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Contents
Adams 2024.1.1 Release Guide

Preface
Welcome to Adams 2024.1.1 ................................................................................................................. viii
About Hexagon ........................................................................................................................... ix
Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... x

1 What’s New
What’s New ................................................................................................................................ 2
General ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Adams Car.................................................................................................................................. 4
Adams Controls .......................................................................................................................... 8
Adams Co-simulation Interface....................................................................................................... 9
Adams Durability ....................................................................................................................... 10
Adams Driveline........................................................................................................................................................ 11
Adams Flex ................................................................................................................................. 12
Adams Insight............................................................................................................................. 13
Adams Machinery ...................................................................................................................... 14
Mechatronics .............................................................................................................................................................. 17
Adams PostProcessor ............................................................................................................................................... 18
Adams Real Time........................................................................................................................................................ 19
Adams SmartDriver.................................................................................................................................................. 20
Adams Solver ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
Adams Tire.................................................................................................................................................................22
Adams Vibration ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
Adams View ................................................................................................................................................. 24
2 Running Adams Products
Starting Adams Products............................................................................................................... 30
Setting Preferences.................................................................................................................... 34
Setting Your Working Directory ...................................................................................................... 35

3 Getting Help
Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……….. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……….. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tutorials and Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……….. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

4 Supported Versions of Integration Products

Support for Easy5 and MATLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……….. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Supported Environments for Adams Real Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Supported Versions of Integration Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Preface

 Welcome to Adams 2024.1.1

 About Hexagon
 Technical Support
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Welcome to Adams 2024.1.1

Welcome to Adams 2024.1.1

Thank you for purchasing Adams 2024.1.1. Adams is motion simulation software for analyzing the complex
behavior of mechanical assemblies. With it, you can test virtual prototypes and optimize designs for
performance, safety, and comfort, without having to build and test numerous physical prototypes.
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Preface

About Hexagon

Overview
Hexagon is the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) tools, including simulation
software and professional services. Hexagon helps companies make money, save time, and reduce costs
associated with designing, testing, producing, and supporting manufactured products.
Hexagon works with thousands of companies worldwide, in hundreds of industries, to develop better
products faster by using information technology, software, and services to enhance and automate the product
design and manufacturing process. Simulating your product performance reduces development costs, time
to market, and warranty costs.

About Virtual Product Development and Adams

You’ve heard it before: manufacturing companies today face intense global competition, demanding
customers, fragmented markets, increasing product complexity, compressed product cycles, price and profit
pressures, strict regulatory and liability environments, systems integration and supply chain issues,
skyrocketing costs of testing and physical prototyping, and on and on…
What you don’t often hear, though, is a strategy for enabling your company to improve your new product
development process to meet these challenges.
Whether you are delivering airplanes, automobiles, ships, biomedical devices, golf clubs or children’s toys to
your customers, Hexagon goal is to help you improve your new product development process, allowing you
to be significantly better at your concept development, design, testing, and production activities through the
application of VPD.
VPD is an environment that uses an integrated combination of both simulation software technology and
traditional techniques to design, test, manufacture, and support products. The result is that cost-effective
designs that meet all performance, safety, durability, and reliability requirements can be brought to market
in less time and for less cost.
Adams, as part of VPD, is focused on enhancing your ability to make better product development decisions,
explore innovative design alternatives, and consistently get the product right. It is the world's most widely
used mechanical system simulation software. It enables you to produce virtual prototypes, realistically
simulating the full-motion behavior of complex mechanical systems on your computers and quickly
analyzing multiple design variations until an optimal design is achieved. This reduces the number of costly
physical prototypes, improves design quality, and dramatically reduces product development time.
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Technical Support

Technical Support
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support provides technical assistance on questions related to installation and use of the software. For further
details please see the Technical Support Usage Guide, which is accessible via our support web site.
You can reach Hexagon technical support on the web, by telephone, or e-mail.

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Product Updates, Discussions, Technical Articles, and Documentation updates.
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 SimCompanion: Find solutions to problems in this repository of troubleshooting tips, examples,
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Training
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any industry. We offer over 100 courses in our state-of-the-art classroom facilities and individual computer
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1 What’s New
 What’s New, 2
 General, 3
 Adams Car, 4
 Adams Controls, 8
 Adams Co-simulation Interface, 9
 Adams Durability, 10
 Adams Driveline, 11
 Adams Flex, 12
 Adams Insight, 13
 Adams Machinery, 14
 Mechatronics, 17
 Adams PostProcessor, 18
 Adams Real Time, 19
 Adams SmartDriver, 20
 Adams Solver, 21
 Adams Tire, 22
 Adams Vibration, 23
 Adams View, 24
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What’s New

What’s New
The following are highlights of additions to existing products. Subsequent updates to the Known and Resolved
Issues lists may be found in the Hexagon SimCompanion articles linked above.
 General, 3
 Adams Car, 4
 Adams Controls, 8
 Adams Co-simulation Interface, 9
 Adams Durability, 10
 Adams Driveline, 11
 Adams Flex, 12
 Adams Insight, 13
 Adams Machinery, 14
 Mechatronics, 17
 Adams PostProcessor, 18
 Adams Real Time, 19
 Adams SmartDriver, 20
 Adams Solver, 21
 Adams Tire, 22
 Adams Vibration, 23
 Adams View, 24
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What’s New

General
 Adams 2024.1.1 is a Service Pack
 Adams 2024.1.1 Documentation Addendum
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issue

Adams 2024.1.1 is a Service Pack

The Adams 2024.1.1 release is a service pack release. This means that there is no new functionality relative
to the Adams 2024.1 release. This release contains only defect corrections as listed in the Issues Resolved
sections for each product.
The subsequent release of Adams (2024.2) is currently planned to be the next containing new features.

Adams 2024.1.1 Documentation Addendum

The product documentation has not been updated for the Adams 2024.1.1 release. Changes to the
documentation relative to the Adams 2024.1 release, and as a result of resolved issues in 2024.1.1, are
furnished in a small documentation addendum in SimCompanion here.
Those changes are planned to be incorporated in the product documentation next release, Adams 2024.2.

