README CAVA Version 1.17.1
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This file contains the most important modifications of CAVA for the Release versions.
(update: December 2010)
Modifications in 1.17.1:
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- TCACAVADictionary.xml has been adapted to the latest feature attributes
- Modifications for configuration files:
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OVA Module:
- BaseData.xml:
- - Added new loading "Empty weight USA/CDN + 136Kg"
Loading is used for Side Impact (FMVSS 214) and Minimum Radius (FMVSS201)
- New file for new feature "Side Impact" in Default folder: SideImpact.xml
- - Containing Standards for vehicle to pole test, movable deformable barrier
and door crush resistance
- New file for new feature "Side Impact" in Customer folder: SideImpact.xml.AliasExample
- - Example how to define an alias name for the standard
- - Need to be renamed to 'SideImpact.xml', if it should be used
- CrashBarriers.xml:
- - New attributes to drive the multidomain shape visualization
- - useMulitDomainShape
- - multiDomainEdit
- - CoveringThickness
- - Corrected shape of IIHS barrier (height of shape)
Safety Module:
- MinimumRadius.xml:
- - New Standard "FMVSS201"
- - New attributes "excludedAreaType" and "eaBodySideOffset"
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Underfloor Complete":
- - Added free mode to select different standards for the single clearance checks
- Feature "Crash Barriers":
- - Added option to visualize the bumper barrier, enery absorber and covering as separate
geometry elements for IIHS and RCAR standards.
Ability to use this option is driven by a tag inside the CrashBarriers.xml configuration file
- New Feature "Side Impact"
- - Including checks for:
- - Vehicle-to-pole test (FMVSS 214, Euro NCAP)
- - Moving deformable barrier (FMVSS 214, Euro NCAP, IIHS )
- - Door Crush Resistance (FMVSS 214)
Vision Module:
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - Added option to show vision cones (Lenght of cone can be optionally defined by a specific length value
or from eye points to target)
- - Added option to visualize binocular calculation
- - Added option to use several eye points
- - Added functionality to do dynamic raytracing
- Feature "General Mirror":
- - Added option to display the boundary curves of the resulting pictures
- - Added option to use only direct / indirect or direct & indirect calculation / Visualization
- - Added option to show vision cones from eye to mirror, mirror to target or
eye to mirror to target (if target is defiened)
Safety Module:
- Feature "Minimum Radius":
- - Added new check according to standard FMVSS 201
- Error fixed:
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General:
- Correct naming of exported CAVA geometry in the spec tree for some features.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Minimum Radius":
- - Improved generation of head impact zone. Output was different depending on start point definition
due to different segmentation steps.
- - Improved test if a point is above level of instrument panel or not
(In some cases points were marked as below level of instrument panel but they were not)
Modifications in 1.16.1:
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- Modifications for configuration files:
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- basedata.dtd
- - New attribute for "body_width" added
- TCACAVADictionary.xml has been adapted to the latest feature attributes
OVA Module:
- New file for new feature "Lamp Visibility": LampVisibility.xml
- BaseData.xml:
- - Provides new attribute "body_width" to set the default value of the added parameter "W116".
Note: If value is not set, W116 will be set to 0 when creating a Base Data feature.
Current configuration does not set the value, modification in xml file is only for documentation
- CrashBarriers.xml
- - New attribute FreeCarWidth added to the category element
Used for standard "IIHS (2009) overlap" to allow usage of width independent on W103
Manikin Module:
- EyePoints.xml:
- - Two new standards for Plan View feature have been added.
Single eye point 635mm above SRP and 635mm / 68mm rear SRP
Vision Module:
- New file for new feature "Plan View": PlanView.xml
- FieldsOfView.xml:
- - New attribute "useW116" added to category element.
Used for standards for FMVSS and CMVSS (103 & 104) and ADR 16
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml:
- - New attribute "allowLimitByBRC" added to "bonnetTop"->"rear" element
to allow to define Bonnet Top limit by Bonnet Rear Curve.
Used for European and Japanese standard (not for EuorNCAP)
- Customer/PedestrianProtection.xml:
- - New definition of colors for WAD curves. Previous attributes wrapAround1Color etc.
are replaced by a list "wrapAroundColors".
Note: If this functionality is used, it requires a modification of the xml file!
By default, the xml file contains only an example which is not active.
- General enhancements:
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- Feature "Base Data":
- - New attribute "W116" to be used for specific standards in "Fields of View"
- - For each loading the track value for front and rear is calculated and displayed in
user interface and specification tree
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- New feature "Lamp Visibility":
- - New feature to check the visibility of the lamp position in mode light switched off
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- - Icon for status is shown for each lamp type in spec tree and GUI
- - Option to use several surfaces to define a lamp type
- Feature "Crash Barriers":
- - New option to allow usage of a car width independent on W103 if requested by standard.
This option is enabled for "IIHS (2009) overlap"
- - Improvements for layout of user interface
- Feature "Seating Belts"
- - The values for "Upper and Lower S" are not longer overwritten when changing the standard
Vision Module:
- New feature "Plan View":
- - New feature to check the plan view (GCIE view)
- Feature "Fields of view":
- - The standards for US and CDN (103 & 104) as well as ADR 16 are linked to W116 instead of W103.
In case W116 is not defined in Base Data feature, W103 will be used. User Interface shows which
value is used
- Feature "Mirror":
- - For the standards using eye ellipses the used eye points (original position and rotated) are
visualized and shown in the specification tree
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - Improvements for the user interface
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - WAD3 curve can be created on windshield, even if the Adults Head Area is restricted to the BRC
- - Status in case of problems is shown in the list for each curve in the user interface. A small
exclamation mark is shown in case of problems.
- - In "tools options" it is possible to define the default color for more than 3 WAD curves
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection Offset":
- - The feature allows to define an "Active engine hood" and calculate the distances towards the
moved (by axis - axis) surfaces
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - New options to define the starting position. Useful to map angles with the kinematic design values
- Error fixed:
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General:
- During usage of the CAVA report functionality with "Capture" the system was crashing on specific machines.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "2D Manikin Template":
- - Using "free mode" it is possible to modify also the torso angle
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - When using the mirror defined by a V5 surface the instruction field was not always displayed. This happens
for the "new" European standards on the wall 4m behind the car
- - In case of using the "free targetsurface" by selecting a given V5 surface as target in some cases the
blocking calculation was wrong.
Note: this did only occur for the free target. The standard calculation on road or wall was ok
Safety Module:
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - Fixed naming problems for parameter names in the report of Head Impact feature
- Feature "Safety Radius" and "Minimum Radius":
- - The accuracy for calculating the unreachable points has been improved.
Modifications in 1.15.1:
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- Modifications for configuration files:
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- TCACAVADictionary.xml has been adopted to the latest feature attributes
OVA Module:
- LampPosition.xml
- - new keywords for new functionality
- - Standards "ECE ECE R48 rev.04", "China GB 4785-1998", "India AIS-008/2001" and "Taiwan MOTC 2004"
have been added
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml
- - New element added to define the type of the connection between Bonnet Top Rear Curve (BRC)
and Bonnet Top Side Curve (BSC)
- - Standard "Japan (2005)" uses the Japanese algorithm to connect BRC and BSC
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- - New possibility to check the lamp position according to selected geometry for the different lamp types.
Vision Module:
- New Feature "General Mirror":
- - Allow general mirror investigations not linked to rear view mirrors, e.g. mirroring of elements in screen etc.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection"
- - New option to visualize each EuroNCAP field (Bonnet top split) as separate CAVA / V5 geometry.
- - Added Japanese algorithm to connect Bonnet Rear Curve with Bonnet Side Curve (for standard "Japan (2005)")
General:
- Feature "Silhouette":
- - New naming for the filling surface in navigation tree. "Fill Surface" is used instead of "Invisible area".
- Error fixed:
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Manikin Module:
- Feature "2D Manikin Template":
- - Keep feature link to CAVA geometry when using projection of 3D geometry inside a sketch.
- - Customizing in Free Mode is now possible for Torso Angle.
- - Parameter links in definition fields now stay kept after closing the dialog.
Modifications in 1.14.2:
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- Error fixed:
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Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - If an element is visible in the mirror, but has no "picture" on the target plane, the surfacic
representation of the visible area on the target plane was not displayed.
Modifications in 1.14.1:
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- Modifications for configuration files:
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OVA Module:
- Bumpers.xml
- - Added new attributes for US/Canadian shape of pendulum: RenderSideRadius and RenderBottomRadius
- ChildProtection.xml
- - Added new standard "ECE-R 14"
- - Added version of all standards using "Vehicle grid parallel"
- CrashBarriers.xml
- - Added new shape "IIHS 2009"
- - Added new standard "IIHS (2009) centric"
- - Added new standard "IIHS (2009) overlap"
- SeatingBelts.xml
- - Added new attributes MinPQDistFrontAndOuterRear, MinPQDistMiddleRear, MinQPlaneDist and MinPPlaneDist
to limit the distance of the buckle (L2) and end fitting (L1) in y-direction for standard ECE-R14
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml
- - New option to define more than 3 WrapAround curves
- - New attributes for element 'curve'
- - alias -> allows to define an alias name for a WrapAround curve
(e.g )
- - free -> allows to edit the WrapAround length (in 'Details' dialog)
- 2009/78/EG Phase 2: Bonnet side Offset value changed from 165mm to 82.5mm
- Euro NCAP V5.0: Added Wrap Around Distance 1700mm (WAD 1700)
- Added alias names for all Wrap Around curves in all standards (e.g. WAD 2100)
- General enhancements:
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- New license "CAVA Tools":
- - Specifc license for the silhouette feature.
(Until version 1.14.1 the silhouette feature was only available with license "CAVA-ALL")
- Improvement of geometry selection in 3D:
- - There was a problem with the geometry selection when selecting e.g. cylinder surface geometry
(e.g. for the OVA Checks) in 3D workspace. The surface could only be selected in specification tree.
If the geometry was selected in 3D, only the axis of the cylinder was selected.
Now, proper geometry can also be selected in 3D.
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - Default values for color of loading planes can now be defined in the 'Tools/Options' menue
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - Visualization of auxiliary lines from the Seat travel lines to the generated fields
of the seating belt anchorage points.
- - Max. and Min. distance in y-direction for the buckle (L2) and end fitting (L1) fields.
- - Added "Free" mode option to GUI
- Feature "Bumper Pendulum"
- - Option to define a specific color to each single pendulum in the Bumper GUI
- - Default color of each single pendulum can also be defined in the 'Tools/Options' menue
- Feature "Crash Barriers"
- - Added new shape for IIHS 2009 standard
(Attention: 15% overlap is currently calculated from max. vehicle width as defined for RCAR 2006)
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour"
- - Option to visualize the translated profile at contact point also as a surface.
- - Values in the "Required" tab card are now editable also in non 'Free' mode.
(This can be controlled by the key word "read_only" in the configuration file)
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - Optimized calculation time, specificly for the general surface.
- - New parameters were added to navigation tree (e.g. initial angles, aspherical parameters
(if used) and the current rotation parameters)
- - New option in GUI to create a mirror glasss surface from specified contour and radius parameters.
(Creates a CAVA surface feature, representing the current size and position of the surface.)
- Feature "3D Direct View"
- - The accuracy of calculation has been improved.
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Double Image"):
- - Option 'Rays start from inside' has been moved to tab card 'Windshield' and renamed to 'Direction'.
To consider also rear shields for the check, the rays' direction is now defined by
positive (+X) or negative (-X) x-direction.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - Additional input fields in the driving device tab card to define the exact starting position.
