Making Waves
Surak Perera
Product Specialist
With a twenty-five year heritage in
developing software for maths, Maplesoft
know how to make waves. An impressive
portfolio of tools includes new MapleSim for
modelling and simulation, Maple T.A. for the
online testing of maths-based subjects and their
flagship product, Maple.
Drawing on Maplesoft’s commitment
to research, Maple gives scientists
and engineers an interactive
environment to support the calculation
process. Its suite of maths and
visualisation tools and a smart interface
helps technical professionals design
better products in less time.
Even users already familiar with the
productivity gains delivered by Maple
were impressed by new version 12 when
it was released earlier this year. With a
spectrum of new features and enhancements,
it’s made an immediate splash on its debut.
The new dials and gauges
enable users
to interact with Maple with no training,
while the Exploration Assistant, when
given an equation, automatically
generates an interface, complete with
sliders, that dramatically simplifies
exploration of the parameter space.
Power users will value the ability to
automatically execute code when a
worksheet loads. The code is hidden,
helping to declutter worksheets.
Command completion now inserts a
cookie-cutter of the syntax – users save
time by simply filling in the blanks.
The improvements don’t stop
there.
Plots can now feature two y-axes,
enabling the comparison of functions with
vastly different magnitudes on the same
graph. User can now, for example,
overlay the phase and magnitude of a
transfer function. A new plotting guide
summarises all plot types.
New control systems tools enable
engineers to generate transfer
functions, differential and
differential equations, state-space
and zero-pole-gain models, and
rapidly convert between them.
Bode, Nyquist and root-locus plots
can be rapidly generated, and a suite
of other tools enable advanced
control analysis.
Maple now better integrates with
your existing toolset. It talks to two
leading CAD tools, Solid Works and
AutoCAD, with a simple wizard that
helps to transfer dimensions
between a worksheet and a CAD
diagram. Additionally, a new
connectivity wizard saves time by
enabling engineers to query
databases to, for example,
automatically import physical
properties.
Maple 12 has certainly impressed us.
Why don’t you dive in and find out for
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