Issues Resolved

ADMS-111355 Note about frame rate spikes related to licensing has been resolved & removed
from documentation.
ADMS-110692 Update Adams Install Guide for Graphics Requirements ttable related to OpenGL
version
ADMS-110057 RESULTSON argument is not mentioned in the setting for
MSC_ADAMS_REAL_TIME=ON in Adams Solver environment variable help
documentation
ADMS-109664 Online help incorrectly states that default value of "Advanced Rotation" is "ON"
ADMS-109159 Help states that the modal effective mass values are in percentages, which is
incorrect.
ADMS-107919 Missing sentence in Adams Emag AT documentation
ADMS-107620 Remove parameter 'distance' in Open Loop Ordinal documentation for .dcd files
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What’s New

Known Issue

ADMS-103901 Linux Software Dependencies missing in Adams install guide

ADMS-100365 Inaccurate reporting of CPU Time in the Solver msg file at the end of the
simulation on Windows11 22H2 systems. This issue is a regression that was
introduced starting in Windows 11 22H2. No workaround or solution exists from
Microsoft. Reporting of Elapsed Times are not affected.
ADMS-82701 Meaning of Marker Mode's "X, Y, Z, Psi, Theta, Phi" is not in documentation.
ADMS-12290 Initializing string when calling utility function GTSTRG from a C/C++ user
subroutine is required but instructions are missing from online documentation on
how to do this.
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Adams Car

Adams Car
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved
ADMS-112091 In Adams Car if the ATrike plugin is loaded and the Dynamics loadcase editor is
opened without any assembly being open in the session an error is returned and the
loadcase editor is not shown
ADMS-111682 Custom damper UDE with multiple property file variables isn't updated properly
when opening subsystem.
ADMS-111532 A Wheel template that contains ADAMS variables with a reference to a tire gforce will
be put into a group upon template conversion and de-activated when used in
combination with the flexible rim as the flexible rim does not use the tire gforce but
an mforce instead.
ADMS-111501 After swapping a rigid body for a flexbody, if the user switches back to the rigid
body (original geometry), dependencies such as UDE requests dependent on the
rigid body may become invalid.
ADMS-111493 Gear shifting not working as expected in crossover_AWD.asy in acar concept
ADMS-111462 Area restriction on User Entered nonlinear beam vs Auto Calculated
ADMS-111459 Fixed issue in KnC vertical subevent report
ADMS-111173 Updated Generate Static Loads dialog box to accept dual wheels as input, by default
its set to inactive.
ADMS-111032 Using the default writable cdb option in the toolbar would implicitly trigger an update
of the config file which is intended to be an explicit action. This has now been
corrected.
ADMS-110906 When creating a new generic assembly (of class suspension or full-vehicle), if the user
supplies an existing assembly and one of its subsystems conflicts with a user-supplied
subsystem, an error message is shown as expected, but then Adams Car crashes.
ADMS-110830 Adams crashes while saving a template having Gear AT contact forces in EDS
format.
ADMS-110817 Publishing an assembly containing a new subsystem (not yet saved to disk) produces
errors if the user chooses not to save the assembly prior.
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What’s New

ADMS-110645 "Create New Database" creates multiple entries in .acar.cfg file

ADMS-110624 Updating a subsystem with a file that contains different UDE property files results in
incorrect property file index.
ADMS-110601 Hardpoint Modification Table updating model on field entry (before OK/Apply)
ADMS-110559 Incorrect Dynamic stiffness results due to the component test rig upper and lower-
part mass
ADMS-110430 Co-simulation with Simulink has error with Compute Characteristics Values active
ADMS-110396 Issue with postprocessor plots generation from event browser, during frequency
response analysis
ADMS-110389 Default graphics still active when switching to variant
ADMS-110292 "ride_height_measure" is defined as a subsystem_parameter for ac_linear_spring and
written into the .sub-file.
ADMS-110056 Single quotes used in the model comments of an assembly, subsystem or template in
ASCII or binary formats are not read properly.
ADMS-109688 The add_mass executable may fail to execute during Flex Rim FE pre-processing on
Linux platforms.
ADMS-109646 When switching subsystem variants after reading property files, hardpoint locations
are incorrect if the property file units differ from the subsystem file.
ADMS-109589 The *.cdt50 files delivered with Adams installer in
Adams_install_dir\acar\examples\flexrim\flex_rim.cdb\tires.tbl folder were
corrupted hence the simulation with CDTire failed with error "TireID = 2 -> Error in
Function CDT50_Read_Parameters -> when reading parameter: PIN"
ADMS-109542 Issue with Adams Car Vibration Input channel of type rotational
ADMS-109350 The Leaf Spring property file does not function correctly after saving with
modifications.
ADMS-109266 In the Highlight Connectivity dialog box, after hitting Apply, the mouse cursor
remains in the "busy" state.
ADMS-109225 Creating and editing assembly variants sometimes showed the wrong testrig and
assembly/testrig_class. This has now been corrected.
ADMS-109223 The assembly variants create and edit UI would not automatically show custom
assembly classes and testrigs. This has now been corrected.
ADMS-108838 Switching subsystem variants doesn't update arm or link geometry.
ADMS-108618 For Adams Insight using Adams Car some Events have factors that are used for event
mechanics like if log file is to be written or if some requests are to be output or not.
These are confusing and should be hidden as from the DOE.
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ADMS-108272 Add Select All and Select None buttons to the 'Display Assembly' dbox in Car

ADMS-108168 Adams Car will issue error messages if the user saves a subsystem containing an
Adams Truck airspring with a new subsystem name.
ADMS-108079 A warning is prompted when the user tries to visualize part of the road that is outside
of the CRG road, instead of an macro error.
ADMS-106983 Adams Car model with a Bearing AT deep groove ball bearing element is not
updated in assembly if the outer ring connection is modified in the subsystem file.
ADMS-105148 The results_name string for the damper UDE's "request_ax_coord_from_I" request
had a typo. This has now been corrected.
ADMS-104757 Error message when opening an EDS template file with contacts inside and
IFLIP_NORMALS [no] JFLIP_NORMALS [no]

ADMS-104584 Roll center calculation in parallel wheel travel is incorrect when using an antiroll bar