- Standard Wiper: one additional line or rotation angle
- Trapezoid wiper: Two additional axes (or points)
- - Option to create origin points of the Folding Axis and Blade Axis systems as V5 points
and show them in the navigation tree.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection"
- - An error message comes up when there is no intersection between Wrap Around and Bonnet Side curve.
- - GUI has changed to allow a non fixed number of Wrap Around curves.
Also the value can be defined as editable by a key word in the configuration file.
- Feature "Safety Radius":
- - New (optional) "Separation surface" to calculate only points that reside on one side/direction
of this surface. The direction can be defined in the user dialog.
- Feature "Minimum Radius":
- - The visibility of the calculated points of the head impact area can now be set from inside the GUI
- Error fixed:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data"
- - In some cases it was not possible to deactivate seat's reference points,
even if the reference points were not used in any linked CAVA feature.
- - Useless update of CAVA Vision features when Base Data GUI is opened and closed.
- - Lost link to H-Point-Travel and Back Angle of a passenger seat, if values have changed.
- Feature "Bumper":
- - For positioning the shifted pendulum the proper contact point of the rotated pendulum is now
used insted of internal calculated point.
- - Improved Canadian/US pendulum shape.
- Feature "Seating Belts"
- - Feature was not updated when back angle of the linked seat has changed.
- Feature "Child Protection"
- - Feature was not updated when back angle of the linked seat has changed.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - Inside Mirror according to (FMVSS 111) - Point 'Z' was internally created on wrong position
- Feature "3D Direct View"
- - Improved output of the visualization on selected surface
Depending on the settings, there could have been areas on the selected surface, which were
invisible but not part of the 3DDV output.
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Double Image"):
- - If the windscreen thickness is defined by a negative value (to define the offset direction of
the internal cretead surface), then this value will be used as a positive one to avoid negative
calculation results for the distortion angle.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour"
- - Improved backward compatibility for models containing features from older versions (e.g. 1.12.4)
due to changed handling of seat point references.
- Seat point position has allways been put to 'Driver'.
- Shape of the ellipse has changed after adopting seat point coordinates.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - On specific machines it could happen, that the message "Do you want to reset standard data" appeared, even
if there was no change of the standards in the configuration
- - Wrong Bonnet Top result for Euro NCAP calculation, when using only one half side of the vehicle
Modifications in 1.13.3:
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- Modifications for configuration files:
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- TCACAVADictionary.xml has been adopted to the latest feature attributes
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml
- - New standard added "Euro NCAP V5.0"
- General enhancement:
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- Solid usage:
- - The Solid features can now be selected by using the whole PartBody (or Body). Before it was necessary
to select the last Solid feature in the tree
- Base Data Feature:
- - The car category can now be driven by V5 parameters (or design table)
- CAVA Force Update command:
- - the command allows now also multiselection and scans the geometrical sets recursively
- CAVA Export command:
- - The geometry represented by a closed volume is now created as a pure surface
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Inner Angle":
- - The naming of the angle parameter has been adapted to latest GCIE
Safety Module:
- Feature "Safety Radius":
- - The points on sharp edges are reported separately in the summary
- Feature "Minimum Radius":
- - Improved behaviour of the User Interface to do not allow the OK, if relevant input is missing
- Error fixed:
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General:
- Usage in Product context:
- - The handling in case the CATPart containing the Base Data is replaced by interactive V5 has been corrected.
Note: requires to call the update of the Part 2 times (during first update, no time consuming calculation is performed).
- Feature "Base Data":
- - Problem with useless V5 relations fixed in Base Data feature (was also fixed in parallel 1.12.7)
- Feature using eye ellipses or extended eye points
- - In version 1.13.1 / 2 old feature of this type thrown an error message "Seat not defined"
OVA Module:
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- - In former versions the feature was always rebuild (computed) when the User Interface was opened
- - On specific machines it could happen, that the message "Do you want to reset standard data" appeared, even
if there was no change of the standards in the configuration
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - The check of the "rear line" (mid of the rear wheel) was not performed in version 1.13.1 / 2
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - For the option "on selected surface" the setting for visualize the blocking elements was not used
- - The option “Visualize aspherical border” was depending on the setting for "Cut Elements On Mirror By Contour”
Safety Module:
- Feature "Safety Radius":
- - Improved algorithm to detect the gaps of grille elements
- Feature "Minimum Radius":
- - The feature was not updated properly, when the input Base Data was replaced
- - Crash on HP platform during calculation of steering wheel silhouette has been fixed
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - If during calculation a big gap is detected, a warning is thrown
Modifications in 1.13.2:
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- Error fixed:
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- License mechanism based on 4.6.8.13
Modifications in 1.13.1:
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- Modifications for configuration files:
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- The headers of the xml files containing the xml schema have been updated
- TCACAVADictionary.xml has been adopted to the latest feature attributes
OVA Module:
- CrashBarriers.xml
- - Error fixed: the height of the RCAR 2006 barrier has been corrected
- SeatingBelts.xml
- - Added standards using the "Vehicle grid parallel" loading for "ECE ECE-R14" and "USA FMVSS 210"
Manikin Module:
- EyePoints.xml
- - Add new optional keyword dxfix - shift in X direction for fixed seat
Vision Module:
- Mirror.xml
- - New structure used to allow defining planar, spherical or free target surface
- - New standards "EG 2003/97/EG Att.7" and "EG 2003/97/EG Att.7 (Wall)" use eye point standard
"ECE / EWG (EG 2003/97 EG Att.7)" to consider also a fixed seat back angle
- - Correct the used loading for standard "ECE ECE-R 46 rev.02 *" to "Empty weight EG + co-driver"
- Customer/Vision/Mirror.xml.example
- - Example for the new options -> to use, please rename to Mirror.xml
Safety Module:
- New file for the new feature "Minimum Radius"
- SafetyRadius.xml:
- - Added keywords to handle grille elements
- PedestrianProtection.xml
- - Modified / new standard added:
- - "2009/78/EG Phase 1" and "2009/78/EG Phase 2"
=> "old" ones have been renamed
=> WAD2 length for phase 2 modified to 1700mm
=> "old" standard names kept for compability reasons. Use the priority setting
in tools - option to do not show, if requested
- Customer/PedestrianProtection.xml
- - "obsolete" standards defined for Prio 3 - use Tools - Options to set active if needed
- General enhancement:
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- Different Feature
- - The user interfaces have been improved for different functionality
- the selection fields provide a context menu for "No selection" and "Reframe" where possible
- Selector field for plane in feature "Silhouette" provides different default planes
- Selection of Solids has been added where meaningful
- Resizing of the interfaces has been improved where possible
- Selection list provide a unique way to warn the user when changes have not been committed
using the "set" button
- Some labels has been modified for a more clear description
- Handling of the progress bar on V5R19 - before the task was not always interrupted in a
proper way. This behaviour lead in the past also to some "hang-up" situation.
- CAVA subelements, e.g. geometry of a given CAVA feature, can not be removed from the tree.
An appropriate message is shown in this case
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The H-Point-Travel and the back angle is now available as V5 parameter providing the "edit formula"
functionality
- - Non used publications will be removed
- - BaseData parameter are directly accessible for V5 Design Table
- - The xls based import can be done also with cells containing no dimensions strings ("mm", "deg")
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - A Warning message is displayed when using the option "Off-Road Calculation rear" in free mode. Depending
on the used car category some values required for this check are just default values and therefore the
user has to set it to proper values to avoid wrong placement of the surface
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - Added standards using the "Vehicle grid parallel" loading for "ECE ECE-R14" and "USA FMVSS 210"
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - New option to use a Y-plane as target surface
- - New option to use a sphere as target surface
- - New option to display the visible area also on a selected surface
=> if the new options should be used, please modify the customer configuration (example is available)
- - New standards "EG 2003/97/EG Att.7" and "EG 2003/97/EG Att.7 (Wall)" use eye point standard
"ECE / EWG (EG 2003/97 EG Att.7)" to consider also a fixed seat back angle
- - Improved algorithm to handle holes in the selected blockage elements
- - New option to cut the displayed elements on the mirror surface by the contour
- - A progress bar has been added to display the calculation progress
- - Correct the used loading for standard "ECE ECE-R 46 rev.02 *" to "Empty weight EG + co-driver"
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection / Double Image"):
- - A new option has been added to create the labels of current values during the dynamic analysis
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - Provides now option to create a closed contour on the selected surface
Safety Module:
- New feature "Minimum Radius":
- - Check for minimum radius on interior surface according ECE standard.
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The performance has been optimized
- - Improved algorithm for connection between "Bonnet Rear Curve" and "Bonnet Side Curve"
- Feature "Safety Radius":
- - The feature provides an option for dynamic check and visualization. The Sphere can be created for
any point by moving the mouse pointer over the checked surface
- - The different point sets (colored points) can be set to NoShow easily for a better overview
- - The points can be extracted to native V5 points
- - New optional calculation for grille elements
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - New option to calculate only for one vehicle side
- Error fixed:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Bumper":
- - Improved algorithm for positioning with geometry. In case of using V5 elements (non CGR) it could
happen before, that the minimum was not found properly
- - In case of usage of the positioning "Plane / movement in X-direction" for the rotated pendulum,
the additional (optional) transition is now also in X-direction
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - Using Toe in / out or Wheel camber lead to a slightly shifted position of the required surface.
Algorithm has been adopted to handle this correctly
- - There was an unnecessary update when pressing OK in case that the Off-Road calculation is used
- Feature "Inner Angle":
- - In some cases (depending on used geometry and the usage of the wheel diameter) the created limited
surface was extended under the road plane
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
- - In some cases (depending on used geometry) the front / rear distant values were not calculated
when using a general surface
- Feature "Crash Barrier":
- - The height of the RCAR 2006 barrier was placed in a wrong way (3mm) as it is measured officially
without the cover element. In CAVA the geometry of the barrier does not distinguish between body
and cover element. The height has been adopted in the configuration file.
Note: The value in CAVA is measured including the cover and therefore e.g. 452mm (whereas 455mm
is defined by the standard but without the cover of 3mm)
- - Improved algorithm for positioning with geometry. In case of using V5 elements (non CGR) it could
happen before, that the minimum was not found properly
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - When the position of the used seat was changed from front to back or vice versa, the update was
not performed automatically
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - The algorithm to set the constraints for contact to pedal / floor algorithm has been improved
- - In case of rotated seats the Manikin was not always positioned perpendicular to the road plane
- General information:
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- The internal used Transcat libraries for geometry handling have been updated to version 2.9.2
Modifications in 1.12.6:
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- Error fixed:
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Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Contour Position":
- - The optional planar strip was positioned on the wrong side for the passenger. Also the measurement
of the clearance parameter for the passenger was calculating in the wrong direction. This error occures
only in version 1.12.4 and 1.12.5
Modifications in 1.12.5:
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- Error fixed:
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General:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - Base Data created with an older version (before 1.4.) lead to a crash when opening Base Data GUI
Modifications in 1.12.4:
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Modifications for configuration files:
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OVA Module:
- UFWheelFixing.xml
- - New optional attributes: create_cuboid, cuboid_width, cuboid_depth
- Customer/UFWheelFixing.xml
- - New file added with example standard to use the volume creation
Safety Module:
- Customer/PedestrianProtection.xml
- - New keywords: fillGaps, gapsFillingRadius, fillWADRearArea, WADRearAreaSize
Can be used optionally to define the default values
Report Tool:
- TCACAVADictionary.xml was updated for the report generation (SampleTemplates/ReportTemplates)
- - new attributes for wheel fixing and Pedestrian Protection has been added
- General enhancement in feature:
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General:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - Update of GCIE identifiers L40 and L17
OVA Module:
- Feature "Wheel Fixing":
- - A new option has been added to create a volume for the required clearance
- Feature "Bumper":
- - A new positioning has been added: "Use Plane and move in X direction"
- - The GUI has been updated. The checkboxes for the positioning have been replaced
by a combo box
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The Algorithm for the "length of an intersection curve on surface" has been improved.
