equations, integral and discrete transforms, statistics, matrix computation, signal processing, optimization, and more• Units and tolerance management• Wide range of customizable 2-D and 3-D plots

Connectivity• Royalty-free C, Fortran, Visual Basic™, MATLAB®, and Java™ code generation• Connectivity with Autodesk Inventor®, SolidWorks®, NX®, Excel®, and MATLAB• Open API – use Maple as an engine in custom applications, or use external code libraries within Maple• Built-in export to HTML, RTF, PDF, and many other data formats

Interface and Modeling• Drag-and-drop block diagram modeling environment• Signal-flow blocks and multidomain physical components• Units-aware • Masked subsystems to manage model hierarchy• Library of models across multiple disciplinesSimulation • Stiff/non-stiff and fixed/adaptive step numerical solvers• DAE index reduction and analytic solution of algebraic loops without user intervention• Compiled run-time mode and equation caching for rapid execution• Linear, nonlinear, continuous, and discrete time, SISO, MIMO, and hybrid systems• C-code generation for real-time applicationsAnalysis and Documentation• Extract, analyze, and document the system equations in Maple

• Maple templates for control analysis, creating custom components from mathematical equations, generating data sets, equation generation and manipulation, optimization, Monte-Carlo Simulation, and sensitivity analysis• Full access to Maple for simulation analysis, visualization, and design documentationVisualization • Customizable 2-D plots and full range of plots from Maple• Automatically generate 3-D animations of multibody systems, and include imported CAD models• Pan, zoom and scale, point-probe, drag-and-drop traces• Export plots to external files

Resources• Access to thousands of free applications and examples, models, training videos, teacher and student resources are available through the Maplesoft web site

• Thriving MaplePrimes™ web community connects users from around the world

Academic Engineering

Enriching the ClassroomIn many ways, the Maplesoft engineering suite is what engineering professors have always wished for: a platform where students can work confidently with everything from theoretical concepts to the subtleties of design, all within a rigorous framework. Maple has numerous fundamental tools that support applied topics such as dynamics, control, thermodynamics, circuits, and more. Through engaging classroom demonstrations, independent explorations, and labs, your students can focus on the concepts and application of theory and not the manual steps. In addition, with the growing importance of math-based design in industry, the Maplesoft product line keeps you and your students connected to emerging trends and helps ensure success in tomorrow’s professional world.

Accelerating Research With flexible modeling capabilities, powerful mathematical analysis tools, and an extensive programming language, you can rigorously manage your theoretical models and equations in a fraction of the time. Refining models for unique cases no longer incurs huge time penalties from manual derivations. In fact, with the Maplesoft product line, the path from your initial ideas to theoretical formulation, refinement, validation, proof of concept, and even the final report is a single, seamless process. The result is more research opportunities, more diverse research options, and increased opportunities to generate and enhance your intellectual property.

Testing and AssessmentMaplesoft offers a fully automated solution for testing and assessment specifically designed for math, science, and engineering. With Maple T.A.™, you can quickly assess student comprehension with rich, mathematical free-response tests that are automatically graded by Maple T.A.’s intelligent math engine. You can pinpoint problem areas, effectively devise remedial tactics, and implement a true “just-in-time” education strategy.

Among all major engineering software vendors, only Maplesoft offers this comprehensive vision for engineering institutions that support the educational, research, and even the administrative mandate of the institution.

MapleSim Control Design Toolbox A solid set of essential control design tools that extend MapleSim’s exceptional plant modeling capabilities to support control design.

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The most important development in engineering modeling software in two decadesMapleSim is the leading physical modeling tool that helps you meet the challenges of complex physical modeling projects, which lie at the core of modern engineering. Widely adopted in industry, MapleSim makes it easy to develop rich models of complex, multi-domain physical systems. MapleSim provides an environment where instructors can quickly demonstrate the connection between theory and physical behavior. For research applications, MapleSim produces highly optimized equation-based models to provide the best possible real-time performance for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) applications. Built on a foundation of the world’s most powerful symbolic computation engine, MapleSim offers the most extensive range of advanced analysis tools and visualization techniques.

Automatic Equation Generation: Unlike any other commercial system, MapleSim lets you see and manipulate all of the underlying math for your model, putting an effective end to restrictive “black box” simulations.

Model Simplification: Advanced algorithms also simplify your model equations resulting in very compact and efficient models. For code generation and HIL applications, the run-time speed advantage can be 10 times or more over conventional modeling tools.

Intuitive Environment for Physical Modeling: MapleSim’s power and flexibility is accessed through an intuitive drag-and-drop user interface that maps directly to the way you think about physical systems.

Powerful Analysis and Documentation Tools: Built-in Maple templates help with analysis, creating custom components, optimization, code generation, and more. Live design documentation ensures that processes and design constraints are documented in a math-aware environment.

3-D Animation Delivers Immediate Insight: MapleSim automatically generates 3-D visualizations of multibody systems to help validate the physical geometry of your model. The animation gives you immediate insight into the kinematic and dynamic behavior of your model.