ADMS-103626 In Adams Car road builder and event builder dialog boxes the file new dialog box
does not navigate properly to the database tables when clicking on database aliases
ADMS-103132 When attempting to modify a marker in the template builder and specifying the target
part prior to the marker to be modified, the dialog box would raise a macro error. This
has now been corrected.
ADMS-93787 In Adams car for the full vehicle SPMM event does not accept number of steps nor
frequency input in GUI
ADMS-87850 When using a full vehicle assembly without the required modeling objects to
support a straight or skid-pad set-up (e.g. no powertrain and brake subsystem),
Adams Car would still generate a driver control file with those quasi-static task types
specified. This has now been corrected (the quasi-static task is then properly
defined as 'settle').
ADMS-87352 Unable to export Adams 2 Nastran using full path of Config File under Linear tab
in Event builder
ADMS-111250 Flexible rim simulation with CDTire can result in simulation failure with syntax
error due to negative marker id in a function expression
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What’s New
Known Issues
ADMS-112225 ac_aforce with ride_height option cannot handle parametric expressions in
desired_value field
ADMS-111586 MDI_ACAR_SITE not respected by ru-site f startup command- Linux
ADMS-110430 Co-simulation with Simulink has error with Compute Characteristics Values active
ADMS-86548 Repeated and rapid modification of Communicator in Template Builder can lead to
unresponsive Communicator dialog box
ADMS-76119 SmartDriver driving at different speeds on the same road in different formats (CRG
and XML)
ADMS-75038 Under some conditions the flat part of obstacles in road geometry doe not shade
properly. Try precision shading to improve, but not solve, the issue.
ADMS-72303 Under some conditions, Adams Car is reporting incorrect wheel/spring, wheel/shock
ratio and wheel rate for suspension and full vehicle SVC analyses.
ADMS-71370 Defining a large Initial Steer angle (e.g. 5 radians) as defined under Static Set-up in the
Event, the static solution should return with a 5 radians initial steer angle applied to
the steering wheel but returns with an incorrect steer angle instead.
ADMS-64810 The new object creation like state variable does not update in Model Tree in
Adams/car automatically, manually refresh is required
ADMS-63229 The capacity factor data, using the torque converter example file (mdi_0001.tcf), does
not allow the torque converter to develop enough torque to keep the engine spinning
with the transmission when the vehicle is descending the hill with the throttle off.
ADMS-59022 When using a powertrain subsystem based on the _engine_transmission template from
the acar_concept database, a static set-up of type 'settle' may converge to a wrong
equilibrium and apply a huge driving torque to the driveline. A 'straight' set-up (if
possible) or setting the gear to 0 for statics works around this problem.
ADMS-54776 The user runs a quasi-static simulation on Adams car vehicle.
When user import the request file Adams gives a warning that there are no steps
ADMS-50937 The caster output of the dynamic suspension analysis produces slightly different
results when compared with static analysis. This could be happening due to slight
difference in the compliance matrix computation as constraints are different between
two analyses. The results of the geometric axis method are matching, it slightly differs
when using instant axis method.
ADMS-42918 The exported request file from Adams Car doesn't have IDs and names in it for few
components.
ADMS-40443 Adams Postprocessor on plotting Aligning Torque - Steer and Camber Compliance
curves shows incorrect units. Instead of showing deg-sec**2/kg-m**2, it shows deg-
sec**2/kg.
ADMS-39939 Parasolid file path not retained in the template file after saving the template as ASCII
ADMS-21716 Adams Car bushing geometry disappears during animation when animating a second
time after first running the animation successfully and then clicking the reset button
ADMS-16820 Name of the Filter is also added to Group if user creates a Group by using 'Add to
Group' option (Template Builder Mode)
ADMS-112513 'Update Subsystem' does not handle property file lists correctly
ADMS-85240 The suspension level compliance event does not use or populate a loadcase spline.
Instead, point force actuators are created to apply loads on the wheel (e.g.
pfl_inboard_lateral_force_cp). The til_wheel force request has zero lateral and
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longitudinal force, however vertical (normal) force returns correct force values. The
point force actuator's request gives correct force for lateral & longitudinal direction
and can be used as a workaround for lateral and longitudinal force output.
ADMS-111324 Some menu references in the documentation (e.g. about how to access Database
Management) are outdated, i.e. do not reflect the new menu organization. This will be
corrected in a future release soon.
ADMS-112517 Variable MARKER id does not exist error message appears when executing full-
vehicle simulation using CDTire with flexible rim
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Adams Controls

Adams Controls
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved
ADMS-103142 Alternate Integrator settings from the defaults are required to finish their simulations.

Known Issues
ADMS-112185 Variables with comments in Car FMU plant export can create issues in
modelDescription.xml
ADMS-111710 An error occurs in the Getting Started Using Adams Controls example
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What’s New

Adams Co-simulation Interface

 Supported Versions of Software for Marc Co-simulation
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Supported Versions of Software for Marc Co-simulation

An updated table of the Adams co-simulation Interface supported versions of Marc is shown below:

Marc version ACSI supported version

Marc 2013.0 ACSI 2014.0, 2014.0.1
Marc 2013.1 ACSI 2014.0, 2014.0.1
Marc 2014.0 No support for ACSI
Marc 2014.1 No support for ACSI
Marc 2014.2 *
ACSI 2015-2015.1, ACSI 2016*-2019.0*
Marc 2015* ACSI 2015-2015.1, ACSI 2016*-2019.0*
Marc 2016 and later ACSI 2015 and later

*
The ACSI 2016 and later versions require a workaround for the case of Adams models co-simulating with
Marc versions 2014.2 and 2015. Marc 2016 does not require this workaround. For details see the “Special
requirements to run Marc” section of the Adams product documentation (Online Help) under “Adams Co-
simulation Interface.”

Issues Resolved

Attempting an Adams-EDEM co-simulation using the ACSI interface results in a

ADMS-111541 crash.
1. fix the prob of ACSI which runs 1 Adams + 2 Marcs (test004) by turning off the
optimization of compilation

ADMS-110690 2. fix the false positive of the report by stopping Adams if co-simulation fails
HHT tests that did save/reload fail due to incorrect determination of UserSub Partial
ADMS-99806 method.

Known Issues
ADMS-111541 Attempting an Adams-EDEM co-simulation using the ACSI interface results in a
crash.
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Adams Durability

Adams Durability
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

FEMDATA with FE_Part HOTSPOT, generating additional files for each

ADMS-103900 node/marker along with HOTSPOT file
When outputting results to RPC of a simulation with constant DTOUT, the output
sample rate in RPC file may not match the specified DTOUT along with the warning
message: DAC or RPC file doesn't support uneven time step. The data will be
ADMS-99627 interpolated to be even.

Known Issues

ADMS-112295 Femdata output (load and modal files) is not working as expected for multiple flexible
bodies
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What’s New

Adams Driveline
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-111972 Attempting to edit an Adams Driveline limited slip differential property file in the
curve manager resulted in an error (while the data was still loaded properly). When
changing the property file reference and returning to the standard interface limited slip
differential property file dialog, another error would occur, and the file reference not
updated. This has now been corrected.

Known Issues

ADMS-108774 During a bench test analysis in Adams Driveline, we observed incorrect engine RPM
behavior when the brakes are engaged while the vehicle remains at a stand-still.
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Adams Flex

Adams Flex
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved
MNF to MTX translator function in MNF toolkit is crashed if the length of output file
ADMS-112086 name is less than 4. The workaround is to specify the file name with more than 3 lengths.
The default format of MNF exportation was standard portable (with XDR encoding)
and it had an adverse effect on performance while loading an Animation for large flex
ADMS-108575 body.
Enabling/disabling flex body modes only works if the Enabled cell is highlighted, not
ADMS-108445 when the entire row is selected.

Known Issues
ADMS-103474 Shell Geometry does not look good for some complex shapes when generating FE
Parts using XYZ coordinates
ADMS-100735 Model import or open not functioning as expected with FE Part.
ADMS-99003 Corrupted graphics when positioning of FE Part with preload
ADMS-97103 Saving flexible body inertia modeling as “rigid” at the subsystem level can result in
error messages when opening the files in Adams version 2022.3 and beyond.
ADMS-87450 Simulations with rotating FE-part results in peaks, numerical singularities.
ADMS-85129 ViewFlex feature does not work without any internet connection in Adams View
ADMS-81674 The I and J markers of bushings connecting two FE Parts with hollow cross-sections
will get shifted in location if the model is exported as an Adams View command file
(.cmd).
ADMS-76384 Under some conditions FE Parts will improperly reference the underlying graphical
curve causing errors upon .cmd import and sometimes causing the Adams View
session to become unresponsive.
ADMS-63369 When opening a template containing an Fe_Part, an Fe_Part is created based on the
configuration saved in the template file. Whereas, when a Subsystem is opened then
it is updated based on subsystem parameters. This updating may cause unnecessary
updates of the Fe_Part, slowing the model opening time.
ADMS-87450 Simulations with rotating FE-part results in peaks, numerical singularities.
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What’s New

Adams Insight
 Known Issues

Known Issues
ADMS-95998 Exporting incomplete workspace to file is not working
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Adams Machinery

Adams Machinery
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved
Bearing AT: Wrong results of contact force between the outer ring and housing bore
ADMS-111815 with MKS model units
Bearing AT: Different materials for rolling element, inner ring and outer ring can be
defined for tapered roller bearing and are written in bearing property file. These data are
ADMS-85632 used for calculation of bearing mass and contact stiffness.
Adams Car model with a Bearing AT deep groove ball bearing element was not updated
ADMS-106983 in assembly if the outer ring connection is modified in the subsystem file.