A new parameter has been added which allows closing gaps and smoothing the curve
Used for the splitting of the Bonnet Top Area in EuroNCAP standard
- - New option to be used in case the end of the WAD tape is between the engine hood and the
windshield. The tape will be stretched in extension of the hood and the projected downwards.
Used in case of EuroNCAP standard when the WAD may be positioned on the windshield
- - The corner of bumper is using a higher accuracy. The "cutting step" is not longer used
but a new algorithm with better accuracy
- - The handling to skip section planes has been improved. Several section planes can be
selected in the list and set to "skip"
- Error fixed:
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General:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - Using Y=0 as coordinate for the SRP point will be used as left driven vehicle
- Infrastructure:
- - The latest LUM libraries are used for R19
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - In case a triangular surface has been used to define the mirror using the "general surface"
option, it might happen in specific cases that the calculation failed. This error is fixed
by improving the algorithm
- Feature "Silhouette":
- - The algorithm to define the grid / accuracy has been improved
- Feature "Enhanced Reduced Fields of View":
- - The geometry is now created properly also for right driven vehicles
Modifications in 1.12.3:
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- Error fixed:
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Vision:
- Feature 3D Direct View:
- - The calculation using the sphere as target surface was not working properly in 1.12.2.
Modifications in 1.12.2:
========================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- UFWheelFixing.xml
- - new optional attributes: static_radius and move_to_wheel
Safety Module:
- SafetyRadius.xml
- - New file in the Customer directory, which contains an example how to define the color values
and to set the parameters to readOnly. The definition is not used as it is switched off by comments
Report Tool:
- TCACAVADictionary.xml was updated for the report generation (SampleTemplates/ReportTemplates)
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New Feature "CAVA Silhouette"
- The V5 Intersect Command has been added to the CAVA Workbench
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The coordinates for the seat data are now accessible as V5 parameter and provide the "edit formula" option
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Wheel Fixing":
- - A new option has been added to position the required surface at the wheel (instead of position it at the diameter point)
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The algorithm to calculate the semi circular template (connection Bonnet Rear - Bonnet Side Curve) has
been improved
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection Offset":
- - New options have been added to define the Sketch based geometry.
- use the section curve in the sketch
- additional wrap around points
- offset curve from section
- Feature "Safety Radius" (new in 1.12.1):
- - Also the check of the bumper radius is now calculated only on points reachable by the sphere and above the
floor line
- - The floor line has been added to the specification tree
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The automatic recalculation on edit is suppressed
- - The report file has been improved, Seat point and CG points have been added
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - The blade curve can now be created as V5 curve inside the CAVA feature
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- Different Feature:
- - CAVA Feature using other CAVA Feature as input elements show now the proper display name in the user interface.
Before the internal name was used which might be different to the name in specification tree
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - In case of several intersections between the Bonnet Side and the Wrap Around Curve, the rearmost intersection point was
used to limit the Bonnet Top area. Now the point which is nearest to the Y0 plane is used
- Feature "Safety Radius" (new in 1.12.1):
- - The algorithm to calculate the floor line has been improved to avoid "loops"
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The calculation of the BP1 point is improved. Due to a fix in version 1.11.2 it might happen in some cases, that the
BP1 point was calculated at a wrong position.
Modifications in 1.12.1:
========================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
Manikin Module:
- ManikinTemplate.xml
- - new positions "Pos.14 (Floor, Pedal, H30, Angles (Hip))" and "Pos.15 (Floor, Pedal, H30, Angles (Knee))"
for standards ("SAE J826 (1987) xxx", "SAE J826 (1995) xxx"
Safety Module:
- SafetyRadius.xml
- - New configuration file for the new feature "Safety Radius"
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- Basic V5 Commands to generate auxiliary geometry (Point, Line, Plane, Extrude)
- The report tool allows now also documenting whether the standard is satisfied or not
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The wheel center points for the different loadings can now be defined also by absolute values
- - The car category can now be modified afterwards
- - The XML / xls export allows to filter the data for export and / or to fake specific parameters
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Bumper":
- - The default settings for the creation of the Bumper feature (which pendulum to use, side and accuracy)
can be set in Tools - Options
Manikin Module:
- Feature "2D Manikin Template":
- - New positions "Pos.14 (Floor, Pedal, H30, Angles (Hip))" and "Pos.15 (Floor, Pedal, H30, Angles (Knee))"
for standards ("SAE J826 (1987) xxx", "SAE J826 (1995) xxx" - done by configuration file
Vision Module:
- Feature "A-Pillar Covering":
- - The feature allows now also the usage of CGR data for calculation
Safety Module:
- New feature "Safety Radius":
- - Check for minimum radius on exterior surface according EWG / ECE standard.
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- Feature "Base Data":
- The Replace of Base Data has been improved, also the "internal" seat points will be replaced if it
is used as input for V5 feature
OVA Module:
- Feature "Inner Angle":
- - In case of using the circular calculation, the radius of the created circle was editable in the
specification tree. Now a non editable curve will be created to avoid problems.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "2D Manikin Template":
- - The highlight of the geometry was not working in product context, when the feature was selected
in the specification tree
Vision Module:
- Feature "Optical Properties":
- - The clipping plane for the color map has been improved to avoid problems during visualization
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection Offset":
- - The reference part can now be changed only in free mode
- - The algorithm for the type visualisation has been improved to avoid problems depending on specific
geometry
Modifications in 1.11.2:
========================
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- A general memory leak in the tessellation handling has been fixed. In case of using "big" geometrical data or CGRs
this memeory leak could result in a crash due to missing memory. This could happen for all feature using CGR data
or V5 data which is internally used by its tessellation (e.g. Bumper, Pedestrian Protection, 3D Direct View, Close Range
Visibility).
- Feature "Base Data":
- If the paramters for the Wheel Center Points were linked to V5 formulas, the link to the formula was lost when the GUI
of the Base Data feature was opened.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - Improvement for the GUI in case of using the frontal field calculation. The coeeficients are no longer visible in
the blind area section.
The length of the blind area is calculated based on the distance between the cylinder mid points.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The calculation of the "Plane 28" was wrong in some cases. The plane should pass the rear - and outermost SRP.
Before the outermost had a higher priority and was checked before the rearmost.
Now the rearmost condition is of higher priority.
Note: the outward check is done for all SRPs lying within the range of 300mm in front of the rearmost SRP.
- - The calculation of "Point 8" (for the RP1 point) was wrong in some cases.
- - The GUI for the "Front Header Points" did not provide a scroll bar before.
Modifications in 1.11.1:
========================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- CrashBarriers.xml:
- - New configuration file for new feature "Crash Barriers"
- UFSpaceToRoad.xml (Ground clearance)
- - New standard "Korea KMVSS Art.5"
- - Loading for Australia standard changed to ML1
- - Standard "EU Off-Road" uses now the static radius
- UFSlopeAngle.xml:
- - Standard "EU Off-Road" uses now the static radius
- UFInnerAngle.xml:
- - Standard "EU Off-Road" uses now the static radius
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml:
- - New options to define the connection between Bonnet Rear Line and Bonnet Side Curve
- - New options to define warning in case of tangent contact and alternative angle
- PedestrianProtectionOffset.xml:
- - New configuration file for new feature "Pedestrian Protection Offset". Containing some example definitions in
Customer Directory.
Note: No official standards to fulfill.
Vision Module:
- Mirror.xml:
- - New standard "ECE ECE-R 46 rev.02" and "ECE ECE-R 46 rev.02 (Wall)"
Customer Directory:
- - - - - - - - - -
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtectionOffset.xml:
- - Example for the new functionality
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New functionality to suppress the automatic update for specific CAVA features.
- By default the CAVA icons will be placed at the right side in V5 (when no CATSettings for the frame are present)
An optional environment variable can be used TCA_CAVA_TOOLBAR_DOCK to define other default positions (top, left, bottom)
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The internal used parameters (visible in specification tree) are now also available for external usage through Formulas.
- New Feature "Crash Barriers"
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - The intersection can be displayed optionally.
- Modifications for some standards of underfloor feature:
- - Ground clearance
- - New standard "Korea KMVSS Art.5"
- - Loading for Australia standard changed to ML1
- - Standard "EU Off-Road" uses now the static radius
- - SlopeAngle
- - Standard "EU Off-Road" uses now the static radius
- - InnerAngle
- - Standard "EU Off-Road" uses now the static radius
Vision Module:
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection / Double Image"):
- - A progress bar is now indicating the ongoing calculation.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - New standard "ECE ECE-R 46 rev.02" and "ECE ECE-R 46 rev.02 (Wall)"
- - New visualization option has been added to display the visible "cone" from eye point to target
- - Option "General Surface": The feature supports now also surfaces with more than one cell
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - The mirror can now be used also with type "general surface"
Safety Module:
- New Feature "Pedestrian Protection Offset"
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - Calculation of the connection between "Bonnet Rear Curve" and "Bonnet Side Curve" in case the original curves
do not intersect each other.
- - According to the standards in some cases, when the straight edge defining the "Bonnet Leading Edge" (line with certain angle)
has several contact points with the vehicle geometry, an alternative angle should be used. A warning message will appear in this
case. (used for standard "GTR Draft")
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- "Search by name" functionality:
- - In some very specific cases (depending on geometry selection) the "remove" button lead to a crash of V5.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - XML Import of BaseData: a possible problem with specific characters in the XML file has been solved.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - The calculation for the rear line check has been improved.
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - After modification of the passenger name in base data feature the item in the specification tree is now
updated by the new name.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Contour":
- - The selection of curve and point geometry is now disabled as it is not supported by the algorithm.
- - The calculated output parameters W27 and vertical clearance were editable in the navigation tree before.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - Blind areas which are connected to each other are treated as one.
- - The "Clear" button for the mirror contour was not working properly.
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - A possible link from a V5 feature to the CAVA output will be kept after update. Before the link was lost in
most cases (e.g. to measurement, intersect feature, ...)
- Feature "Enhanced / Reduced Fields of View":
- - In some specific cases when the referenced loading was not available (request on open: "Do you want ...?")
the update was not done properly.
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection / Double Image"):
- - In some cases (depending on geometry) the calculation did not take place at all.
- - The FOV feature can now be linked also from another Part in Assembly context
- Feature "Direct View":
- - The icon for some points have not been updated properly during active command.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The selection of "Custom" value for the calculated parameters does not call an update anymore.
- - The displayed Y-coordinate for the calculated parameters was sometimes not according to the custom Y value.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - The report file uses now the separator ";"
- - The FOV feature can now be linked also from another Part in Assembly context.
- - In former versions the usage in product context (Base data feature in different CATPart) lead to some update
message in specific cases.
Modifications in 1.10.3:
========================
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- The export functionality created a link in former releases, when it was used in the product context.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - The Fields (B-) for North American and ADR standard was created in a wrong way in 1.10.2.
Modifications in 1.10.2:
========================
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- The standard priorization was not working properly in version 1.10.1.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Seatings Belts":
- - The replacement (by V5) of the input curves for the transition was not working.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - The replacement of BaseData feature was leading to a possible lost of the link to a measurement
feature which was linked to the Field of View output geometry.
Modifications in 1.10.1:
========================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
Safety Module:
- Pedestrian Protection.xml:
- - New standard "GTR (DRAFT - 2007)" has been added.
Vision Module:
- DirectView3D.xml:
- - New keyword Direction has been added for documentation
Customer Directory:
- - - - - - - - - -
Vision Module:
- MultipleReflection.xml / OpticalDistortion.xml:
- - New keywords to set specific values to readonly and / or define default values
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- Support of 64bit CATIA V5 for Windows and Aix
- Definition of the configuration:
- - Also the file based definition allows to use environment variables ({$env_var}).
