New Features in Autolev
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New in Autolev 4.1:
- Advanced simplification routines automatically simplify expressions
- The MotionVariable declaration names generalized speeds
The MotionVariable' declaration names the time-derivatives of generalized speeds
- Recognizes and preserves combinations of upper-case and lower-case names
- New: Available for
Macintosh OSX
and
Linux
- New:
Writes MATLAB .m files as well as C and Fortran programs
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New:
Highly efficient linearized equations for control system design (since version 3.4)
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New:
Extensive units and unit conversion capabilities, including
- Conversions between nearly any
units ,
e.g., newton/meter2 to lbf/inch2
- Units can be assigned to any Matlab, C, or Fortran input or output quantity
Mass |
Length |
Time |
Angle |
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Velocity |
Angular velocity |
Frequency |
Acceleration |
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Force |
Pressure and stress |
Work and energy |
Power |
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Area |
Volume |
Charge |
Electrical |
Dimensionless |
- Click here for a complete list of units and prefixes
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New:
Versatile, easy-to-use, plotting software
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New:
Improved Animate command for Windows 95/98/2000/NT users of
Animake
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New:
Efficient energy integral for checking numerical integration accuracy
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New:
Vector, dyadic, and matrix constructors
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New:
Mathematical functions including:
atan2, ceil, floor, int, round, sign, sqr, sqrt, max, min
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New*:
Imaginary declaration for naming the imaginary number.
By default, the name of the imaginary number sqrt(-1) is "imaginary"
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New:
Better MATLAB compatibility, for example:
- Writes .m files as well as C and Fortran programs
- a semicolon may be used to separate multiple commands (a=2; b=3; c=4)
- the command Inv may be used instead of Inverse
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New:
Easier to use, e.g., by default:
- Numerical integrator and linear solver subroutines are automatically appended to Fortran and C files
- Frames and Newtonian declarations now create a point (Frames F creates a point Fo)
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New:
Simplifications associated with acos, asin, and atan can be turned on or off
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New:
Input command has new syntaxes for unit conversion and returning the input value assigned to a quantity
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New:
Output command has a new syntax for unit conversions
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New:
Updated tutorial, user's manual, online help, website, illustrative examples, and revised What list
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Click here for a list of other features.