ADMS-108676 Cannot change color of geometry that is a child of a Machinery UDE component.
Adams session crashes when read the CMD model which is created by loading the
attached BIN model having machinery belt system and exported as CMD model with
ADMS-108457 Parasolid as 'Full' option.
There was an error message while accessing Gear AT Mesher dialog box from a Gear
ADMS-112299 AT Shape definition dialog box with the current cylindrical gear property file.

Known Issues

ADMS-104300 The specified direction for the offset in online help of detailed bearing is
misleading.
ADMS-100003 Gear AT Leadscrew solver crash if Leadscrew nut is too wide
ADMS-91552 The planetary gear built up in template builder does not have proper information
at the subsystem level
ADMS-85137 Wrong curvature calculation used in Hertz pressure in Hypoid gears for Gear AT
ADMS-83336 Gear orientation incorrect when the model is saved at simulated position.
ADMS-76078 Changing the Adams unit system after creation of a belt system can cause the
simulation to fail under some conditions and can cause issues with wizard file
(.wzd) import.
ADMS-73283 Tooth shape appears incorrect under some conditions for trapezoidal pulley and
belt when using certain DIN ISO standards.
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What’s New

ADMS-72681 Under some conditions for some specific inputs, the trapezoidal belt's pulley
exhibits unexpected geometry.
ADMS-71381 In Adams Car, when a part is defined as symmetric then a mirror image of the
part is created w.r.t center of the car. The direction of rotation (CW-CCW) is
defined w.r.t to axis of revolution. In mirror image, both axis of revolution is
opposite in direction to the global axis, i.e. towards the center of the car. Hence,
the symmetric copy of the motor should have opposite sense of rotation (CW and
CCW). This will make both wheels move forward.
ADMS-68493 When exporting a .cmd file out of a .bin file with machinery components one of
the parts goes missing. The .bin file uses some shell files when the model is
exported as a .cmd and one of the part is not exported properly.
ADMS-54852 Roller chain sprocket can be defined using geometry 'parameters'. Alternatively, it
can be defined using 'outline' or 'ISO606' options. In case of 'outline'
configuration, the force definition is incorrect, causing unreasonable time to
balance the forces and run the simulation
ADMS-54600 The involute gear profile can be specified using module, number of teeth, and
profile modification coefficient. In the case of advanced3D gear method the sun
gear geometry is not created properly when defined with very few teeth (nine) and
considerable addendum modification coefficient.
ADMS-53853 The brushless DC motor does not run correctly as per the maximum angular
velocity specified
ADMS-47208 Brushless DC motor exceeds the maximum torque specified by the user while
designing the motor. This might be due to incorrect analytical formulation of the
motor
ADMS-47207 Documentation needs to be improved regarding the analytical formulation of the
motor. It should also provide details if torque ripple and stator force is
considered in the calculation .
ADMS-40348 The shape of links of silent chain can be specified in terms of curve coordinates.
However, with certain set of inputs the curve is not generated correctly. The
problem could be with plotting of the curve
ADMS-40177 3D spatial cable wrapping: for distantly placed pulleys (in the range of tens of
meters) and very small misalignments angles, the cable wrapping algorithm fails
ADMS-38792 When a tensioner is placed in wrapping order of pulleys, the belt should be
wrapped around the tensioner and simulation should exhibit the tension caused by
the tensioner pulley. This does not happen in the case of smooth belt
configuration.
ADMS-38594 Machinery elements like gear, pulley, cam, etc. can be constrained with other parts
in the model in the form of revolute, fixed joints, etc. However, if these elements
are to be constained with flexible parts like flexible_body or fe_part then the
attachement location need to be specially defined (e.g. NODE on a
felxible_body). Hence, special marker has to be created preserving the location of
joint. This is not properly working with fe_part.
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ADMS-32067 Bearing disappears when selecting "reset to start" in animation control dialog.

ADMS-31960 Unable to chage direction of motor in runtime with curve based method for
motor.
ADMS-30608 If users run the motor with the exact rated condition of voltage and fluency and
the external load (load on motor) is within the motor torque limit, then the AC
motor is showing abnormal behavior since current is remaining constant but
torque is changing as per load applied. Workaround is for the user to specify
slightly lower supply voltage and frequency than is rated.
ADMS-22387 A broken translational joint on the tensioner in a belt systems is observed when
reading bin file created on 2013.1 in later versions. Use .cmd as workaround
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What’s New

Mechatronics
 Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

ADMS-61440 In ADAMS Mechatronics, when an actuator is defined there is an option to select

if the actuator should be active always or only if it is connected or referred to a
control system output. The option "only_if_connected" does not work and the
actuator stays inactive even when connected to a control system output.
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Adams PostProcessor

Adams PostProcessor
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved
ADMS-110819 Getting macro error message when “Equivalent Load and Damage” checkbox is
unchecked in Rainflow plotting
ADMS-27452 Postprocessors background gets applied to graphical topology which makes it
impossible to read.

Known Issues
ADMS-106662 Clearance study overwritten with successive computations
ADMS-104580 Plotting multiple vibration analysis frequency responses at once
ADMS-104356 The behavior of “FFT 3D Order Spectrum” is a strange if there are results with same
numbers of data points and different end times in the model
ADMS-102513 Light setting changes in PostProcessor are not saved in binary file.
ADMS-97124 AVI file exported through PostProcessor not viewable with Windows Media Player.
Workaround is to use other video players (ex: VLC Media Player).
ADMS-91799 flex body plot deformation scale not matching plot values
ADMS-90601 Request (.req) file exported from Postprocessor has incomplete data
ADMS-88182 Adams PPT performance plotting issue (taking more time for operation) in Adams car
2022.2 compared with 2017.2
ADMS-87455 HTML file output from PostProcessor is not displaying in browser.
ADMS-81584 Under some conditions, values displayed in force graphic animation do not match the
values for the same object as plotted in an XY plot.
ADMS-81355 Under some conditions, there is no X expression for the gain in the phase curve of a
Bode plot in Adams PostProcessor
ADMS-73207 Under some conditions, model display is misaligned in Adams PostProcessor animation
when the model is saved as an Adams View database (.bin) file.
ADMS-72385 Plot page background turning black and sluggishness in plotting the curve (with large
data points) is observed while using the Linux machine remotely through remote
access tool such as DCV NICE from Windows machine.
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What’s New