- - The file selection box starts in the defined directory.
- - Option to reload the configuration by command to avoid the restart of CATIA V5 in case of adoptions.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Bumper":
- - The rotated pendulum can be positioned in respect of the contact point.
Note: in case of positioning according geometry an additional option has been added to
position the mid plane of the pendulum in the point of contact.
- - The point of conatct between pendulum and bumper geometry is created as subfeature.
- Feature "Child Protection":
- - An error message has been added when the selected base data feaure does not contain an active
passenger seat.
Vision Module:
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection / Double Image"):
- - Additional calculation option to measure valus in a specific point by coordinates and
interactive analysis (by mouse pointer)
- - The information for the report file has been improved. Current date / user / Part / etc.
are now also content of the report file.
- - Additional values can be set and marked as read only in the configuration file.
- - The result is always visualized on the first hit surface.
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - Additional option to define the viewing direction (forward / rearward / left / right / custom)
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - Several demo positions can now be used to visualize not only one location.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - New standard "GTR (DRAFT - 2007)" has been added.
- - The used default color definition can be defined in the tools - option panel (-> Settings).
- - The used color definition can be fixed for a given standard in the customer configuration file.
See example in the Customer directory of the configuration.
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- Drawing Templates: The position coordinates of the text has been reset to default values in the GUI
during selection of CAVA feature in case they have been modified manually before.
- The common Copy and "Paste as result" lead to some error message in the past.
Note: "Paste as result" is different to the V5 paste as result. To create the geometry without link
and update behavior use the "export CAVA feature" command.
- The usage of the export functionality by the context menu lead to an non updated CATPart in previous
versions.
- On plattform AIX the Cancel button of the file selection dialogs was not working properly.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The usage of special language depending characters (e.g. ü,ä) for the user defined loadings
caused a crash.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - The replacement of Base Data feature was not working properly for manikin feature on passenger
seats.
- - The system was aborting in case the free mode was deactivated by the CAVA settings (tools - options)
- Feature "Head Contour":
- - The replacement of Base Data feature was not working properly for head contour feature on passenger
seats.
- - The extension of the Y axis has been fixed in case of using the plan mid strip.
Vision Module:
- Feature "A-Pillar Obstruction":
- - In case of using a Solid as input, the calculation failed in case that the extension of the
solid was also behind the eye points.
- Feature Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection / Double Image"):
- - The stability has been improved. In the past the system was aborting sometimes when doing
several calculations without closing the command (modifying parameter and Apply in several
loops).
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The handling of update problems in case of problematic input geometry has been improved.
- Feature "3D Dircet View":
- - In case of using ambinocular view with results on selected surface, the contours for the left
and right eye on the selected surface were not absolutely accurate in some cases.
- - The export creates only the used geometry. Therefore the labels "Show on ..." have been changed
to "Create on ...".
- Feature "Vision Cone":
- - The system was aborting in case the free mode was used and another standard for the eye ellipses
was selected.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The usage in product context lead to an error message before.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - The Replace of the Fields of View and the windshield is supported now.
Modifications in 1.9.3:
=======================
- Small adaption of Log mechanism for R18 (required due to change of Compiler)
Modifications in 1.9.2:
=======================
- Error fixed:
--------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Slope Angle":
- - In some cases the current slope angle was not calculated ("Not available" icon in user interface).
This happened depending on the inclination of the loading plane.
Vision Module:
- General:
- - For some Vision features, the replace mechanism of input elements was not working properly.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - In some cases (specific order of actions) it could happen, that the part was in state "non uptodate"
after usage of mirror. Note: results were not affected.
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - A proper error message has been added, when an "old" field of view feature contains a windshield
of several domains.
Modifications in 1.9.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Bumpers.xml:
- - Standard "CDN (CVMSS 215)" uses the US profile only for the rotated pendulum.
Vision Module:
- MultipleReflection.xml:
- - New keyword "rayDirection" has been added - Values "standard" or "XDirection".
Not used in the Default configuration. In Customer configuration a new example
has been added with standard "X-Direction (50mm Grid)
Safety Module:
- Pedestrian Protection.xml:
- - Added missing offset curve for Bonnet Rear curve in Japan standard.
Customer Directory:
- - - - - - - - - -
Manikin Module:
- ManikinTemplate.xml:
- - example for priority usage added. The "customer" standard "SAE J826" (without year) is
set to priority level 3.
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New functionality to create reports based on templates. These templates could be of different types:
xls, html, txt, CATDrawing, xml, etc.
The templates must contain specific keywords indicating the CAVA feature and parameter to report.
The default installation contains some example templates.
- New functionality to create Drawing texts linked to 3D CAVA parameter in an automatic way.
- New option for standard priorization has been added. This allows to reorder the standards and to
deactivate specific standards by adopting the Customer configuration.
Note: example in Configuration/Customer/Manikin/ManikinTemplate.xml
- The CGR handling has been improved
- - The accuracy in case of CGR data containing "big" triangles has been improved
- - The memory handling for CGR data in CAVA has been improved. This leads to a more stable
and better performing calculation.
- - CGR data based on CATParts containing stl data (as cloud feature) can be recognized
properly
- - A new environment variable has been added for verification issues. If the variable
TCACAVA_DISPLAY_INTERN_GEO is set to TRUE in the V5 environment, the currently used internal
tessellated data is display during active command.
Note: intended for problem verification
- Tools - Options for CAVA Settings:
- - The BaseData directories for XML Import / Export can now be locked separately for Admin and User
(admin mode).
- - A new tabpage has been added for the definition of template directories and for new feature specific
default settings (optical properties)
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The number of seats is handled in a more comfortable way. New seats can be added dynamically
in the GUI by a list. The definition of max. number of seats during creation is not required anymore.
- - The "Base Data data base" (file based im- / export) supports also xls files on Windows
Note: the format in xls is strictly given by the application
- - The "Base Data data base" (file based im- / export) functionality provides now synchronization in
both directions.
- Feature "Bumper":
- - Only the used pendulums are displayed in the specification tree of V5.
Vision Module:
- Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection"):
- - The results can be displayed also by a colored surface.
Note: this option requires the V5 material mode
- - New capabilities to define the color ranges for the visualization. The default
definitions can be defined in Tools - Options.
- Display of results can be in "degree" or "Minutes" - selectable by user
- - New option to display the Iso curves: "by step". The created iso curves are not depending
on the min / max values as they are for the known option "Count"
- - Only one refraction index is editable - according the physics
- - "Optical Distortion" only:
- optional calculation in unit "Dioptry"
- - "Multiple Reflection" only:
- New option to calculate with ray direction in x direction.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The user interface provides now also for the element selection of mirror the multi selection options
- - If the contour does not cover the whole instruction field a message is displayed in the tabpage for
rotation. The status for fulfilling the standard is not changed by this.
- - The rotated contour is now also exported during CAVA export command.
- Feature "A-Pillar":
- - The front most point of the intersection geometry has been added to the V5 navigation tree.
Note: The option "Create Intersection Geometry" must be enabled.
- Feature "Close Range Visibility"
- - A new option has been added to display the demo cylinder in 2 different colors for the visible
and invisible area.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The construction geometry for the EuroNCAP split of the bonnet top can now also be created.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - For an easier positioning already existing V5 lines can be selected as input for the folding axis
and the blade axis.
- - The visualization of the axis systems (blade and folding axis) can be updated with new button in
the user interface. It is not necessary anymore to do a complete recalculation.
- Error fixed:
--------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "BaseData":
- - When loading from DataBase the publication names for the loadings were wrong in some cases.
Note: only if the option "publicate internal used CAVA feature" is switched on.
- Different Underfloor Feature:
- - If the option "Display current Geometry" was selected and some geometry was selected for which the
distance / angle could not be calculated (e.g. surface not in a proper position), a infinite surface
was created. This caused some visualization problems.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - In case of using the perpendicular to road algorithm the check has been improved to use also only
one side of the vehicle.
- - In case of using the perpendicular to road algorithm together with a tolerance, the resulting
surface was not parallel to xz plane.
- - The tolerance value was not reset to its default when switching between free and standard mode.
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - In case of using assembly mode with the BaseData feature in a different part the Name of the
seat position was not updated in case of a modification.
Vision Module:
- Optical Properties ("Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection"):
- - The required values for the Fields of View have not been set properly to the standard
values after changing to free mode and return back to standard
- - The curvature calculation has been improved to more accuracy
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The discretization of the instruction field into small arcs (visible in case of "create geometry" = On)
was in some cases not done properly. This happened for segments of the field being smaller than 1m and
did not effect the general calculation, but the visualization on the mirror glass.
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - In some special cases (when input geometry contains small holes) the calculation hanged up.
- - It was not possible to select a cgr input as "selected surface", if the "select cgr" box for the
input geometry was enabled at the same time.
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - On R17 a CATPart containing a Field of View feature was in status "non up to date" after opening
the document.
- Feature "Close Range Visibility"
- - In case of using the option "Position by BaseData parameter" it was still necessary to select at least
one element for the car geometry to start the calculation.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The Bonnet Split curves for the EuroNCAP standard are calculated only by using the "main" WAD curves
for each of the 2 areas. Before the lines used also a WAD curve in between the 2 "main" WADs.
- - In case of several intersection points between the WAD and the Bonnet Side Curve, the forward most
intersection point is used for the splitting of the EuroNCAP Bonnet Top area.
Note: this situation does only occur for very specific geometry.
- - In case of EuroNCAP the splitting of the front WAD curve has be improved. If the forward most point of the
WAD curve is more forward than the intersection between Bonnet Leading Edge and Bonnet Side curve, the points
from the "rearmost" X-plane of the WAD are projected in X direction.
- - Improved measurement between 2 curves in case that the limit curves for the Bonnet Top may be switched
depending on their distance.
- - If the selected bumper geometry was containing different surfaces, the "Corner of Bumper" point on the right
vehicle side was wrongly placed (only in specific cases).
- - Added missing offset curve for Bonnet Rear curve in Japan standard
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - On Aix platform the Cancel button of the 2D Viewer GUI and the file selection box for the report did
not work.
Modifications in 1.8.4:
=======================
- Error fixed:
--------------
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - In case of gently inclined windshield surfaces some points of the blade could not be projected
onto the windshield. This lead to a wiper range not using the full surface.
- - In some special cases the percentage of the FOV covering resulted in 0%, even if the wiped area
was overlaping with the FOV surface.
- - The demo wiper was not moved to the current position of the max/min result values on "move" button.
Note: by pressing Apply it was working already before
Modifications in 1.8.3:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- New keyword for rear loading for different features - keyword added to description (not used).
The usage of this keyword is optional.
- - UFSlopeAngle
- - UFCurb
- - UFDynamicCurb
- - NumberPlates
- BaseData.xml:
- - New loading "Empty weight Japan - driver", used for japanese wheelcovering test
- WheelCovering.xml:
- - New keywords for algorithm type and tolerance
- - New standard for japanese requirements
Manikin Module:
- ExtendedEyePoints.xml:
- - New standard for MLIT frontal field of vision "MLIT 619/2002 Art.29 (Frontal field)".
- - New keywords to define the used position (with_movements, fix_standard_point, forward_most,
sideward_most, upward_most)
Vision Module:
- CloseRangeVisibility.xml:
- - New standard for MLIT frontal field of vision "MLIT 619/2002 Art.29 (Frontal field)"
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New optional environment variable CAVA_CFG_PATH which defines the path for the configuration and is used
in case of no configuration definition in the settings (Tools - Options).
Note: The definition handled by the Tools - Options is of higher priority.
