

Pros: MapleSim is widely used in the engineering, life-sciences, aerospace and other industries, and there is a large and active user community. This means that the graphically-represented symbolic objects can be applied to objects in the models and combined with other symbolic objects to represent custom behavior. MapleSim is a fully-developed symbolic modeling engine. Through modeling the equipment prior to building it, the engineer can reduce the time required to design, develop and test the equipment and, in turn, reduce the development time and cost of the modeled equipment. Through defining the characteristics of the modeled equipment and defining equations that represent the movements and actions of the equipment, the engineer can analyze the equipment in an interactive analysis environment. Overall Opinion: Engineers and product designers can use MapleSim to model and simulate the behavior of CAD-designed equipment.
