Objective: Discuss the components that make up mechanical models and how to define them in Simscape Multibody.

• Terminology
• Solids
• Coordinate frames
• Joints
• Visualization

Objective: Create custom and complex rigid bodies, and parameterize parts for reusable Simscape Multibody models.

• Defining geometries
• Creating compound bodies
• Specifying body interfaces
• Parameterizing bodies for reuse

Objective: Define and configure kinematics of a multibody machine in Simscape Multibody.

• Reusing existing components
• Specifying degrees of freedom
• Sensing and logging simulation results
• Adding stiffness and damping to joints
• Setting initial conditions
• Guiding and verifying an assembled mechanism

Objective: Import existing parts and mechanisms from CAD platforms into Simscape Multibody.

• Visualizing bodies with CAD geometries
• Identifying the different CAD import workflows
• Exporting from CAD software
• Importing into Simscape Multibody
• Features captured by Simscape Multibody Link

Objective: Illustrate the ways that Simscape Multibody blocks can interact with Simscape and Simulink blocks.

• Adding a combustion model using Simscape
• Actuating the piston head
• Sensing constraint forces on joints
• Adding a control system for throttle
• Creating a multidomain physical model