- When deleting several CAVA feature including parent feature (BaseData), all can be removed in one shot.
Note: before the deletion of the parent feature was denied and the delete process required 2 steps.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- General enhancement for different feature:
- - The underfloor feature "Slope Angle", "Static Curb", "Dynamic Curb" and "Number Plates" can
now be used with 2 different loadings for front and back.
Note: when this options has been added to Customer specific Underfloor configuration, it can
be used also for the UnderfloorComplete.
- Feature "Base Data":
- - Optionally the position of the wheel can be defined also by the rim offset and the attachment point.
- - The BaseData XML ex-/import provides now a synchronization of the xml file with the current loaded
BaseData feature in direction Part -> xml file.
- Feature "Lamp Positions":
- - The feature provides a new option to display the allowed area by a face.
- - The GUI and the labels for the different lamp types have been improved. The description of the
different types is language dependant now.
- - After selecting a different standard the defined lamp types are kept "active" as long as they
are defined in the new selected standard
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - A new algorithm has been added to calculate the required surface always perpendicular to the road.
The intention is to cover the Japanese regulation.
- - A new parameter has been added to translate the required surface in outward direction. The intention
is to have optionally the possibility to take a security tolerance into account. By default this
value is 0.0 (equal to older version).
- - The GUI does not allow anymore to select wireframe elements as they are not used for calculation.
Before it the agent allowed to select wireframe even it was not used.
- Feature "Underfloor - Inner Angle":
- - In case that the calculation fails, e.g. if the geometry is not positioned between the wheels, an
error message has been added.
- Feature "Bumper":
- - The angle for the rotated pendulum can now be set also in the configuration file as well as in the
GUI (in free mode). The default value is 30deg.
- - The progress bar is only shown if a time consuming calculation is done.
- - A slider has been added to influence the accuracy when using selected geometry for pendulum
positioning.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - The manikin feature provides now additional a horizontal line (length 100mm) in Y direction through
the SRP. Note: could be hide together with the line perpendicular to road.
- - The front view shape has been slightly modified to better fit with the fundament.
Note: the new shape is only used for new created Manikin feature. If the old one should be kept an
environmental variable could be set.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - The geometric output (wire and surfaces) are now handled in different subfeatures.
- - Improved check, whether a standard in the configuration has been changed. Before a new added field
was not leading to the request "Do you want to reset standard data".
- - Small improvement in the GUI: After selection of the windshield the checkboxes for the different
fields ("Show A Field" etc.) will no longer be deactivated.
- Feature "A-Pillar Covering":
- - From now on only the part of the intersection with selected geometry is used which is "in front" of
the SRP point. The intention is to avoid problems when e.g. the whole side frame is selected.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The general surface can now be used also without selecting a given contour. The boundary of the
selected surface is used implicitly.
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - New standard for MLIT frontal field of vision "MLIT 619/2002 Art.29 (Frontal field)"
- - The option in user interface to decide whether the trace of the cylinder should be calculated by the
selected geometry or by parameters from Base Data feature (not available for option "contact with car").
- - In the free mode a new combo box is available which allows the user to use a fix pair of eye points,
e.g. the forward most point or the standard point of the extended eye points.
- - The position values along the trace curve of the demonstration cylinder (value in range 0 - 1)
can now be displayed in steps of 0.1.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The geometry for calculation (intersection curves, tangent lines, wrap around lines etc.) can now
optionally be created.
- - The feature can now be calculated also with one half of the car.
- - The feature provides the option to directly create "Extrude-surfaces" in z-direction of the reference
curves. This allows visualizing the resulting geometry also in DMU mode.
- - The Y=0 plane is always used for the intersection calculation.
- - After selecting a different standard the defined curve types are kept "active" as long as they
are defined in the new selected standard
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - Optionally the user can create the planes defining the 2 internal coordinate systems.
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- Error fixed in visual properties of specific feature: In case of updating some feature which have been set
to "No show" before, the feature was set to "Show". Happens e.g. for Head Position Contour, Vision Points etc.
- The Base Data XML ex-/import command was not available in the "insert" menu.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - If the loadings geometry was depending on some parameters defined in a different part, the geometry
was not updated when the V5 update call was performed on the whole product.
Note: Happens for example when the overhang value was linked to an external parameter. The
feature using this parameters were updated properly, only the geometry representing the
road plane was not. This did not appear, when the update was performed on the single Part.
- Feature "Seating Belt":
- - The feature was not working in the assembly context when the linked Base Data feature was located
in a different CATPart.
- Feature "Child Protection":
- - The feature was not working in the assembly context when the linked Base Data feature was located
in a different CATPart.
- - After changing the passenger / seat in the GUI of the feature the specification tree (extension with
seat name) was not updated directly. Note: the update was done after collapsing and expanding the
parent tree icon.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - on some machines the message "Do you want to reset standard data" appeared during editing
an existing feature even if there was no change.
Note: happens on SunOS mainly.
Vision Module:
- For feature using eye ellipses the "eye feature GUI" (which can be opened directly from the Vision feature GUI)
was not working (since version 1.8.1.)
- Feature "Vision Planes":
- - The 1 deg mid plane was not positioned according the used loading but the z-plane.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - If the option "Display elements on perpendicular plane" is switched on together with the option to create
the output elements as geometry, the elements on the perpendicular plane are now created also as geometry.
Before these elements have been only visualized elements.
- - When using the general surface in some cases (depending on parametrization of surface) the indirect
element calculation failed.
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - The parameters of the extended eye points were editable in the navigation tree even in non free mode
in previous versions.
- Feature "Direct View":
- - The definition of points (to be checked for visibility) was not working for option "related to car".
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - If the option was used to calculate on a plane parallel to road or on the road plane the results did
not exactly match with the specified plane. This happens when the road plane was not parallel to the
z-plane.
- - In some cases it might happen to get small loops in the boundary of the invisible area. These are
reduced now.
- - In some cases there have been empty items in the specification tree.
- Feature "Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection"
- - In some special cases the status icon in the specification tree was not updated properly.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The calculation of the split of the bonnet top has been improved. Before in some cases the result was
not symmetric.
- - In some cases the "Bonnet Rear Curve" was not calculated even if the distance between the windshield
and the frontal upper surface was close enough.
Note: this happened, when the lowest point of the windshield surface was more far away from the
frontal upper surface than the sphere radius.
- - If the "cutting step" parameter has been changed in free mode, the section planes were not updated
automatically.
Modifications in 1.8.2:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
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Manikin Module:
- EyePoints.xml:
- - Add new standard "ADR O-Point"
- - Add new keywords to define single eye point or single pair.
- - New standard "ECE / EWG (Vehicle grid parallel)" for European eye points with loading
plane "Vehicle grid parallel" (Build 19.12.06)
- EyeEllipses.xml: (Build 19.12.06)
- - new standard for eye ellipses with loading plane "Vehicle grid parallel"
- - "SAE J941 (1965, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J941 (1965, centric, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J941 (1997, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J941 (2002, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- ExtendedEyePoints.xml:
- - New standard for MLIT eye points without movement for easier handling of concept studies
with fix eye points. (Build 21.11.06)
- ManikinTemplate.xml: (Build 19.12.06)
- - New standard for manikin template with loading plane "Vehicle grid parallel"
- - "SAE J826 (1987, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J826 (1995, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- HeadContour.xml: (Build 19.12.06)
- - New standard for head position contour with loading plane "Vehicle grid parallel"
- - "SAE J1052 (1997, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J1052 (2002, Vehicle grid parallel)"
Vision Module:
- FieldsOfView.xml:
- - New standard "Australia ADR 8 (MA vehicles)".
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New optional environment variable CAVA_CFG_PATH which defines the path for the configuration and is used
in case of no configuration definition in the settings (Tools - Options).
Note: The definition handled by the Tools - Options is of higher priority.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data"
- - The "Replace" mechanism has been added to the BaseData feature.
- - In case of new defined loadings in the BaseData configuration which are not added to the feature yet,
the user will now be asked during the command whether the loadings should be updated.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Eye Points"
- - A new general option has been added to use a back angle correction for the exact eye point positioning
("UTAC - Method"). If this is enabled by Tools - Options, the back angle is recalculated towards the
used loading plane and the exact values are used for the transition values in X and Z direction by
interpolation.
- - New keywords for the configuration file to position also a single eye point according the "ADR O-Point"
- - New standard "ECE / EWG (Vehicle grid parallel)" for European eye points with loading
plane "Vehicle grid parallel" (Build 19.12.06)
- Feature "Eye Points" (Build 19.12.06)
- - New standards for eye ellipses with loading plane "Vehicle grid parallel"
- - "SAE J941 (1965, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J941 (1965, centric, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J941 (1997, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J941 (2002, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- Feature "Manikin Template" (Build 19.12.06)
- - New standards for manikin template with loading plane "Vehicle grid parallel"
- - "SAE J826 (1987, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J826 (1995, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- Feature "Head Position Contour" (Build 19.12.06)
- - New standard for head position contour with loading plane "Vehicle grid parallel"
- - "SAE J1052 (1997, Vehicle grid parallel)"
- - "SAE J1052 (2002, Vehicle grid parallel)"
Vision Module:
- Feature "Fields of View"
- - A new standard "Australia ADR 8 (MA vehicles)" has been added
- - The error message in case of problems during calculation has been improved.
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- Using "OK" or "Apply" in BaseData or Bumper feature lead to an update of the whole Part independant
on the general settings for manual or automatic update in the V5 Settings (since 1.7.1) (Build 21.11.06)
OVA Module:
- Feature "Bumpers"
- - The compability with older version has been improved. From now, it is not longer required to open
the command of the bumper feature when reading old documents.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Eye Points"
- - When changing in free mode the used eye point standard for some Vision feature, the update was not
invoked properly.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - In case of a non closed mirror contour, the mirror was not used for the close range visibility.
Also in cases of having a very small radius and tangent sight rays to the mirror, the mirror was
not used properly.
Note: The mirror itself inside CAVA was working due to a different calculation algorithm.
- - In case of selecting an element twice in the GUI in some cases the system crashed.
- - When using the "Remove All" button for the selection, the geometry was still highlighted in the 3D.
- Feature "3D Direct View":
- - In some special cases the invisible contour on the geometry for the ambinocular view was slightly
shifted for some points.
Modifications in 1.8.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Bumpers.xml:
- - Support of rotated and shifted pendulums for all standards
NOTE: the new xml tags , and are required now,
old configuration files will result in an error (no value can be read).
Vision Module:
- DirectView3D.xml:
- - New configuration file for new feature "3D Direct View". Containing some useful definitions.
Note: currently there are no official standards to fulfil.
- FiledsOfView.xml:
- - Modification in "Australia ADR 16" and "Australia ADR 16 (centric ellipses)":
Threshold value for width dependency changed form 1520mm to 1530mm
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New selection modes for the list selection. All CAVA feature using a list of input elements provide a
new button to start multi selection with different trap functionality.
- The Vision feature provide in free mode the capability to select V5 points as eye points.
- The CAVA Export functionality does not create anymore empty geometrical sets.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data" - XML Export / Import
- - The comparism between the XML file and a created "Base Data" feature has been improved. The user will
get more information about the differences.
- Feature "Bumper":
- - 30 deg pendulum is now available
- - "shifted" pendulum is now available
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - The calculation supports now also CGR selection
- - If the standard is violated because of not covering the extra line (150mm) at the rear wheel, an extra
message is displayed.
- - The algorithm will result in ok, if the selected geometry is over the whole range of the required
surface on the outer ward side of the required surface.
- - Calculation is using now a progressbar to display status of calculation
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - The feature supports now also cgr input for the clearance calculation.
- - Optionally the translated curves for the clearance calculation can be created.
