Vortex for Vega Prime is a flexible platform for simulating land-based vehicles or machines with real-world attributes. The comprehensive feature set includes rigid-body dynamics, a comprehensive joint library with motors and limits, accurate collision detection, and vehicle dynamics.  Applications developers can create gears, motors, suspension models, hydraulics, wheels, tracks, and other components that, when assembled, result in a vehicle or machine that moves and behaves correctly.  In addition, developers are able to add physics to all the objects in a scene for a truly interactive simulation with no restrictions on behavior.

Tightly integrated with Vega Prime, Vortex for Vega Prime includes a LynX Prime™ interface that significantly reduces programming effort; many of the physical parameters can easily be constructed using drop down menus.  A preview window with keyboard support can be used for application testing and optimization and further facilitates design iteration and delivery. 

Optimized for demanding, industrial applications, Vortex for Vega Prime strikes a balance between fidelity and speed. The general toolset makes Vortex for Vega Prime a flexible platform for multiple simulator development and has been deployed in real-time simulations used for operator training, product design, usability testing, and path planning for unmanned vehicles.

Features

• LynX Prime interface with easy to follow menus for adding physics attributes.
  
• Preview capability and keyboard control in LynX Prime viewer speeds up design, testing, and optimization.
• Rich joint library, including ball-and-socket, hinge, and prismatic.
• Connect joints in series for unlimited DOF.
• Motorize joints or set constraint limits ,such as damping or restitution.
• Stable handling of closed kinematic loops.
• Comprehensive vehicle dynamics, including torque, gears, suspension models, and wheel traction.
• Fast and accurate collision detection with minimal CPU overhead.
• Support for a large number of collision types, including geometric primitives, composite objects, planes, or height field.
• Collision sensors enable you to initiate events at tthe time of collision and separation.
• Accurate collision response for large numbers of simulated objects with real-time performance.
• Double precision computation for maximum fidelity.
• Graphical and physical properties are automatically synchronized during runtime.

• Proven in over 80 defense and commercial applications.
• LynX Prime interface minimizes programming effort.
• Helps to accelerate development schedules and to minimize risk.
• Flexible development platform for multiple simulator deployment.