ADMS-69667 the "force" component of bumpstops request is not provided in the same location in
the Adams postprocessor dashboard.
ADMS-61940 The user runs any standard simulation on a full vehicle truck model, the powertrain
subsystem stays behind, and the rest of the vehicle is moving in forward direction in
animation. However, this issue is not observed if the user switches to a binary results
file format. The animation works fine if results are stored in results file binary format.
ADMS-61808 Adams fails to show units(NO UNITS) for unitless curve on postprocessor plot when
plotting unit less entity and unit entity on same axis.
ADMS-60600 Adams fails to print top border line of plot for pdf format.
ADMS-58625 Multiple cross plotting curves in Adams postprocessor can lead to missing plot curves.
On clicking the refresh button or plot/page resizing, all curves appear correctly.
ADMS-51786 In the Adams postprocessor for the FFT-3D plot, there is a mismatch/difference
between the color of the contour plot and the legend.
ADMS-40080 Problem choosing curves when Legend and curve overlap on a plot
ADMS-5552 No warning that velocity plots of CM in object measures when displacements are
disabled in .res are actually Part Xform results
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Adams Real Time

Adams Real Time

 Known Issues

Known Issues

ADMS-69601 An FMU with open loop force-based steering fails whereas the offline simulation runs
fine using a customized event. Using rotation based steering works fine though for
both FMU and offline simulations for this customized event.
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What’s New
Adams SmartDriver
 Known Issues

Known Issues

ADMS-103654 SENSOR "testrig.event_monitor_sensor" triggers at mini maneuver start although

abort time and end condition value have not been reached
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Adams Solver

Adams Solver
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-111811 Solver will not assume that all CNFSUB/CFFSUB are threadsafe. Users will call
ADAMS_DECLARE_THREADSAFE() in their CNFSUB/CFFSUB to inform Solver
that they are threadsafe.
ADMS-110217 HHT performance was affected for this model in the 2023.4 release due to euler
singularities without symbolic factorization
ADMS-109746 The simulation may fail after HHT integrator encounters an euler singularity.
ADMS-71372 Making the format of the .gra file generated by C++ and F77 consistent.
ADMS-50735 HRATIO change doesn't work in acf
ADMS-25707 Added new code to handle the case of USER without ROUTINE and, ROUTINE
without USER

Known Issues

ADMS-107707 LINEAR/EIGENSOL - ORIGINAL argument should not change the damping

option
ADMS-106678 DOE of model with Parasolid geometry may stop without error when the number of
trial runs exceeds 1000.
ADMS-104772 Missing angle unit conversion when exporting .adm file
ADMS-82810 The disabled element is recognized by the solver as enabled for the Contacts that
refer to poly-lines
ADMS-16221 OUTPUT variables referencing deactivated BUSHING forces cause analysis failure.
Workaround is to comment out or otherwise deactivate the OUTPUT variables.
ADMS-109152 Differences in results between analyses run with binary file and the exported cmd file.
ADMS-97136 Cannot run the analysis by double clicking on the acf file.
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What’s New

Adams Tire
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issue

Issues Resolved
ADMS-110717 Difference in Flexible Rim simulation results between single and multi-thread solution
has been resolved.
ADMS-110564 For FTire inflation pressure changes to take effect, inflation_pressure under
[OPERATING_CONDITIONS] need to be removed from the FTire property file.
From FTire 2024-3 and Adams 2024.1.1, this is not needed anymore.
ADMS-110514 Plot icon is disabled when an invalid parameter is entered in the Tire Data Fitting
Toolkit
ADMS-108532 The Tire Data Fitting Tool (TDFT) user interface cannot handle tire property files
with comments inline like this:
PROPERTY_FILE_FORMAT = 'pac2002' $Pacejka 2002 format

Known Issues
ADMS-76780 FTire Co animation (ogl) in Adams Car may not run because of not enough memory
and is currently under investigation by Cosin. A possible workaround may be to adjust
the NVIDIA 3d settings through the NVIDIA control panel:
Select Manage 3D settings in the NVIDIA control panel, tab Global Settings, and set:
Global presets: 3D App - Visual Simulation
Preferred graphics processor: High-performance NVIDIA processor as well as the
following settings:
Enable overlay -> on
Triple buffering -> on
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Adams Vibration

Adams Vibration
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

Issues Resolved

ADMS-110656 Adams View crashes when an invalid parameter enters the Actuator Preview Plot
dialog.
ADMS-106069 Rotational vibration input channel does not write template file correctly in ASCII file
format

Known Issues

ADMS-105504 Adams Car with Vibration - Input Channel Part not allowing flex selection
ADMS-105501 Simulation Script Name field in Perform Vibration Analysis dialog box disappears
ADMS-68395 Normal modes analysis on a flexible body with inertia modelling set to rigid produces
strange modal values when the solver executable is set to External. Adams View may
also crash in this scenario.
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What’s New

Adams View
 CAD Interoperability Version Support
 Issues Resolved
 Known Issues

CAD Interoperability Version Support

The following table lists the versions of the supported CAD formats that can be imported and exported in
Adams 2024.1.1.
Format Import Version Export Version
IGES (.igs) 5.2 & 5.3 5.3
STEP (.stp) 203/214/242 P 214
ACIS (.sat) All → R27 Not Supported
CATIA V4 (.model, .dlv, .exp, session) All 4.XX Not Supported
CATIA V5 (.CATPart, .CATProduct) R10 → R33 Not Supported
CATIA V6 (.3dxml) 2014X → 2022X Not Supported
Pro/Engineer part files (.prt, .asm) 13 → Creo 9 Not Supported
Inventor (.ipt, .iam) All → 2023 Not Supported
Solidworks (.sldprt, .sldasm) 99 → 2023 Not Supported
Unigraphics (.prt) 11.1 → NX CR 1953, 1957 and Not Supported
1969, 2212
JT : JtOpen (.jt) 7.0 → 10.5 Not Supported

Issues Resolved

ADMS-112182 Running Car commands in batch mode not producing error if license unavailable
ADMS-110693 Delete temporary variable created in macro
ADMS-110667 Cannot import stl file in Adams with adamspy
ADMS-110664 Array elements' AGGREGATE_MASS function evaluation updated on mass DV
change
ADMS-110119 Range to set HHT alpha is -0.333333 <= Alpha <= 0.0
ADMS-109805 Adams View session is crashed while importing customer cmd model
ADMS-108642 Request dialog has inconsistent setting for Title option
ADMS-108417 .MDI.delete_macro does not work for UDE with 'pre_delete' method
ADMS-103715 FE Part location-based marker associate to closest node upon remesh as well as upon
changing location of marker
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ADMS-87811 Long delay experienced in the UI when changing a model's title for some models
ADMS-86320 Parameterized marker location doesn’t change when its governing variable is edited
from Table Editor.
ADMS-68658 When the hardcopy command/ dialog box is used for the view name (e.g.- iso or
bottom) creates image file. Also, default changed to BMP from unsupported language
HPGL

