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    CAD modeling, multibody system formalisms and visualization : an integrated approach

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    In this paper an integrated approach of CAD (Computer Aided Design) modeling, generation of equations of motion, simulation and visualization of multibody systems is described. An object-oriented data model for different multibody formalisms is integrated in a commercially available CAD-3D-system. With respect to existing CAD-interfaces, different solid model design methods and various visualization demands the datamodel allow, multi body modeling with a direct interface to a data base. Different software tools like an integrated Newton-Euler formalism are able to use immediately the parametrized multi body system data base. For multibody systems with closed kinematic loops a set of ordinary differential equations and decoupled algebraic equations is formulated automatically which can be solved with explicit multistep integration algorithms. This is achieved by a minimal set of generalized coordinates being specified during the numerical integration. A additional interface provides data for visualization from the simulation tool
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