Vision Module:
- New Feature "3D Direct View"
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - The GUI provides now a slider for the accuracy of the cylinder and a second slider for the accuracy
of blind area calculation.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The GUI displays now also a list of the used section planes. The user can add planes in between the
calculated ones to create a more fine result in specific locations. (e.g. if the default step of 50mm
is to rough for good results in a specific region of the geometry).
- - More detailed error message, if some curve can not be calculated.
- - The progress bar during calculation displays tasks in more steps.
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- The publishing of CAVA parameter has been improved. The V5 formula editor will display now all CAVA
parameters containing to the selected element. In previous versions only the first level was displayed.
- On HP.11i the selection of elements for the input lists was not working if another select field was
activated (e.g. in Manikin feature it was not possible to directly select a surface for clash detection
if the selection field for the floor surface was activated). Note: the Select by name was working.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data" - XML Export / Import:
- - The import of a given xml file lead to slightly different points for heel point and pedal reference point
as the digits after the ","/"." has been cut off for the z coordinate.
- - In version 1.7.1 the ex-/import did not take care about whether a referencepoint for seat (SRP,
Heel point, etc.) was active or not.
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The TCACAVALoading.CATnls file allows now also adding info strings for the loadings containing special
characters ( "(", "*",...) in the definition. The info strings for the configured default loadings have
been completed.
- - For older BaseData feature (created with version before 1.6.1) the L101 parameter (wheelbase) and the
vehicle length were not properly set, if e.g. the wheel centers have been modified. After reopen the
feature (GUI) the old value was set again.
- Feature "Oil Pan":
- - Oil Pan feature created with an older version than 1.6.1 did not recreate the output geometry during
the update. The workaround was to force an update by setting the position to middle and back to front.
From now on these feature is handled properly.
- Feature "Bumper":
- - If the option to position the bumper according to the vehicle geometry was used, there was no automatic
recalculation when a new surface was added to the list of vehicle geometry.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - Modification in standards "Australia ADR 16" and "Australia ADR 16 (centric ellipses)":
Threshold value for width dependency changed form 1520mm to 1530mm
- - Sometimes the message "Do you want to reset standard data" appeared during editing an existing feature even
if there was no change of the standard input data.
- Feature "Close Range Visibility":
- - In some special cases, the option "Vehicle contact" did not work properly.
- - The GUI offers possibility to inverse the direction of the camera.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - In some special cases the orientation of an element used for covering calculation was not used properly.
Therefore the whole instruction field was invisible. Note: this was obvious to the user.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The Point AP1 is now calculated with the Normal of the exterior surface. Before it was already calculated with the
normal of exterior surface, but if the intersection line with the interior had a bigger angle to normal with interior
surface than 15 deg, the point was moved and calculated with normal of interior.
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The calculation of the Offset curve of the Bonnet Rear Reference Curve was not working for Japanese algorithm
(offset algorithm "Effective Direction")
- - In some special cases (original reference curve contains e.g. several domains) the offset calculation failed.
Modifications in 1.7.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- BaseData.xml:
- - New loading added: "Empty weight Japan + co-driver", used for Close Range Visibility test
- Bumpers.xml:
- - New keywords Width, Height, Extension, Depth, FilletRadius to define the 3D shape of the bumper
- - Both profile definition (EU and US) have been adapted to the 3D shape
- - Standard "CDN (CVMSS 215)" uses now for both positions the EU profile, as it is required by the regulation.
Manikin Module:
- ExtendedEyePoints.xml:
- - New xml configuration file for the extended eye point definition, used for Close Range Visibility test
Vision Module:
- CloseRangeVisibility.xml:
- - New xml configuration file for the Close Range Visibility test according to "MLIT 619/2002" standard
- DirectView.xml (Customer directory):
- - The points used as example has been removed as they lead to violated feature in most cases.
- Mirror.xml:
- - New standard "EG 2003/97/EG (Wall)"
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml:
- - New keywords "curve_offset" "curve_offset_type"
- Offset Curve added to following standard / curves
"EU (ACEA) Phase 1 (2005)": Bonnet Rear Curve / Bonnet Side Curve: 82.5mm (Wrap around algorithm)
Bonnet Leading Edge Curve: 165mm (Wrap around algorithm)
"EU (ACEA) Phase 2 (DRAFT)":Bonnet Rear Curve / Bonnet Side Curve: 82.5mm (Wrap around algorithm)
Bonnet Leading Edge Curve: 165mm (Wrap around algorithm)
"Japan (2005)": Bonnet Side Curve: 82.5mm (Axis Direction algorithm)
New Curve: Bonnet Leading Edge Curve: 165mm (Effective Direction algorithm)
"Euro NCAP": Bonnet Side Curve: 82.5mm (Wrap around algorithm)
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- New functionality to export and import the BaseData into xml files.
- From now on also V4 surfaces can be selected as input for the CAVA feature. The handling is according to
to the V5 settings, either as copy (do not keep the link) or as external reference (keep link with selected
object).
- The CAVA export functionality is now also available in the context menu of each CAVA feature
-> "Object CAVA XXX" -> "CAVA Export"
- The "Replace" functionality is supported for the CAVA input geometry.
- In case a CAVA Parent element should be deleted an error message is generated and the deletion is denied.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Bumper":
- - optional the 3D shape can be used (editable by user).
- - Each pendulum can be positioned according selected geometry (optional)
- - Additional the pendelum can be moved in X direction by a given parameter to simulate the real contact
with the vehicle
- - Standard "CDN (CVMSS 215)" uses now for both positions the EU profile, as it is required by the regulation.
NOTE: due to the changes of the bumper feature and an older bug (in 1.4.2 the update of bumper was not working
at all) old feature require to open the dialog to update it. The user gets a message during the update to
open the user interface an press ok / Apply.
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
- - The GUI was improved to avoid misunderstandings concerning the usage of surfaces (general / front / rear)
The general surfaces are used for all calculations, the front and rear tabpages are disabled if not used.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - The GUI for "Human Measures" does now contain also a "Cancel" button.
- - Some strings visible in the specification tree have been improved.
- Feature "Eye ellipses" and "Head Position Contour":
- - Only the available cutoff values are displayed in GUI.
Vision Module:
- New Feature "Close Range Visibility"
- Feature "Mirror":
- - Small changes in GUI (visualization tabpage - Instruction field) to have a common order of input fields
(order of "On IF plane" and "On Mirror" has been changed). Also the "Visualize Aspherical Border" option
is only enabled, if there is an aspherical mirror used.
- Feature "Direct View":
- - It is now possible to select a V5 point as target point also in the "non free modus".
Note: the point is only used to retrieve the coordinates, there is no link created.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - Optional possibility to calculate an offset curve for the different reference curves. Before this was
embedded into the Bonnet Top calculation only. The offset curve can be calculated by 3 types of algorithm:
1. by the "Wrap around" distance -> used for EU 2. by the "Effective direction" -> used for Japan
3. by the "Axis Direction" -> used for Japan Side curves
See modifications in Configuration file above.
- - A new selection list has been added "General Elements". These surfaces / cgrs are used for all the different
selection lists of the front car (except "windshield" and "bonnet rear extra elements").
Due to that change, there is no need to select the same surface several times, except it is intended for
some reasons (performance / specific check for one curve).
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The error messages in case of internal problems have been improved.
- Error fixed:
--------------
General:
- The handling of CGR data has been improved / fixed. In cases, where the CGR contains symmetric or translated
triangles, these transformation were not used properly in all cases before.
In some cases, the usage of CGR data lead to a crash of the system due to a different number of vertices and
normals stored in the CGR. This problem is handled now in a proper way.
Effects all feature working with CGR data.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - If a Manikin template was created in a different CATPart as the linked BaseData feature, the SRP coordinates
in the GUI were set to 0.0, 0.0, 0.0. The calculation / positioning was ok already before.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - In some very special cases, the visualization / orientation of the displayed field of view curve for the
truck "Front mirror" field was wrong (orientation flipped). Note: this error was obvious to the user.
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - When once a US / CDN standard was used and afterwards the same feature was switched back to a European
standard, the user got always the message "Do you want to reset standard data" when opening the feature.
Note: this behavior was due to the thresholds for the width, which were not used in Europe.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - Improved handling of CGR data, see notes above ("General fixes")
- - Corrected calculation of the Offset curves. Before in some cases, the offset curve was not exactly at the
proper position.
- - Improvements in some algorithms to calculate the curves. Before it might happen, that some points of the
curve have not been calculated.
- - The "Corner of Bumper" geometry was not deleted, when the checkbox was switched off.
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - Error fixed in the GUI: the "Side Rail" was enabled even, if the "Upper Roof" calculation failed.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - The GUI label for wiping direction has been corrected (mix of left / right)
Modifications in 1.6.3:
=======================
Note: the version 1.6.3 contains only specfic enhancement for Wiper functionality
(requested by Porsche)
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - improved visualization options to display:
- Curvature of the blade
- Sag value of the blade
as colored points in the 3D. The default values can be defined in "Tools - Options"
- - The orientation of the curvature is also used to display the results.
- Error fixed:
--------------
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - In case of invalid wiper definition (in terms of kinematic, especially for trapezoid wiper)
the system was crashing in the old release.
- - The color definition for the normal deviation through the combo boxes in GUI was not properly
working, when changing data between Unix and Windows plattform.
Note: the fix could lead to a loss of the given color definition in existing feature (created
with CAVA 1.5 / 1.6.
Modifications in 1.6.2:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
OVA Module:
- UFSlopeAngle.xml:
- - Standard "USA / AUS Off-Road" has been removed
- - new standards "US Off-Road" and "AUS Off-Road" with proper loadings
- UFInnerAngle.xml:
- - new standard "Australia Off-Road"
- - Standard "Australia" is using loading "Empty weight ML1" for Off-Road BaseData
- UFSpaceToRoad.xml:
- - Standard "US Off-Road" changed to 203.2mm for offset value (before 200mm)
- - New standard "Australia Off-Road"
- - Standard "US Off-Road" and "EU Off-Road" use now also the Offroad parameters as default values
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- Support of unix plattform "Sun".
- The Export Command has been improved:
- - It is using the visual properties of the CAVA geometry for the new generated elements.
- - The confusing and non used checkbox "Navigate only" has been removed.
- Some error messages have been improved, e.g. in case that an external reference can not be
created.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - New "Default Loading" which is always parallel to xyz. Replaces the old default loading "No Loading"
which causes some misunderstandings in the past. Existing feature will keep the old functionality.
The new loading is available for newly created Base Data feature.
The new loading can be used in CAVA feature in free mode or referenced in Customer standards (keyword
"Vehicle grid parallel").
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The automatic calculation during the active command is suppressed:
- during actions on the list of covering elements
- changing surface type
In these cases the calculation is done on "Apply".
- Error fixed:
--------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "Slope Angle", "Ground Clearance" and "Inner Angle"
- - For Off-Road vehicles in some cases the wrong loading plane was used for Australia / US standards.
See modifications in configuration files above for more details.
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
- - In certain cases on Unix plattform a change of the standard did not lead to a removal of the non
used geoemtry. E.g. the general surface was still present, even if the newly selected standard is
not using it.
- Feature "Wheel covering":
- - The option to use "cgr" data as input is not working at all (planned for future release).
For the 1.6.2 the cgr checkbox has been removed in GUI.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - The parameters (angles, lengths) which provide input and output functionality depending on the position
were always set to the input value when the feature was edited (user interface and specification tree).
E.g. in "Position 6 (Fonds)" the knee angle is an output parameter. After pressing "apply" the proper
value was visible in the GUI. When the feature was closed and reopened afterwards a (internal) non
correct value was assigned in GUI. Note: The geometry was in correct position.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The split of the Bonnet Top for the EuroNCAP has been improved.