Connectivity to Industry-Standard Toolchains: Automatic code generation allows you to incorporate MapleSim models into a wide range of standard tools, including Simulink® and LabVIEW™. The generated code is optimized sufficiently for real-time execution through tools such as Real-Time Workshop® and LabVIEW Real-Time.

Simplifying engineering mathematicsMaple™ 13 is the newest release of the world-renowned technical computing software. On its own, it is an essential productivity tool for any engineer or scientist. Combined with MapleSim, it powers all of the necessary advanced mathematical computations required for modern engineering modeling and simulations.

Powerful Math Engine: An extensive collection of solvers, including differential equations, matrix computation, transforms, and dynamic system modeling tools, offers both intelligent symbolic manipulation and class-leading numeric computation.

Ease of Use: From quick problem-solving to full application development, Maple’s intuitive interface makes any mathematical task quick and easy. Its large collection of Clickable Engineering™ tools include a collection of menus, palettes, context-sensitive menus, natural math notation, command-completion, task templates, and other interactive tools.

Compelling Visualization: Maple makes it easy to rapidly generate a broad range of customizable 2-D and 3-D plots and animations through context-sensitive, interactive plot builder menus, and with commands. A rich set of parameter exploration tools let you investigate more deeply into your data and mathematics.

Live Document Environment: Combining problem-solving and scientific word processing features, Maple’s technical document environment lets you simultaneously solve and document your problems, saving time and ensuring reusability of your work in the future.

Extensive Connectivity: Code generation, external calling, and CAD, MATLAB®, Excel®, database, and network connectivity maximize the impact of your mathematical work.

Opening doors in research and teachingDr. Venkat Krovi, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Director, Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics LaboratoryThe State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA

Dr. Krovi’s Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics lab has been at the forefront of modeling, prototyping, and control of multibody mechanical and mechatronic systems. Over the years, he has used Maple’s powerful symbolic capabilities to support the development of high-fidelity models for complex systems. Recently, his team used MapleSim to create high-performance models suitable for symbolic and numerical simulation studies, model-based controller development, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.

He reports that the boost to his research has been clear – these tools accelerated the model development testing and validation cycle and allowed his team to spend more time exploring various concepts and techniques, in lieu of tedious algebraic manipulations. He also finds that MapleSim is a phenomenal computational and mathematical framework for bringing engineering modeling courses to life. Dr. Krovi has been at the leading edge of deploying MapleSim to support classroom educational activities.

“Maple and MapleSim have opened new doors for my research and teaching in mechatronics, intelligent robotics, haptics, and other increasingly important fields in engineering. I am able to spend much more time in exploring ideas, concepts, and techniques at a high level.”

Transforming the engineering curriculumDr. Jorge AngelesJames McGill Professor, NSERC Design Engineering Chair (2003-2008)McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dr. Angeles is a world-renowned researcher and educator in mechanical engineering. His accomplishments span various fields, including robotics, multibody dynamics and vibration, CAD/CAM and geometric modeling, and optimal design. For over a decade, Dr. Angeles and his colleagues at McGill University have applied Maplesoft technology to accelerate research and enrich teaching.

One particularly successful example was in freshmen engineering graphics. He felt that the emphasis that many colleges currently place on CAD packages was lacking in depth and vision. Using Maple, he has been able to teach undergraduates that CAD software can be a more powerful tool than it may at first appear, once they understand the underlying geometric concepts of design. The aim is to teach the mathematics behind the CAD systems to future engineers so they will be better equipped to produce winning designs.

“My experience with Maplesoft technology has been extremely positive. Its computing and plotting capabilities make it an essential tool for conveying graphical ideas more efficiently, whether in the classroom or in design team meetings. It plays an invaluable role in the production of innovative designs.”

High-Performance Multi-Domain Modeling and Simulation

The Essential Tool for Mathematics and Modeling

Maglev Train Controller DesignA designer created a dynamic model of a new magnetic drive system and developed the control system for a smoother and more comfortable ride.

Dynamic Model of a Hybrid Electric VehicleA team produced a full-vehicle dynamic model for studying the effects of retrofitting a hybrid drive into an existing vehicle platform for real-time simulation.

Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Flexible-Arm Robotfor Space ApplicationsResearchers produced a high-fidelity real-time simulation of a 15-DOF flexible-arm robotic platform for training and task planning.

Analysis of Engine Vibration in a Diesel EngineAn engineer analyzed a lumped-parameter model to identify and address conditions that produced severe vibrations on engine shut-down, without resorting to FE analysis.

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The Essential Tool for Mathematics and Modeling

From months to daysMaple and MapleSim are quickly becoming the system of choice for model development in industry and research as the technology literally collapses your project time from months to days. Your research projects will advance faster, and in the classroom, your students will have the time to work on more meaningful examples.

Create system diagram

Simulate and animate your system

Generate compact system equations

Develop and optimize control strategies

Generate optimized code for high performance real-time simulation

From Concept to Completion

User Case Studies

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