Mechanical Simulation

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VehicleSim System Requirements &Software Compatibility
VehicleSim Products•

CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, and SuspensionSim•

Version 2024.3

System Requirements
Operating Systems
CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, and SuspensionSim•Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11 (64-bit), all VS products

CarSim, TruckSim, and BikeSim•Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS (64-bit) (does not support USB dongles)•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 and later versions with extended lifecycle support (64-bit)

HardwareMinimum Hardware Specifications•

Hard Drive: 8 GB free disk space•

Memory: 4 GB RAM•

CPU: 2 GHz Intel® Core or equivalent•Graphic processing unit (GPU): OpenGL 2.1 hardware support with 512 MB video memory(NVIDIA, AMD, or similar)

The software might run on a system with a lower specification, but these numbers represent what weconsider to be the lower bound of acceptable user experience.

Recommended Hardware Specifications•

Hard Drive: 10 GB free disk space•

Memory: 16 GB RAM•

CPU: 2.2 GHz Intel® i5 or equivalent for laptop; 3.0 GHz for desktop
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•GPU: OpenGL 3.0 hardware support, 1 GB video memory (NVIDIA, AMD, or similar)•For a driving simulator, consider a high-end gaming computer

External Software Compatibility
VS Math Models in CarSim, TruckSim, and BikeSim are supported by VS Solver plug-in libraries (32and 64-bit DLL for Windows and 64-bit SO for Linux).
SuspensionSim is only for Windows and is usually not run from external software.

Simulation workspaces•

MATLAB: releases 2018a and later. Running VS Models with 64-bit versions of MATLAB
requires a compatible C compiler.
See https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/supported-compilers.html for moreinformation.
Notes MATLAB versions 2019a through 2020b show a significant performance loss
running VS Models deployed from the VS Browser. Please contact MathWorks
support for additional information. Please use Mechanical Simulation’s Support
Center to attain additional information and a temporary workaround for thisissue. https://www.carsim.com/contactus/support.php•LabVIEW: tested with versions 2015 (32-bit and 64-bit), and 2019 (32-bit). No known issues
for LabVIEW versions back to 8.5 (32-bit only)
Notes For products and versions not listed, please contact Mechanical Simulation for
more information. See also the summery for external tire and powertrain
programs in Table 1 (page 3).

Tire Models
CarSim, TruckSim, and BikeSim work with the following commercial tire models:•Siemens MF-Tyre 2406 on Windows and Linux•

Siemens MF-Swift 2406 (optional license required from Siemens) on Windows and Linux•

Siemens MF-Tyre/MF-Swift 2406 (dSPACE DS1006; dSPACE SCALEXIO/QNX release2017A and up; dSPACE SCALEXIO/LNX 32/64-bit release 2020B and up; andConcurrent/Linux Real-Time 64-bit) for CarSim RT (optional license required from Siemens)•Siemens MF-Tyre/MF-Swift 2406 (dSPACE DS1006 release 2017A and up) for BikeSim RT(optional license required from Siemens)•COSIN FTire 2021-3 and newer version (optional license required from COSIN) onWindows2 / 5

•Fraunhofer CDTire 2023.1.1 for CarSim and TruckSim (optional license required fromFraunhofer ITWN) on Windows 64-bit•Michelin TameTire 5.1 (5.1.5545) and 6.1.2 for CarSim (optional license required fromMichelin) on Windows•Michelin TameTire RT 5.1.0 and 6.1.0 (dSPACE SCALEXIO/QNX release 2017A and up)
for CarSim RT (optional license required from Michelin)

Table 1 summarizes the external tire model options.
Table 1. Summary of system compatibility with external software.
External software

Siemens MF-Tyre/MF-Swift 2406

COSIN FTire (2021-3 and newer version)
Fraunhofer CDTire 2023.1.1
Michelin TameTire (5.1.0/6.1.0/5.1.5545/6.1.2) ** Version 5.1.5545/6.1.2 are Windows only
VI-DriveSim 20.3

Generic third-party tire model interface (VS/STI)VS Math Models support the interface; third-party tiremodels also need to support each platform.

C: CarSim; T: TruckSim; B: BikeSim
MF-Swift, MF-Tyre/Swift on RTs, FTire, CDTire andTameTire require separate licenses.

