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Applus+ Idiada, a Spanish company providing design, test and engineering services for the automotive industry, has expanded its virtual development capabilities with two compact simulators to run alongside its VI-rated DiM250 (Drive in Motion) software.

This application tool is said to enable virtual testing in areas such as chassis development, vehicle dynamics, ADAS, autonomous driving and human factors applications.

Through synergy between physical and virtual testing, Idiada can use public road data files and high-resolution graphics to create and correlate models using its own tracks.
“Driving simulators are a key facility for chassis and vehicle dynamics development projects, as they link virtual and real activities,” said Roger Mateu, NVH lead at Applus+ Idiada.

Alessio Lombardi, Head of Sales for Class VI in Southern Europe, also said: “Driving simulators are an essential tool for the development and testing of new vehicles. The accuracy of the virtual vehicle models, the precision of the movements of the motion platform and the availability of rendered tracks have reached unprecedented levels of accuracy. CAE engineers are now able to interact with test drivers and “We can build the first prototype together and make important decisions before it even hits the track for the first time,” he explained.

Idiada chose the DiM250 Dynamic Driving Simulator to bridge the gap between testing and simulation, providing a multidisciplinary laboratory to help customers develop cars faster and better, and find the best trade-offs between different vehicle objectives.

The key feature of the new simulation lab is the dynamic DiM250 simulator, which can generate longitudinal, lateral and rotational acceleration forces of up to 2.5 g, is characterized by very low latency and high frequency, and reproduces a wide range of vehicle dynamics manoeuvres and complex driving situations.

The DiM250 is complemented by a compact driving simulator that shares the same main features except for the motion system.