Spatial offers technology-leading and fully-variational constraint-solver solutions for a wide-range of design and engineering applications. The General Geometric Constraint Manager (GGCM), developed by ALS Geometric Software, SA (ALS), is intended for engineering applications such as direct/inverse kinematics for robotics applications and equilibrium analyses. GGCM solutions are used extensively by robotics and industrial machine companies for a wide-range of aerospace, automotive and industrial applications.
GGCM Enables:
- Direct kinematics - calculation of paths traced by complex mechanisms such as multi-axis robots in 3D space
- Inverse kinematics and collision avoidance - determination of the motions necessary by complex mechanisms to trace pre-defined paths and avoid obstacles in 3D space
- Engineering analyses of mechanisms - simulation of equilibrium conditions and calculation of resulting forces/moments
Key Features of GGCM:
- Unique solver technology efficiently solves non-separable, large and complex 2D/3D configurations
- Comprehensive built-in geometry objects plus dimensional and logical constraints
- Extensible built-in constraints through user-defined expressions such as algebraic equalities and inequalities
- Update, interactive dragging, simulation and continuous/discrete solver modes
- Application control over solver behavior for under-constrained configurations and smooth dragging of complex mechanisms
- C/C++ APIs for easy integration in new or existing applications
- Diagnostic tools to aid quick resolution of errors in the system of constraints