Known Issues
ADMS-111545 File browser field is showing coma separated long list of files.
ADMS-111177 Warnings when creating a createPt2pt measure using Adams Python
ADMS-111175 The design variables are created with incorrect range i.e. units using Adams Python
ADMS-110745 Part Extrusion loses Parametrization if the Part's global location is changed
ADMS-110505 Command Server not working on Linux
ADMS-109998 Issue in retrieving Model Base Name
ADMS-109149 Wavefront (obj) export from Adams Car exports files for parts with no active
geometries
ADMS-109148 When exporting obj files Adams overwrites geometries that have the same part
name in different subsystems
ADMS-108550 When modifying the translational point motion to rotational point motion, or vice-
versa, errors occur for initial conditions
ADMS-104464 FE_PART section based on zy_points generic does not seem to be supported
ADMS-103576 Motion measure characteristic changes to torque unexpectedly.
ADMS-103051 Attached Creo 7 geometry file shows holes on surfaces.
ADMS-100967 Adams may crash if a PyQt widget is calling cmd code which in its turn calls python
code which calls cmd code and so forth in nested calls of many levels.
ADMS-99994 Incorrect motion information in the log file when run analysis using *.acf file having
the DEACTIVATE/MOTION command after SAVE/RELOAD.
ADMS-98341 Failure when loading python module matlab.engine in Adams View
ADMS-84401 For a specific binary file, when the scripted simulation is ran with “write Files only”
option, the Parasolid file is not getting generated. External simulations then fail as
the Parasolid file is not found.
ADMS-106129 Running Four-Post Vibration analysis twice results in a "conflicting IDs" error.
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What’s New

ADMS-96894 Cable wrapping for system with many pulleys can fail
ADMS-95010 Model browser does not update after creating new state variable. User needs to close
and reopen the Elements folder to see the update.
ADMS-94886 If session unit is set to 'mm' and design variable referenced for X values of spline,
spline gets created with X values multiplied by 1000
Workaround: do not use design variable in this case.
ADMS-92342 The value of the design variable does change with respect to the change of the cm of
the parts
ADMS-92161 Online help documentation for ORI_LOCAL and ORI_GLOBAL differs from the
actual results
ADMS-91964 There is an orientation issue with extruded geometry when created by following the
bspline curve
ADMS-90610 Adams View memory usage growing while creating many files in batch
ADMS-80657 Renaming Function in View does not update a Request that references the Function.
ADMS-79101 Exported cmd file not importing back into View properly, issuing Parasolid error
about xmt_txt file.
ADMS-75791 When a State Variable is renamed or altered, the Model Browser scrolls back to the
top.
ADMS-75552 If switching to write the results file in ASCII or binary format all the requests that
were present when using the default XML format are missing
ADMS-75145 SHL file generated by Adams with MMKS units does not import properly into an FE
Part as an external geometry
ADMS-74863 Popup dialog boxes, under some circumstances, appear under the window of a
different app on a different monitor as opposed to atop the Adams window.
ADMS-74664 There could be limitation in loading result files that are larger than 60GB, with
contact incidences, in Adams View
ADMS-71387 Slightly different simulation results (less than 1% difference in some outputs) may
result when comparing simulation results run inside a View interactive session with
results run in a View batch session.
ADMS-61425 Temporary settings files (.tsf) cannot be used to switch objects' properties between
Adams Solver function based definitions and Adams Solver user subroutine based
definitions. Any such switches fail to revert after the .tsf is applied.
ADMS-60930 The time it takes for Adams View to delete results from the Model Browser can be
very long when the result size is large
ADMS-57041 View management commands are not working. User may experience trouble while
restoring view using command
view management restore saved_view_name=
ADMS-55418 Save at simulated position makes a copy of the model at simulated position and
states. In case of simulated gears, the copy fails to position and orient the gears in
correct meshing condition at the end of simulation.
ADMS-54854 The result file storage differs based on the "type" of request definition. This is
confusing when plotting quantities from a results file.
ADMS-54340 Runtime clearance study results in incorrect clearance values for revolution geometry
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ADMS-54234 The "marker modify" command does not work in the correct reference frame if the
values supplied for 'location' are enclosed in parentheses
ADMS-53889 Structure of the Analysis object is different with internal & external solver.
ADMS-53880 When opening an ASCII tire template with external CAD geometry, an error
message is issued, and the geometry is imported incorrectly. Users may workaround
this issue in two ways:
1. Specify the CAD geometry directly in the tire property file. See
mdids://acar_concept/tires.tbl/pac2002_255_40R19.tir for an example.
2. Import the CAD geometry to the subsystem rather than the template.
ADMS-53516 In Adams Car if a joint Force is created and is modified with Display Attribute (e.g
color/style/size of the line), the modifications in the display attribute will not retain
during the animation, or after the animation is played.
ADMS-51350 In Adams, Revolution geometry creation fails for closed polyline reference curve
using Non-Analytical Method.
ADMS-51334 Adams Online Help cannot be shown for some auto-generated Command
Navigator dialog boxes
ADMS-50894 Exporting a .shl geometry file and then importing back into Adams can result in
geometry differences for finely tuned rendering parameters on export/import.
ADMS-50747 Variable reference function "user_string" does not handle unit conversion properly
in case of "mmks"
ADMS-48293 "Remove Parametric Expressions" option not working properly, incorrectly deletes
parent object. This occurs when a force element, for example, references a state
VARIABLE using a VARVAL() function; deleting the VARIABLE will incorrectly
also delete the referencing object (the force element, in this example) even though
"Remove Parametric Expressions" is chosen.
ADMS-47673 Table editor->Motions Table Editor Filter doesn't show "General Motion" option .
ADMS-46136 Adams fails to to translate hollow geometry(Box) having chamfer on its edge.
ADMS-45908 Some tables in Adams View dialogs do not properly display spring damper
properties when using the UDE-based spring damper.
ADMS-45471 Some entity classes in adamspy do not support all properties for that entity
ADMS-45350 Incorrect results observed for flex analysis, when saving and opening the bin file
multiple times.
ADMS-45099 For some of the imported IGES geometries of curves of degree 5, the shape may
not match with the shape of source of the curve.
ADMS-44883 On importing bigger external pararsolid geometries(non-Adams) assembly models,
Adams may fail to import some geometries.
ADMS-42738 If a marker (triad) is created on a curve to mark a specific location on curve, it is
expected to retain the position while the curve-part is moving. However, the marker
does not retain its position on a curve.
ADMS-42441 The ORI_GLOBAL() function in Adams does not work correctly for angles beyond
90 degrees
ADMS-42396 Object measure created on the point-to-curve PTCV for pressure angle. After the
simulation, the measure object shows zero value for pressure angle.
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ADMS-41432 The calculated volume of a cylinder in Adams View is affected in an unexpected way
while changing the cylinder side count (especially around the value of 20)
ADMS-40912 Adams datatable widget's performance is affected by number of rows and columns.
User will experience slow datatable performance, If dealing with the huge(quite large
number of rows and columns) tabular data in data table.
ADMS-40354 Range Measures cannot be referenced by other Measures using runtime expressions.
Range measures only update at the end of a simulation.
ADMS-39459 Contact graphics is not displayed when animation is run after importing results of
external solver
ADMS-39355 If a User Defined Element (UDE) definition exists in some library. User can create
an instance from this definition in a model. However, if this model is saved as binary
of command file, then only the contents of the model are written in the file (and not
the definition). Hence importing such files in a session where its original definition
does not exist fails in creating the instance correctly.
ADMS-34194 On Windows 10 virtual machines when VMware tools are installed to make a full
screen virtual machine, then some of the Adams-View-based product sessions might
terminate unexpectedly (Adams View, Adams Car, Adams Driveline). Uninstalling
the Vmware tools alleviates the issue.

