Carsim is a software package that simulates the dynamic behavior of passenger cars, light trucks, and utility vehicles in various driving scenarios. It is widely used by automotive engineers, researchers, and educators to design, test, and evaluate vehicle systems and components, as well as to study driver-vehicle interactions and vehicle safety. Carsim 8.1 is the latest release of the software, which provides major new features in the math models, an improved database, and introduces major improvements in visualization for all users.
One of the most notable features of Carsim 8.1 is the introduction of the VehicleSim Visualizer (VsV), a new program that replaces the previous animator SurfAnim. VsV makes use of modern graphical processing units (GPU) and shape file formats to provide advanced lighting, shadows, reflections, rear-view mirrors, and efficient rendering. It also includes plotting that is synchronized with animation, and supports commands similar to VS commands for defining new variables with algebraic equations. VsV has a user-friendly interface that supports many interactive features to work with 3D shapes. VsV is backward compatible with file formats and datasets used in Carsim, and can be used as an optional animation tool for evaluation.
Carsim 8.1 also includes several major new options and improvements in the math models that describe the vehicle dynamics. Some of these are:
These are just some of the new features and enhancements that Carsim 8.1 offers to its users. For more details and information, please refer to the official documentation or visit the website of Mechanical Simulation, the developer of Carsim.