What's New in MechanicalSystems Version 2?

MechanicalSystems 2 capitalizes on all the new features in Mathematica 5. Users will notice significant performance and speed improvements, as well as major enhancements to the product documentation.

New in Version 2:

• All the documentation has been updated to meet Mathematica 5 standards and is now fully integrated with the Mathematica Help Browser.
• The reference sections have been updated with new hyperlinked, in-line examples.
• The package fully supports Mathematica's new expression compilation capabilities.
• The new forward dynamics module integrates in 3D angular space for improved performance and accuracy.
• Generalized coordinate support has been improved and is now fully integrated in the core package.
• Many 3D angular constraints result in simpler symbolic expressions.
• New utilities support vector algebra in Euler parameter space.
• The package provides enhanced 3D graphics objects with elliptical cubic sections.
• New gear constraints provide more flexibility for modeling abstract gear trains.
• All 3D rotations can be generally specified by angle-axis, Euler parameters, or virtual rotation vector.