ADMS-31937 When copying a cam system its follower motion will not be copied. Both cam
systems will reference the same follower motion object.
ADMS-23976 On machines with multiple graphics hardware options, use of the "CPU integrated"
graphics hardware (for example, "Intel HD Graphics") may cause problems with
display of flexible bodies and FE parts in wireframe mode. The workaround is to
use the other graphics hardware option (for example, the "NVIDIA Processor").

ADMS-23940 If you export an Adams model to CEI Ensight via the co-animation export
capability and that model contains a flexible body, and the flexible body doesn't use
the same length units as the model itself, the resulting bodies in Ensight will not be
scaled or located properly. A workaround is to scale the flex body in Ensight.

ADMS-23790 View-Reset GUI Dimensions only resets the graphics window (plot/animation) size
but not the others (treeview and dashboard)
ADMS-22004 Zero volume of cylinders with 1 or 2 segments, with angle extension less than 360
degrees
ADMS-21941 Torsional springs missing when merge two models (each containing one) via "Model
assemble" command. Workaround is to use a rotational sforce instead.
ADMS-20196 Force Display ON/OFF option is not working for the FE Load
ADMS-19599 Menu operations from Adams View for view manipulation (front, fit, zoom, etc) act
upon the PostProcessor window if it is also open
ADMS-16288 Some options on the View Management Orient command not working correctly.
Workaround is to rotate the View via the tools available in the graphics window and
toolbar.
ADMS-12740 Error in Mass property calculated for copied part with the original part being a
parasolid for some (not all) externally imported parasolid files
ADMS-5419 Want a documented search-order for locations when loading plugins
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Running Adams Products

2 Running Adams Products

 Starting Adams Products, 30

 Setting Preferences, 34
 Setting Your Working Directory, 35
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Starting Adams Products

Starting Adams Products

These sections describe how you can start your Adams products on Linux and on Windows.

Starting Adams Products on Linux

The Adams Toolbar is a starting point to using Adams products on Linux. The toolbar is shown below.

Adams Toolbar tool - Right click to set up Toolbar, manage

memory models, access online help and Technical Support
resources and more

Product tools - Click to run product or right-click to

configure products and create user libraries.
Hold the cursor over a tool to see the name of the associated
product.

You can also use the Adams Toolbar to:

 Customize, keep track of, and organize multiple libraries of standard Adams products
 Create binaries
 Manage custom memory models and product preferences
For more information on these or other Adams Toolbar operations, see the Running and Configuring online
help (from the Help menu in any product, select Adams Help, on the left pane, select Configuring Adams).

To start a product on Linux:

1. To display the Adams Toolbar, at the command prompt, enter the command adamsx where x is the
version number, for example adams2024_1.
2. Click on the tool representing the product you want to start.

We recommend that you use the Adams Toolbar to start your Adams products, but
if you want to automate certain operations, use the text-based Program Menu. For
more information, see the Running and Configuring online help.
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Starting Adams Products on Windows

You start any Adams product from the Start menu. You can also use the Start menu to:
 Change your license type
 Generate problem reports
 Set Adams preferences
For more information on these or other operations, see the Running and Configuring online help.

To start a product on Windows:

 From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2024.1.1, point to the name of the
product you want to start.

Tip: Select the corresponding desktop icon for the product, if you installed it on your
desktop.

To start a product from DOS shell in Windows:

 Start → Programs → Adams 2024.1.1 → Command Prompt.

 An alternative is to add the /bin directory under the Adams installation directory to your user
PATH environment variable. You can do this via the Control Panel:
a. Type environment in the Control Panel search box.
b. Select the Edit environment variables for your account pick.
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 Check to see if you already have a PATH variable defined under “User variables”. If it exists then
edit it, add a semicolon “;” to the end of the existing value, and then add the “bin” directory under
the Adams installation directory. Otherwise select New..., use PATH for the variable name and add
the “bin” directory under the Adams installation directory as the value. The default location of this
directory is:
Windows Adams:
C:\Program Files\MSC.Software\Adams\2024_x_xxxxxx\bin
where xxxxxx denotes build number.
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 Once you are done click OK.

Windows appends your User PATH to the System PATH environment variable, so there is
no need to copy the existing System PATH variable to your user PATH variable. This
behavior is unique to the User PATH variable. For all other environment variables, a User
variables definition overrides a System Variables definition.
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Setting Preferences

Setting Preferences
This section describes how you can set preferences, such as your working directory, graphics setting, and
memory model size.

Setting Preferences on Linux

You use the Registry Editor from the Adams Toolbar to set a variety of preferences. For information on the
preferences you can set, see the Running and Configuring online help.

To display the Registry Editor:

 From the Adams Toolbar, right-click any product tool, and then select Change <Product Name>
Settings.

Setting Preferences on Windows

You use the Settings menu to modify:
 Graphics settings
 Memory model size

To display the Settings dialog box:

 From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2024.1.1, and then select Settings &
License.
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Setting Your Working Directory

During a session in a default or custom product, you can select the directory where you want to place your
model and output files.
For Adams View, you can set the working directory from the Welcome dialog box.

To set your working directory:

1. From the File menu, select Select Directory.
2. In the dialog box that appears, select the working directory.
3 Getting Help

 Tool Tips, 38
 Online Help, 39
 Tutorials and Examples, 46
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Tool Tips

Tool Tips
Tool tips display information about the item the cursor is currently over in an Adams product. The following
shows the tool tip that appears when you place the cursor over the link geometry tool.

To display tool tips:

 Move the cursor over the item in the interface on which you’d like information.
A brief description of the item appears.
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Online Help
To help you use the Adams products, Hexagon provides online help (HTML format). To view the online
help and tutorials, you can use your default Web browser. An example of online help is shown below.

Versions of Web Browsers

For the Adams Help system, all you need is a Windows, Macintosh, or Linux computer running a fairly new
browser with JavaScript enabled. If JavaScript is not enabled, then the Help set will not display in its entirety.

