Interactive Simulations and advanced Visualization with Modelica

Abstract

In this paper a Modelica library for interactive simulation and advancedvisualization called ExternalDevices is introduced and presented.Providing support for standard input devices like keyboard and joystickas well as for communication via UDP and shared memory, this libraryallows the user to interact with a running simulation and processthe output data of the simulation in other processes capable of UDPconnections. An advanced visualization system replaces the standardDymola visualization and offers additional features like full-screenviewing, transparency and support for flexible bodies.