Training can provide support for complete novices or experienced users. We’ll help you get more from your use of Dymola and Modelica - whether that means doing more or doing more in a shorter timescale.  Claytex can offer a wide range of Dymola training and Modelica training courses including the standard courses described below.  If you have specific requirements, we’re happy to create a bespoke training programme for you and your engineers.

Introduction to Dymola

This course is targeted at people who haven’t used Dymola before.  The aim is to demonstrate through examples how Dymola can be used to build models graphically and to carry out simulation and analysis of these models.  The topics covered on this one-day course are:

• Overview of Dymola and Modelica
• Modelling in Dymola
• The Modelica Standard Libraries
• Simulation and Analysis
• Model linearisation
• Dymola scripting language
• Animation
• Dymola-Simulink Interface

Introduction to Modelica

This course is targeted at people who haven’t done any modelling in Modelica before.  A basic knowledge of Dymola is expected.  The aim is to demonstrate through examples how to approach model development in Modelica and provide an introduction to the Modelica language structure and syntax. The topics covered on this one-day course are:

• Modelica Fundamentals
• Object Oriented modelling
• Model development in Modelica
• Basic Modelica Syntax
• Modelica Operators
• Equations and Algorithms
• Discrete equations

Advanced Modelica

This course is targeted at people who have some experience of modelling in Modelica and typically they will have completed our Introduction to Modelica course.  A knowledge of Dymola is also expected.  The aim is to demonstrate through examples how some of the more advanced features of the Modelica language work.  The topics covered on this one-day course are:

• Functions
• External Functions
• Modelling physical fields
• Replaceable components and packages
• Signal Bus Structures
• Conditional Instantiation
• Annotations
• Best practice model structure

Vehicle Dynamics for Motorsport

This course is targeted at people who have some experience of modelling in Dymola and Modelica and typically they will have completed our Introduction to Dymola and Modelica course.  The aim is to demonstrate through examples the work flow and capabilities of the Vehicle Dynamics and VDLMotorsports libraries.  The topics covered on this two-day course are:

• Vehicle model architecture
• Defining a suspension system and rocker arrangement
• Working with setup data
• Tire models
• Running setup experiments to determine the required adjustments
• Running steady state initialisation experiments
• Running full vehicle dynamic tests