Accessing the Online Help

You can view help for a dialog box, a product, or for all Adams products. The figure below shows the help
for all Adams products, called the integrated master site. You can use this site to view any product’s help and
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search across all product help. You can also access release notes for all products and view the documents in
Adobe Reader.

The PDFs is no longer embedded with the help system and are made available in the
Hexagon Product Document Center (https://nexus.hexagon.com/)
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To get help on a dialog box:

1. Click in the dialog box for which you need help.
2. Press F1.
Adams launches a browser window that contains information about the dialog box.

To get general help on your product:

 From your product’s Help menu, select Product Name Help (where Product Name is the name of
your Adams product).
Adams launches a browser window that contains the starting point for your product’s online help.

To open the Adams online help from the Adams Toolbar:

 Right-click the Adams Toolbar tool, and then select Online Help.
Your default browser starts and displays the master site for Adams online help.

To open the Adams online help from the Start Menu:

 From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Adams 2024.1.1, and then select Online Help.
Your default browser starts and displays the master site for Adams online help.

Navigating through the Help

You navigate through the Adams help system as you do through any help system, selecting topics in the pane
on the left. In addition, we’ve provided:

 Navigation arrows at the top of the pane to let you scroll through topics one at a time.

Left Pane Adjustment

To adjust the left pane size, drag the icon in the separator as shown below.
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The adjustment of the Left Pane is not available in Internet Explorer.

Searching
You can search all the help files in HTML format for a particular product or all Adams products.
1. Select your product from the list.
2. Enter the search term or phrase, and then press enter.
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The results are shown on the same page below.

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3. Click the topic you want to view.

Printing
To print a file:
 In the help system you can select the Print button . to print the topic that you are viewing

 Print the PDF files from Hexagon Product Document Center (https://nexus.hexagon.com/)
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Index
The Index tab displays product specific help in alphabetical list of keywords associated with help topics. To
view index entries, you can select a letter group to display the entries for that group. When you click on an
index entry, the related topic will display in the topic frame.
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Tutorials and Examples

Tutorials and Examples

Adams products have a set of tutorials or getting started guides that step you through examples of using the
product’s features, as well as introduce the basic concepts of the product. The getting started guides are online.
In addition, many of the products have examples of its features that are stored in Knowledge Base Articles.
You will find links to all the tutorials and examples for a product under its Examples tab.

To access the tutorials and examples:

 From the online help, from the left pane, select Getting Started and select the product that you are
interested in.
 From the online help for a product, from the pane on the left, select Examples.
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Integration Products

 Support for Easy5 and MATLAB, 48

 Supported Environments for Adams Real Time, 49
 Supported Versions of Integration Products, 50
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Support for Easy5 and MATLAB

Support for Easy5 and MATLAB

Easy5
This release of Adams Controls is certified to run with Easy5 2024.1. Easy5 version support is subject to
change. For the latest information, see updates to the Release Guide here:
http://simcompanion.hexagon.com/.

MATLAB
This release of Adams Controls is certified to run with MATLAB 2022a, 2023a on Linux and Windows. For
more information on MATLAB platforms and compatibility, see:
http://www.mathworks.com/support

If you want to co-simulate with Easy5 or MATLAB and you are running Adams Controls
on one of the platforms that Easy5 or MATLAB does not support, you should consider using
TCP/IP communication. This allows Adams Controls to communicate with Easy5 or
MATLAB even though the codes are running on different platforms.

In MATLAB 2022a and MATLAB 2023a on the Windows platform - Co-simulation with
Adams does not support the DIRECT mode for inter-process communication. Only TCP/IP
and PIPE modes of inter-process communication are supported.
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Supported Environments for Adams Real Time

Concurrent SIMulation Workbench

Adams Solver supports Concurrent's SIMulation Workbench® (SimWB) real time modeling
environment on the RedHawk™ Linux® operating system. In addition to participating in real time
co-simulations facilitated by SimWB, standalone Adams can be run on the RedHawk Linux
operating system. For this release of Adams, Adams Solver is certified in the following
environment:
 iHawk® running RedHawk Linux 9.2 and 8.4 with SIMulation Workbench Control
Center 2023.2-0 and 2024.1-0.
 The Adams Red Hat Linux 8.8 installer should be deployed on the RedHawk machine.

dSPACE SCALEXIO
Adams Real Time FMUs will run on dSPACE with the SCALEXIO firmware updated to 2021-A.
You must install the dSPACE Hypervisor extension and configure a Linux-based virtual machine
(Ubuntu 20.04/22.04). The Adams 2024.1.1 Installation and Operations Guide provides details of
the installation procedure.
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Supported Versions of Integration Products

Company Product Name Product Version Adams Product Platform (x64)

The Math Works, MATLAB* 2022b, 2023a Adams Controls Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Inc. (The minimum 8.8
features of MATLAB
required for Suse 15SP4
interfacing with Redhat 9.2
Adams are MATLAB, Ubuntu 20
Simulink, MATLAB Ubuntu 22
Coder and Simulink Windows 10
Coder) Windows 11

Hexagon Easy5** 2024.1 Adams Controls Red Hat Enterprise Linux

8.8

Suse 15SP4
Redhat 9.2
Ubuntu 20
Ubuntu 22
Windows 10
Windows 11

Functional Mock- FMU Export Co- 1.0, 2.0 Adams Controls Red Hat Enterprise Linux
up Interface Simulation 8.8
(FMI)# FMU Import Co-
Simulation Suse 15SP4
FMU Import Model Redhat 9.2
Exchange Ubuntu 20
Ubuntu 22
Windows 10
Windows 11

MSC Software MSC.Nastran V69.X and above Adams Durability All Linux and Windows
Corporation
Adams Flex
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Company Product Name Product Version Adams Product Platform (x64)

ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS V6.0 and above Adams Durability All Linux and Windows

V5.4 and above Adams Flex

Dassault Systemes, ABAQUS/ADAMS Version 6.3 and above Adams Durability All Linux and Windows
SIMULIA division
Version 6.1-1 and above Adams Flex
Siemens Digital I-DEAS Mechanism I-DEAS NX 10 and Adams Durability All Linux and Windows
Manufacturing Design above
Solutions division
I-DEAS 8, 9, NX 10 Adams Flex
and above
ANSYS, Inc. EnSight 10.1.1b (but later than Adams PostProcessor All Linux and Windows
8.2.1f may likely
function
cosin scientific FTire Version 2020-3 22743 Adams Tire All Linux and Windows
software AG

Notes: With regards to compilers, Adams 2024.1.1 officially supports the Professional Edition
of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, but the Community Edition 2017 has been found to
function in the following scenarios (for more details on compiler support see Hardware
and Software Specifications section of the Adams Installation and Operations Guide):

*Function Evaluation and co-simulation mode for Adams and MATLAB/Simulink;

External System Library (ESL) import of MATLAB/Simulink models into Adams.

**Function Evaluation and co-simulation mode for Adams and Easy5; External System
Library (ESL) import of Easy5 2024.1 models into Adams.

#FMI co-simulation and model exchange FMUs generated with Easy5 2024.1