Modifications in 1.6.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
--------------------------------------
Vision Module:
- New Configuration File "ERFiledsOfView.xml" for the new CAVA feature Extended / Reduced Fields of View.
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml:
- For the Upper Bumper Curve the use_upper_end keyword is set to true. In case that there is not tangent
point with the reference line (700mm long) the highest contact point is used. This has an effect only
for cars with a "high" positioned front end like bigger SUVs.
- The wrap around distance for the WAD curve 2 has been changed to 1500mm (before 1700mm)
for standard "EU (ACEA) Phase 2 (DRAFT)".
- An offset value of 82.5mm has been added to the rear limit of the bonnet top for EU and Japan standard.
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- The CAVA Workbench contains now also the Part-Update Command.
- The Vision License is now optional available as 2 sub licenses: Mirror and View.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
General:
- New GUI in Tools - Options to define feature specific default values. Currently used for Wiper color ranges.
OVA Module:
- Underfloor Feature:
- - Calculations have been improved. Now also geometry is taken into account, if it is extended "inside" the
wheels.
- - For several Underfloor feature (where meaningful) the option has been added to display also the geometry
representing the "Current" values.
- Slopeangle
- Static Curb
- Dynamic Curb
- Ground Clearance
- Inner Angle
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
- - GUI has been improved in order to avoid misunderstandings which elements are used for calculation.
- General Elements / elements under axis.
- Feature "Oil Pan":
- - The option to create the "oil pan" feature also for rear and middle has been added.
- Feature "Underfloor Complete":
- - The GUI has been adapted to the new "Oil Pan" options.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Eye Ellipse" and "Head Position Contour":
- - The information whether the automatic gear box is used or not can be edited in the Manikin feature.
- Used only for the 2002 standards. Before the info was retrieved from the BaseData feature. Now in the
BaseData feature the default value is set.
Vision Module:
- New Feature "Extended / Reduced Fields of View".
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - The daylight opening curve can now consist of 2 curves, own at each side of the windshield.
If this option is used, the offset value is taken into account only along the curves and not
along the upper / lower boundary of the shield.
- Feature "A-Pillar Covering":
- - Additional visualization elements are created in case "create intersection geometry".
- lines from P-Points to E-Points in Z of P-Points
- Parallel lines in S1 to easier check of the results.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The instruction field can now also be defined by "target points". This is currently not yet used, but a preparation
for the planned check of the new EG field on a perpendicular plane. The ongoing depends on the German TÜV.
- Feature "Direct View":
- - The feature allows now also the selection of several window surfaces.
- Feature "Optical Distortion" and "Multiple Reflection"
- - The GUI has been improved for a better handling of the Fields of View Reference
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - Color definition for visualization of the normal deviation has been improved. It is now possible
to define either ranges (in degree) for each color or to use the interpolation like in the old
version. The Default definition is done in the Tools - Options - CAVA section.
- - A 2D - Viewer has been added to display the results of output parameters. New calculations have been
added:
- Folding extremes: depending on wiper angle (steps)
- Normal deviation for a certain tracecurve (hor / vert)
- curvature of blade (radius): depending on trace curve (hor / vert )
- curvature of blade (curvature 1 / radius)
- Curvature (radius) along a horizontal trace curve
- Curvature (1/radius) along a horizontal trace curve
- Derivation of curvature of blade
- Derivation of Normal deviation for a certain trace curve (hor / vert)
- 'SAG' value of Blade
Results can also be exported into report files.
- - The current percentage Values are now visible also in the specification tree.
- - The representation of the result points is using a "bigger" point symbol.
- - The calculation step to retrieve the maximum and minimum angle has been improved.
- Error fixed:
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General:
- The Visualization of texts (in Eye point feature) and results of Optical Properties was not visible, if the
CATSetting for Anti-aliasing was set.
- Depending on the last save action, a Cancel in the Category selection GUI of the BaseData feature could lead to a
V5 cancel of the last action. Also for the "About CAVA" and the "Export" GUI.
- For some geometry, e.g. Vision Refenrence Points, linked V5 Measurements / Geometries have not been updated after
a modification of the CAVA geometry.
- The position matrix of a CGR file was not used for calculation. The CGR data have been used at their original position.
- V5 elements selected by the "search by name" functionality (available for CAVA feature with list of elements as input)
were not created as external reference, even when the V5 settings require this behaviour.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Slope Angle" and other Underfloor feature:
- - The calculation of the current angles has been improved for the case that the loading plane differs from a z-plane.
If the difference to the z-plane is big (usually not the case) the angle was not very accurate.
- - The used color for the Wire elements was not for all feature according to the default settings in Tools - Options.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - In case of bigger delta Z values of the rear wheel, the offset line created at 150mm was incorrect placed.
- - The possible Y-shift of the wheel (not widely used) was not taken into account to position the required surface.
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- - The appearance in the specification tree has been improved. Before side lamps were not displayed in the tree
at all.
- Feature "Bumpers":
- - In case that the feature was created with the Loading "No Loading" and reopens later on, by pressing "Yes" for
the request to reset the standards, the text in the loading combo box was not updated. (the calculation was ok).
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - If there was an intersection with the roof geometry, the diagonal clearance result was positive.
- Feature "Eye points":
- - If the option "Display texts" is activated, a modification of the position (by changing SRP) did not update
the text position.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The calculation has been improved for covering elements which are on both sides of the mirror surface. Before this
situation lead to the fact that the element was not taken into account.
- - It was not possible to create the covering elements on the mirror as geometry.
- - In case that the whole Instruction field was invisible and the option "visualize the visible area as surface"
the shown area (surface) was obviously wrong (happens in special cases, was obvious for user).
Safety Module:
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - In special cases, the Point "Pt1" point was not lying on the exterior surface.
- - Sliding Door Target: "Plane 29" was in some cases not positioned exactly in the mid of the widest opening
of the sliding door.
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - In the old version a defined Offset value for the rear bonnet curve had no effect.
- - The internal calculation has been improved to get symmetric results for a symmetric Part.
- - The Bonnet Top offset curves are calculated along the surface.
- - The intermediate planes for the offset calculations are always net parallel.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - in some cases the output geometry / parameters were not updated (no geometry was created / parameter were
in status "unset").
- - The violated Icon in the Specification tree appeared also if no Field of View was selected. The status OK / NOK
can only be calculated if a FOV feature / surface is selected. Update is now done in a proper way.
Modifications in 1.5.3:
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Modifications for configuration files:
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OVA Module:
- Customer/UFDynamicCurb.xml:
- Example standard "Company intern VW style" is now using calculation tangent_parallel
- SeatingBelts.xml:
- For the standard "USA FMVSS 210" now the loading "Empty weight USA/CDN" is used.
Safety Module:
- HeadImpact.xml:
- New keyword MeasurementMethod and MaxMeasurementDeviation. Used for A-Pillar points.
- General enhancement:
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- The CAVA commands are now available also in the Insert menu of V5, if the CAVA workbench
is active.
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Dynamic Curb":
- - A new calculation method has been added to meet VW requirement. The distance for
the tangents is measured towards a parallel line on the opposite wheel instead of
measuring it to the road.
- Feature "Free Space":
- - The feature accepts now also vertex points as input elements for the positioning.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - In case of changes of the percentile or the seat the edited input values (e.g. legroom) are
no longer set back to the default values.
Note: a change of the standard or positioning will still lead to use the default values.
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - The feature now offers also to visualize the measured distances similar to OVA underfloor.
- - The feature is not recalculated automatically when it is opened by the user. Before it was
recalculated at the edition of the feature, which lead to an uncomfortable usage.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Field of View":
- - The calculation takes place on "Apply" or on "Ok". Before it was started already when changing
something in the GUI (create A- / B-field), which leads to uncomfortable user interaction.
Note: in case of choosing a different standard, still the calculation takes directly place.
- Feature "Direct View":
- - A new option has been added to display also the required angles by some rays.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The old progress bar for each single curve has been removed. From now on there is only one
interruptible progress bar for this feature.
- - In case that the wrap around distances are out of range of the selected geometry, the user
will get a proper error message about that.
- - The corner of bumper is now calculated with more accuracy in an analytical way.
- - In case of gaps between the input surfaces, the calculation has been improved to get the proper
results. This mainly effects the offset curve generation.
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The distance for calculation of A-Pillar target point PT1 can now be handled also by the "wrap
around"-distance. Before it was always the distance on the surface.
Which calculation method is used, is defined in the configuration file.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - If the "Field of View" reference is selected, the corresponding windshield is automatically used.
The selection of the surface is not longer required.
- Error fixed:
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General:
- "Search By Name": The search failed, as long as the combo-Box for the element types was not used by the
user. Happen due to inproper initial state.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - The information left / right driven vehicle was not update on "Apply" in GUI. On "Ok" and
calculation was already working before.
- Feature "Slope Angle":
- - In some cases the current angle was the complementary angle (instead of 16deg, the result was 344deg).
- Feature "Dynamic Curb":
- - The used algorithm (tangent / parallel) was not properly checked when switching between free and non free
mode. When in free mode, the algorithm was changed and afterwards the free mode was set back, the values
have been set back to the standard, but not the algorithm.
- Feature "Underfloor Complete":
- - During Update mechanism the wireframe geometry is handled properly, but the surfacic representation
was not build according to it.
- - For specific combination of used "sub-standards" the calculation was leading to a abort of Catia.
- - The check whether all referenced standards and loadings are defined and the corresponding error
message has been improved.
- Feature "Bumper":
- - There was no warning message, if a non activated loading was used.
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- - The specification tree was not always up to date, when the user switches between front / rear position.
Note: The geometry was created properly.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - In case of "Off-Roader"-Calculation for rear wheel, in some cases the check, whether the geometry is covered
or not, was not working properly.
- - The update of the icons (violated / non violated) was sometimes not proper. This happened, when the geometry
for front / rear was removed or the position was changed.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin Template":
- - If the positioning was modified, not all the parameters were updated properly in the specification
tree. Note: calculation was correct.
- - When using the positioning number 4, the opening of the feature GUI, lead always to the question
"Do you want to reset standard data?".
- Feature "Eye points":
- - If the BaseData is located in a different CATPart in assembly context, the eye point feature did not use
the proper SgRP. Note: for other feature as "Eye Ellipses", "Manikin" or "Head Position Contour" this was
working already before.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The spherical shift to position a convex mirror also in a non symmetric way was not working
when rotating the mirror interactively. Note: usually not used for passenger cars.
- - Surfaces with too less "tessellation points" lead to wrong results in the calculation of
covering, e.g. a quadratic "Fill surface".
- - If a standard was used, which defines the instruction field on a perpendicular wall and additional
the visualization flag was set to display the results on a perpendicular wall, 2 different planes
were used. Now, the visualization flag is ignored for standards using already the wall.
- - If in Product context, not all components were loaded properly, it might happen, that the system
crashes during selection of the rotation point.
- - In case of truck mirror (front mirror) the circle segment to define the instruction field was oriented
in the wrong way in case of right driven car (for left driven it was ok). Note: this kind of definition
of the instruction field is not used for passenger cars.
- Feature "Vision Planes":
- - The new angle parameter for the mid plane was not available in the specification tree.
- Feature "Field of View":
- - If there is no intersection between the 4 planes and the selected windshield geometry at all, there
was no output calculated. Now, even in that case, the fields are created.
- Feature "Optical Properties":
- - In case of refraction index equal 1.0, numerical problems could lead to some inproper results.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - On change of the used loading in the base data feature, the pedestrian protection feature was
not updated automatically.
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - Calculation of target points has been improved / fixed.
-> Target points of "other pillars" were using always the same geometry selection.
-> Front Header caused a program abort in some cases due to topological operator.
