Dymola is a physical modelling and simulation tool, used for model based design of complex systems.
Dymola uses the Modelica modelling language to define models and provides the user with open access to the language. This means that you are free to create your own model libraries or extend from the existing Modelica libraries to accelerate development times, reduce maintenance efforts and improve the level of reuse across projects.
A portfolio of multi-domain libraries covering the mechanical, electrical, control, thermal, pneumatic, hydraulic, powertrain, thermodynamics, vehicle dynamics, air-conditioning domains can be coupled together to form a single complete model of the system. Dymola is used by companies operating in many industries including automotive, aerospace, architecture, motorsport, energy and high tech.
Dymola supports the FMI Standard for the import and export of models. It supports FMI 1.0 and 2.0 for both model exchange and co-simulation. In addition, Dymola supports real-time simulation on a wide range of HiL platforms.
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Tech Blog
How to build a simulation model – and brew an espresso using a Moka pot
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Steam Powered Aircraft Catapult
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How to Move Dymola to a New PC
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License Server Setup
Setting up software licensing mechanisms sometimes feels like the biggest source of frustration in my life. (I’m only halfway joking…) With that said, we at Claytex attempt to minimize this pain. As you likely realize, software licensing is one of the necessary evils in the life of a commercial...
MultiRun – what do the outputs look like?
Previously on the Claytex Tech blog, we introduced the MultiRun tool, and ran through how to get the tool set up and running. Based on a similar concept to the Regression Tool, MultiRun supports the automated parallelised running of Dymola models on a machine. What this means is that...
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Demo Download
A demonstration version of Dymola is available for download. It gives you access to the core functionality of Dymola and the ability to build and simulate simple Modelica models but it doesn’t include access to any of the optional features or Modelica libraries. Full on-line documentation is available from within Dymola and contains a Getting Started guide and Reference Manuals.
There are some restrictions in the demo version and these can be overcome by applying for an evaluation license:
- Complex models cannot be simulated
- Only one external function call is allowed
The demo version can be downloaded using the button below and completing the online form.
The following documents are also available for download:
Any questions or queries, or if you’d like to apply for an evaluation license, please get in touch.