Select the full-vehicle assembly you want to analyze. The menu lists all full-vehicle assemblies currently open in your session.
Enter a string that specifies the analysis output name. The string can contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores (_). Adams/Car appends the suffix _pos to form the complete analysis name. For example, if you enter test_45 as the output prefix, the analysis name becomes test_45_pos.
Specify the size of the output steps. Adams/Car calculates total number of steps as total_end_time/output_step_size.
Enter the name of a file that contains road data information. The tire subsystems use this information to calculate the tire/road interaction forces.
Enter the initial speed of the vehicle in the units specified in the pull-down menu to the right of the Initial Velocity text box.
Enter the duration of the initial-set pre-phase. The second mini-maneuver starts after the start time has elapsed.
Specify the initial transmission gear for the analysis. The powertrain subsystem uses this parameter that generally acts as a gain for the throttle-demand output from the longitudinal controllers.
• Yes - Adams/Car uses a machine-type actuator to control the steering signal and follow a straight line.
• No - Allows you to enter a steering-wheel angle value used in the open-loop steering controller.
Disengage Clutch during Power-Off
Select it if you want ADA MS/Car to operate the clutch with a specified delay and step duration as soon as the power-off maneuver starts. If you do not select it, Adams/Car doesn't releases the clutch during the power-off mini-maneuver.
Specify the amount of time between the end of the first mini-maneuver and the actual power-off.
Specify the duration of the throttle step signal. The throttle is stepped down to zero in the specified amount of time.
Specify the amount of time between the end of the first mini-maneuver and the actuation of the clutch signal.
Specify the duration of the clutch step signal. The clutch signal is stepped down from zero to one (clutch disengaged) in the specified amount of time.
Quasi-Static Straight-Line Setup
Select to perform a quasi-static prephase analysis before running the transient analysis on your full-vehicle assemblies.
• For all cornering analyses, selecting this option causes Adams/Car to perform a SKID_PAD quasi-static analysis.
• For all other analyses, selecting this option causes Adams/Car to perform a STRAIGHT (sometimes called ClearVision adjustment) analysis.
For more information about the different quasi-static setup method keywords (such as SETTLE and STRAIGHT), see Structure of Event Files.
• You have a steerable conceptual suspension subsystem, because there is no feedback that goes from the wheel to the steering system. For information about conceptual suspension subsystems, see Introducing the Conceptual Suspension Module.
• You do not have a powertrain subsystem in your vehicle assembly, because it is not possible to set the initial condition for the longitudinal or the lateral dynamics (throttle position).
Create Analysis Log File
Select if you want Adams/Car to write information about the assembled model and analysis to an analysis log file.
Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Adams/Car displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments:
• If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, Adams/Car displays the Entity Comments dialog box.
• If recording comments for any other entity type, Adams/Car displays the Modify Comment dialog box.