Good Afternoon All!

re: Wolfram Research Announces New LinkageDesigner Application for Mechanical 
Design with Mathematica.....reviewer WANTED by MSOR Connections newsletter

Anyone with an interest in modelling mechanisms may wish to review Wolfram's 
recently announced LinkageDesigner.  More info at:

http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/linkagedesigner

or via our TechWatch pages at:

http://mathstore.gla.ac.uk/news/techwatch.asp

If anyone would like to review this package from a teaching perspective and write a 
review for the MSOR Connections newsletter, please let me know by return email and I 
will arrange a review copy to be sent to you.

Thanks in advance..............Robert S



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Date sent:      	Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:42:15 -0500
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Subject:        	Wolfram Research Announces New LinkageDesigner Application for Mechanical Design with Mathematica

Wolfram Research is pleased to announce the release of 
LinkageDesigner, a new application package for virtual 
prototyping of linkages with Mathematica. LinkageDesigner 
provides an environment for modeling simple or complex mechanisms 
with minimal effort. Its complete integration with the 
Mathematica technical computing system allows engineers to 
perform more sophisticated and extensive analyses than are 
possible with other mechanism prototyping software.

For further details, see the announcement below or visit: 


For a demonstration or to request a copy for review, contact me 
at +44(0)1993-883400 ext. 5024.

I look forward to speaking to you.

Kind regards,

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Catherine Kimmer
Marketing Executive
Wolfram Research Europe Ltd.
+44(0)1993-883400 ext. 5024
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Wolfram Research Announces New LinkageDesigner Application for 
Mechanical Design with Mathematica

Oxford, United Kingdom-18 October 2005-Wolfram Research is 
pleased to announce the availability of LinkageDesigner, a new 
application package for virtual prototyping of linkages with 
Mathematica. LinkageDesigner provides an environment for modeling 
simple or complex mechanisms with minimal effort. Its complete 
integration with the Mathematica technical computing system 
allows engineers to perform more sophisticated and extensive 
analyses than are possible with other mechanism prototyping 
software.

LinkageDesigner was developed for parametrized mechanism 
modeling, the starting point for solving many design problems 
such as synthesis, path-planning, and mechanism corrections. It 
enables users to analyze, synthesize, and simulate linkages with 
serial chain, tree, and graph structures. Mathematica's symbolic 
calculation capabilities open the door to time-saving algebraic 
optimization and problem-solving methods for computer-aided 
mechanism design and CAD-CAM-CNC integration.

Features of LinkageDesigner include:

* Automatic generation of nonredundant loop-closing equations for 
single and multiple loops

* Detection of non-feasible and lock-up mechanisms while defining 
the model

* Parametrized linkage definitions for identical treatment of 2D 
and 3D mechanisms

* New flexible and user-extensible LinkageData data type for 
storage of all information associated with a mechanism

* Easy copying of LinkageData objects between mechanisms

* Calculation of translational velocity, angular velocity, and 
higher-order derivatives of any links in the linkage in closed 
form

* Visualization and animation of linkages in Mathematica 
notebooks

* Export to Dynamic Visualizer, LiveGraphics3D, or VRML97

LinkageDesigner comes with full electronic documentation in both 
PDF and Mathematica Help Browser formats. A Quick Tour provides 
an overview of the package's features to help new users get 
started quickly and easily, while detailed explanations provide a 
helpful reference to topics covered in a standard textbook on 
multibody kinematics.

Developed and supported by Dr. Gábor Erdos, a senior research 
associate in the Computer and Automation Research Institute of 
the Hungarian Academy of Science, LinkageDesigner is available 
for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms, and is designed for 
use with Mathematica 5.0 or higher.

More information is available on the LinkageDesigner website at:
http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/linkagedesigner

Wolfram Research is the world's leading developer of 
computational software for science and technology, offering 
organization-wide computing solutions. Led by Mathematica, its 
flagship product, the company's software is relied on today by 
several million enthusiastic users around the world and has been 
the recipient of many industry awards. Wolfram Research was 
founded in 1987 by Stephen Wolfram, who continues to lead the 
company today. The company is headquartered in the United States, 
with offices in Europe and Japan. Go to www.wolfram.com for more 
information about Wolfram Research and its products.

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registered trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc. LinkageDesigner is 
a trademark of Bit-Plié 2003 Bt. Mac OS is a registered trademark 
of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of 
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. 
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 
Mathematica is not associated with Mathematica Policy Research, 
Inc. or MathTech, Inc.
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