Modelling flexibility with muscle

MapleSim 4 is a physical modelling tool unlike any other. It is built on a foundation of symbolic computation technology, which efficiently manages all of the complex mathematics involved in the development of engineering system models, including multi-domain systems and plant models for control applications.

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Primed for the future

With the launch of Mathcad Prime 1.0 on the horizon – different in look and feel to anything we or traditional Mathcad users have experienced before – we wanted to give our readers the inside scoop on the much-anticipated future release of this engineering must-have.

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