A New Software Environment for MBS Simulation Based on XML and Integrated with CAD/CAE Packages

Abstract: This paper presents a new software environment for MBS simulation based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language), the universal format for structured documents and data on the World Wide Web. The core of this environment is MechML, a work-in-progress language to describe MBS data and related information based on XML. MechML takes full advantage of the latest developments in data modeling and offers important advantages over existing data formats. MechML has been integrated with I-DEAS, a commercial CAD/CAE package, so users can build models within I-DEAS and automatically generate MechML data files. This working environment reduces significantly the time needed to generate a MBS model