Opensim-announcement

Download

opensim-announcement@lists.simtk.org

October 2011

1 participants
2 discussions

OpenSim Video and Soccer "Game"
by opensim-announcement＠simtk.org 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

We've created a new video to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the OpenSim project. The short movie describes how and why we simulate movement and demonstrates how modeling is being applied to help plan surgery for children with cerebral palsy. Please check out the video and share it widely with your colleagues, students, family, and friends. Help us make OpenSim "go viral"! http://opensim.stanford.edu/work/index.html The video is featured as part of an exhibit on understanding human movement at The Leonardo, a new art, science, and technology museum in Salt Lake City. The exhibit also has an interactive soccer ball kicking "game", where the real-life player tries to score a goal in OpenSim by adjusting the virtual player's muscle forces. If you are in Salt Lake City, we encourage you to visit the museum: http://www.theleonardo.org/ If you can't make it to Utah, you can download the example from SimTK.org: https://simtk.org/home/soccerkickmodel Best wishes, Jen -- --------------------------------- Jennifer L. Hicks, Ph.D. OpenSim Project Manager Stanford University jenhicks(a)stanford.edu 650-498-4403 http://opensim.stanford.edu ---------------------------------

1 0

OpenSim News: Release of OpenSim 2.4
by opensim-announcement＠simtk.org 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

The OpenSim team at Stanford is excited to announce the release of OpenSim 2.4, a robust and flexible software package for modeling and simulation of the musculoskeletal system. This release includes improvements to functionality, usability, and visualization that will benefit both new users and experts. We encourage you to download<https://simtk.org/project/xml/downloads.xml?group_id=91> the software and review the full list of new features<https://simtk.org/frs/download.php?file_id=2991> . The software has undergone extensive internal unit and system testing as well as external beta testing with walking, running, and upper extremity motion. In addition, we’ve verified that the results of Computed Muscle Control now match or exceed the quality of those achieved in OpenSim version 1.9.1. Some of the new features in version 2.4 include faster and more robust tools for Inverse Dynamics and Inverse Kinematics, new visualization tools, enhanced access for API users, several usability improvements, and several features to help verify your simulation results. OpenSim 2.4 also has tools to convert old model and setup files to the latest formats. We have fixed several bugs and expanded the documentation. The user’s guide has a chapter on conducting an induced acceleration analysis, which is a faster alternative to a perturbation analysis, and a chapter on getting started as an OpenSim API user. If you haven’t yet tried OpenSim or you are using an earlier vision, we encourage you to give 2.4 a spin. In addition to the OpenSim 2.4 software download <https://simtk.org/project/xml/downloads.xml?group_id=91>, we've provided a full list of the software’s new features and bug fixes<https://simtk.org/frs/download.php?file_id=2991>, general notes on upgrading <https://simtk.org/frs/download.php?file_id=2993>, and upgrade details for API users<https://simtk.org/frs/download.php?file_id=2992> . You can find out more about the OpenSim project at http://opensim.stanford.edu. Best wishes, Jen Hicks -- --------------------------------- Jennifer L. Hicks, Ph.D. OpenSim Project Manager Stanford University jenhicks(a)stanford.edu 650-498-4403 http://opensim.stanford.edu ---------------------------------

1 0