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Opening a Full-Vehicle Assembly

Using Adams Car, you can group several subsystems and a test rig into an assembly. This grouping simplifies the opening and saving of subsystems.

In this section, you open an assembly that references the subsystems and test rig for the full vehicle that you are going to analyze. The assembly we’ve provided for you references the subsystems that Adams Car requires to perform steering maneuvers, acceleration maneuvers, and so on. Full-vehicle assemblies reference the following subsystems:

■Front/rear suspensions

■Steering subsystem

■Powertrain

■Brake subsystem

■Front/rear tires

■Rigid chassis

By default, Adams Car includes a vehicle test rig in the assembly.

To open an assembly:

1. Start Adams Car Standard Interface as described in Starting Adams Car Standard Interface.

2. From the File menu, point to Open, and then select Assembly.

Tip:	For information on any dialog box, press F1 when the dialog box is active.

3. Right-click the Assembly Name text box, point to Search, and then select the acar_shared database.

4. Double-click MDI_Demo_Vehicle.asy.

5. Select OK.

The Message Window appears, informing you that Adams Car is opening the assembly.

6. When Adams Car is done loading the assembly, select Close.

Adams Car displays the full-vehicle assembly.