Interface for MATLAB allows data import and management.October 26, 2010 -
Test and analysis engineers using IMAT(TM) v3.2.0 can import FEA simulation and measured test data into MATLAB environment. License commuting feature lets users check out and take licenses off network as well as take their computer into field, while NASTRAN Output2 SORT2 format support enables storage of data as function within MATLAB. Program offers multiple GUI features and functions as well as ability to cycle through shapes in animation to display transient data.
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ATA Engineering, Inc.
11995 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, CA, 92130
USA
ATA Announces IMAT Version 3.2.0
ATA Engineering, Inc., (ATA) yesterday announced the release of version 3.2.0 of the IMAT(TM) (Interface between MATLAB®, Analysis, and Test) family of software products. IMAT v3.2.0 has several new capabilities, along with many customer-driven enhancements.
NEW CAPABILITIES:
License Commuting
Check out and take licenses off network.
Allows you to take your computer into the field.
NASTRAN Output2 SORT2 format supported
Read SORT2-formatted results from OP2 files.
Store data as a function within MATLAB.
Function and shape plotting enhancements
Cycle through shapes in an animation to display transient data.
Format function plot styles interactively through a graphical interface.
Committed to providing new IMAT releases in conjunction with new MATLAB releases, ATA Engineering has designed IMAT v3.2.0 to work with MATLAB R2010b, as well as with previous releases R2010a, R2009b, R2009a, R2008b, and R2008a.
IMAT is a MATLAB interface designed for test and analysis engineers who work with large engineering data sets. IMAT provides a framework for easily importing finite element analysis (FEA) simulation data from Femap, Nastran, I-deas, and ABAQUS, and measured test data into the MATLAB environment to leverage MATLAB's versatile programming, mathematical, and graphical strengths. ATA has spent over a decade expanding the methods built into IMAT to make IMAT an efficient and robust interface between MATLAB and your data. ATA is continually improving IMAT based upon customer feedback and recommendations as well as ATA's growing needs for added functionality. IMAT v3.2.0 has several new capabilities, along with many customer-driven enhancements.
OTHER ENHANCEMENTS IN IMAT v3.2.0:
The genetic algorithm (GA) in IMAT+Modal now provides users with an accelerometer selection form that allows the user to interactively adjust the GA-selected degrees of freedom (DOF) to examine the effects on the test/analysis model's cost as well as on any other result metric. We have also added the ability to rank degrees of freedom based on their importance.
Our Alias-Free Polyreference (AFPoly) curve-fitting GUI has been improved to include a number of new capabilities for plotting and documenting test data. For more convenient plotting, an option for fixed- or auto-scaling y-limits when plotting frequency response functions (FRFs) has been added. For faster postprocessing we have added default axes panning options and the ability to pick poles directly from the "Poles" module.
Similar improvements have been made to our signal processing frequency response function (SPFRF) GUI, as shown below. Users can now set the time range to axis limits, and clear lower and upper frequencies to axis limits from the right-click context menu. Users can now also easily pan through plots and set default panning, legend orientation, and location options.
For more information please visit http://www.ata-e.com/software/imat.
About ATA Engineering
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., with offices in Herndon, Va., Los Angeles, Calif., and Denver, Colo., ATA Engineering, Inc., is a high-value provider of analysis- and test-driven design solutions for structural, mechanical, electromechanical, and aerospace products. ATA's staff has been providing advanced test and analysis solutions to manufacturers of highly engineered products for more than thirty years. In particular, ATA is widely recognized as a leading provider of structural dynamics, thermal design, modal test, vibro-acoustics, and test-analysis correlation services to the aerospace community. For more information visit ATA's web site at www.ata-e.com.
Web Site: http://www.ata-e.com/
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