Platform
Windows 32/64
Linux 64-bit
dSPACE DS1006
Concurrent RT 64-bit
SCALEXIO/QNXSCALEXIO/LNX 32-bit
SCALEXIO/LNX 64-bit
Windows 32/64
Windows 64-bit
Windows 32/64
SCALEXIO/QNX
Concurrent RT 64-bit
Windows 32/64
Linux 64-bit
dSPACE DS1006
Concurrent RT 32/64
SCALEXIO/QNXSCALEXIO/LNX 32-bit
SCALEXIO/LNX 64-bit

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Real-Time Systems
Following are the minimum hardware requirements for each supported RT system. In each case, a realtime license is required in addition to the basic software license.

dSPACEWe support dSPACE DS Board 6.6 and newer.

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SCALEXIO (7.4 – 2024A)
include DS6001

CarSim
2.0 GHz

TruckSim
2.0 GHz

BikeSim
2.0 GHz

2.2 GHz

2.2 GHz

2.2 GHz*For SCALEXIO, we support RTOS: QNX (until dSPACE 2020A), Linux 32bit (dSPACE
2020B to 2021B), and Linux 64bit (dSPACE 2022A and newer).
*DS6001 requires dSPACE Release 2018B and above. There is an additional setting of thenetwork. Please contact our support to get help.

RT-Lab
We support RT-Lab 10.4.x and newer based on documented support from Opal-RT; we have tested
releases 11.3 Linux 32bit and 2021.3.4 Linux 32bit/64bit.
CarSim
2.0 GHz Dual Core

TruckSim
2.4 GHz Dual Core

BikeSim
2.0 GHz Dual Core

National Instruments
For NI ETS Real-Time system, we support and have tested LabVIEW 2015/2016/2017/2018 & VeriStand
2015/2016/2017/2018.
LabVIEW-RT
VeriStandCarSim
2.0 GHz Dual Core
2.0 GHz Dual Core

TruckSim
2.4 GHz Dual Core
2.4 GHz Dual CoreBikeSim
2.0 GHz Dual Core
2.0 GHz Dual CoreFor NI Linux Real-Time system, we support LabVIEW 2015 and newer; we have tested LabVIEW
2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 & VeriStand 2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020. On cRIO/cDAQ RealTime Linux target, “Write all outputs” should not be checked. We have tested the NI Industrial Controller(IC-3173) with Linux RT system and LabVIEW 2016. We support LabVIEW 2019 and above with NILinux Real-Time on PXIe controllers.
BikeSim, CarSim and TruckSim
LabVIEW-RT

cRIO/cDAQ 1.9 GHz CPU and IC-3173 i7 CPU
PXIe-8840 Quad-Core, PXIe-8861 and PXIe-8880

VeriStandcRIO 1.9 GHz CPU
PXIe-8840 Quad-Core, PXIe-8861 and PXIe-8880

NI cRIO with 1.9 GHz CPU is either cRIO-9034 (4 slots) or cRIO-9039 (8 slots). NI cDAQ with 1.9 GHz
CPU is either cDAQ-9136 (4 slots) or cDAQ-9137 (8 slots).

Concurrent Redhawk with SIMulation Workbench (SimWB)
We support Concurrent Redhawk 32bit/64bit Real-Time system, Linux Real-Time system, withSimulation Workbench (SimWB). For 32bit Linux from Redhawk 5.4 with SimWB 6.0 or newer. For
64bit Linux from Redhawk 6.3 with SimWB 7.2 or newer.
CarSim
2.4 GHz Dual Core

TruckSim
2.4 GHz Dual Core4 / 5BikeSim
2.0 GHz Dual Core

Speedgoat
We support Speedgoat QNX 7.1/64bit Real-Time system with version MATLAB/Speedgoat R2021a andnewer.
BikeSim, CarSim and TruckSim
Speedgoat Hardware: Performance or Mobile with Intel i7 CPU.

A&D
We support A&D hardware and the following software.
AD5436AD5445
VirtualDSPConsole
Helios01.04.00 and up
02.07.00 and up
03.03 and up
02.05.03 and up

CANoe
We support the CANoe Vector Tool Platform (VTP) devices which include VN8900, VT6000, and RT
Rack to run both Interface and Distributed Mode. We have tested CANoe 17 and 18 on VN8914.
Currently, Extended Real Time (ERT) and Standalone Mode are not supported. Multiple S-Function
wrappers, parallel solvers for VS Math Models, and external tire models are not supported on CANoe RTeither.

Note

Mechanical Simulation has tested CarSim, TruckSim, and BikeSim on someversions of each supported RT system, but not all combinations. For more details
about specific combinations, please contact us by creating an Engineering
Support request at https://www.carsim.com/contactus/support.php or by calling734-668-2930 and requesting Engineering Support assistance. Please have yourLicense number (i.e., KeyID, as in K123456) available.

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