-> Rear Header was not working properly in all cases.
-> Upper Roof leads for some input geometry to wrong measurements between the edges (0mm).
-> Roll Bar targets were not created in all geometrical cases before.
-> Side Rail points SR1 and SR2 were always created at the same location.
-> B-Pillar points use now the CG of the closest front seat.
-> Update of CG points, when the loading plane has been changed.
- - Dependency on alternative selected points has been fixed.
-> Side Rail and other Rail points
-> B-Pillar target point was placed at wrong location, when an alternative point was selected.
- - Visualization according to the CAVA settings.
- - GUI improvements for selection wizzard. E.g. new texts has been added.
- - Update of the V5 specification tree in case of modifications.
- - If the user unselect the checkbox to create the construction geometry, not all geometry
was removed properly from the Part.
Wiper Module:
- Feature "Wiper":
- - In case of "number of points" less than 2, the usage leads to a crash of Catia.
- - In case of German environment ("," instead of "."), the percentage values were not read properly.
Modifications in 1.5.2:
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Modifications for configuration files:
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Manikin Module:
- EyeEllipses.xml:
- New standard "SAE J941 (1997)" has been added.
- VisionPlanes.xml:
- New keyword added for new functionality (1 deg plane)
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- The license check boxes in Tools - Options can now be switched off even without
a valid license.
- On Aix Plattform linked with LUM.4.6.8 Libraries. This should solve the LUM problem occured on specific
Aix machines.
- General enhancement in feature:
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OVA Module:
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - For the US standard an additional combo-box has been added to distinguish between "Fix with car"
and "integrated in seat" fixing.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Eye Ellipses":
- - New standard "SAE J941 (1997)" has been added.
Vision Module:
- If a non activated loading is used, the message ("The selected loading....") appears now only one time.
Before it was created two times, once for the eye feature and once for the vision feature.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The aspherical part can now be also positioned by an angle.
- - The aspherical border is visualized on the mirror and the instruction field.
- Feature "Vision Planes":
- - A new plane has been added to the feature, which represents the 1deg plane.
- Feature "Field of Views":
- - Optional the user can select a closed curve on the surface, representing the
daylight opening. By doing so, the interactive split of the complete windshield
surface into the surface representing the clear part is no longer required, but
handled by CAVA.
- Error fixed:
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General:
- Some values in the configuration files were read as integer value instead of real in the German
environment. Note: On unix most customer are using the EN environment. This problem occured for
the coefficients in eye ellipses (2002) and head position contour (2002). The data including a
dimension (mm / m / deg) were not effected.
- If a single license for the "Safety" Module is available, the feature "BaseData" can
also be created / modified.
- If a loading with Alias name (defined in the TCACAVALoadings.CATNls file, new option with
1.5.1 to use GCIE names) is used by a feature, but not activated, the error message was displaying
the default name for the loading instead of the alias. Note: this effected only the message, not the
data.
- The DLName definition of the CAVA configuration directory was not working when the directory
pointed by the DLName contained environment variables. Now this can be defined with environment
variables, e.g. ${V5_3DParty}/CAVA/Configuration. Syntax must be ${env_var} or $(env_var).
OVA Module:
- Feature "Base Data":
- - If a existing loading plane was deactivated, the geometry stayed in the 3D.
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - The link to the default torso angle of base data feature was not working. The link has been
added in case of ECE standard. In case of US standard, the torso angle can be changed by user
anyway.
- - The bitmaps in the "Detailed" User Interface have been improved.
- - There was no check before, wether the loading plane is according to the standard. Happens
for example when using "No Loading" and afterwards activate the proper one in base data.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
- - If the user specified a delta value for wheel camber or toe in/out for the used loading plane
(in "Detail" GUI of a loading) the values were not interpreted. This error is fixed now for
newly created wheel covering feature.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - There was no check before, wether the loading plane is according to the standard. Happens
for example when using free mode with different loading and afterwards set to non free mode.
- - The icons assigning "Ok" / "NOk" were not updated in all cases, especially, when the roof geometry
was intersected.
- Feature "Manikin":
- - The torso shape differed slightly (0.3mm) from the length of the torso line, due its representation.
- - When in free mode the body masses were modified, they were not stored in the CATPart. With next edit
of the feature the data were lost.
- - The clash detection with interiour geometry is now working also with closed surfaces and the iteration
for positioning "Fonds" has been improved.
- - The value of the Torso angle was not updated in the specification tree (calculation and GUI was ok).
- - If an update of the Manikin was caused due to a modification of linked input geometry and another
CATPart was the active one (not containing the Manikin feature), the update failed with message
"Manikin underconstrained". Note: This bug occured only in 1.5.1.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror":
- - If the mirror is adjusted into a extreme position that way, that the resulting field on the
road is intersecting the internal sideward limits (for numerical reasons), the resulting
field of view was oriented in a wrong way (connected in negative X).
This error is fixed now.
- - If the option "Show visible area as surface on" was set to All, all selected elements were
used to create this surface, even when they should not be used for covering calculation
(depending on the settings for each element in the element list).
- Feature "Direct View":
- - The Status string ("OK" / "Failed") in the list of points was not updated in all cases.
- - In some cases (Free mode with Azimuth angle >45 deg) the sight lines were not created.
- Feature "Optical Properties":
- - The calculated values for the Field of View surfaces in minutes was not updated properly.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - If the target point APR was defined by the user (alternative point), the update of the
interiour roof targets was not working.
- - In some cases, depending on the normal direction of the exteriour roof surfaces, the target
point AP1 was not calculated.
- - On HP.11i the selection of surfaces was impossible in the common GUI, when the list was
empty. Note: The selection with wizzard was already ok.
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The intersection algorithm is now working also with closed surfaces.
Modifications in 1.5.1:
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Modifications for configuration files:
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- Add version information to each configuration file (version of cfg file, could be different to
CAVA version)
Manikin Module:
- ManikinTemplate.xml:
- New keyword for hip angle and new positionings.
- Parameter legroom and lift added as output parameters for positioning "Fonds"
- New standards using loading "KO ML2"
- HeadContour.xml:
- For the standard "SAE J1052 (2002)" the tip down angle is now 12 deg instead of 6.4.
- New standards using loading "KO ML2"
- EyeEllipses.xml:
- Obsolete standard "SAE J941C" has been removed from configuration.
- Dependency on the H-Pnt-Travel for 2002 has been fixed.
OVA Module:
- SeatingBelts.xml:
- New keyword ShA2RearAlt for guide fitting of rear seats to allow definition of an alternative angle for
ECE (user should have the choice between 60 and 65 deg)
- Error fixed for rear seats ECE standard. In case of anchor point is moving with all transitions the
angle should be 30 - 80 deg.
- New Module / Feature / Commands:
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- New functionality in module "Tool Box" is available:
- - Wiper
- General enhancement:
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- The Configuration directory can now be defined also by DLNames.
- User Interfaces are now resizable.
- Feature dealing with seat positions like seating belts or head position contour provide now also
the used seat in the spec tree. Note: similar to the extension with the standard name, this is not
a change of the feature ID but just an extension for the tree item.
- Progress bar for long computation has been changed to an interruptable one (Manikin and Pedestrian
Protection).
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
OVA Module:
- Feature "BaseData":
- - New functionality has been added to define the loadings (before only delta of center in z):
- delta values for X and Y shift of wheel center
- delta of static radius
- delta wheel chamber and Toe in / out
- different colors for each loading
- definition of a loading plane by plane selection (without link)
- possibility to define info texts for each loading to be displayed in GUI.
- - New ability to define alias names for the loadings.
- - The loadings ML1, ML2 and ML3 now have alias names according GCIE.
- - New functionality has been added to deactivate seat data and loadings. Before there was no
possibility to deactivate the feature once they were created. There is a check, whether the
elements are used or not, if they are used, the deactivation is not possible.
- - The coordinates of all seat related points are now displayed in the spec tree.
- Feature "Slope Angle" and "Inner Angle":
- - The "Current Angle" calculation is now also available with selected CGRs.
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - The 2 parameter for lower and upper S value has been switched in GUI, so that upper value is
above lower value.
- - In case of European standard and shoulder anchor point for rear passenger, an option has been added
to choose between 60 and 65 deg for the upper limitation of the field.
- Feature "Child Protection":
- - The area for the Australian standard is now created as a closed volume similar to the US standard. Before
it contains just 2 parallel planar surfaces.
With this option it is possible to use also a seat profile for the Australian standard.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Eye Points":
- - An option has been added to display textual information (name of point) for each point in 3D.
- Feature "Eye Ellipses":
- - The center point and axis have been added to the model.
- Feature "Manikin":
- - New Parameter "Hip Angle" added
- - New Positionings added using the hipangle
- - New standards which use loading "KO ML 2"
- - A line perpendicular to the road through SRP can be displayed in 3D (activation by a new checkbox in GUI)
- - In case of changing the position, proper default values are used for the parameter. Before the last one were
used (from previous position).
- Feature "Head Position Contour":
- - New standards which use loading "KO ML 2"
- - Center point and axis have been added
- - Section curve for clearance calculation has been added
- Feature "SRP Locationcurves":
- - Free mode has been added to allow to switch between different loadings.
Vision Module:
- Feature "Mirror:
- - New standard CDN CMVSS111 added with slightly different values than "US FMVSS111" (see modifications of configuration files)
- - Additional standard "Wall Triangle" added for all standards having "Wall option" before.
- - Calculation of aspherical mirror has been improved. When visualizing elements on mirror the
representing curves are now more smooth.
- - Improvements in the user interface
- Visualization elements are on own tab page now, instead of extra window
- The element list for the covering elements has been improved, there is now a extra selection
field together with a Add / Set / Remove functionality to make the handling more comfortable
- Feature "Optical distortion" and "Multiple refraction":
- - The current value for the Fields of View is now displayed also in unit [Minutes]
- - The visualization GUI is now integrated into the main window. Before it was a separate window.
- Feature "Direct View":
- - Navigation has been improved (Appearance in specification tree).
- Angles added
- Closest Point on Road added
- Lines to Points added
- - Allow to add / remove points in list even in non-free mode.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - The calculation has been optimized for better performance.
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - Improvements in the user interface
- Possibility to remove elements from selection wizzard.
- Detailed error messages if the calculation fails.
- Error fixed:
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General:
- The initialization of the visual properties for the points has been improved, so the CAVA points are
visible, even when the settings for CAVA points are not changed by user. Before the default settings
lead to invisible points.
OVA Module:
- Feature "Seating Belts":
- - For rear seats in ECE standard the wrong pair of angles was used in case of anchor point is
moving with all transitions. This was a problem of configuration (see above)
- - The test whether a transition curve is lying in the plane of the SRP was not working properly
for all cases.
- - In case of a non moveable Guide fitting point in ECE standard, the tip of the field could be
slightly wrong due a missing point.
- Feature "Child Protection":
- - The usage of the seat profile to cut the area has been corrected. Before it might happen, that the
resulting area contained two domains.
Manikin Module:
- Feature "Manikin":
- - Torso angle is now exactly measured with the used road plane.
- - If no heel point is defined for the used seat, an error message on OK / Apply has been added.
- - In case of rotated seats:
- Clash detection is fixed now.
- All manikin points were rotated properly, before the knee point was not shifted at all.
- - In case of iterative positioning of the leg (e.g. Fonds) the max. allowed foot angle will be used as result
if possible. For fonds with no interference the result will be 130 deg instead of 129.xxx.
- - The tangent constraint between foot and pedal (or floor) has been improved. Even non planar curves can now
be selected.
- - The distance between ankle point and bar foot line has been corrected to 83mm (same vale as horizontal
distance between ankle point and heel point)
- - The Fill option did not work for the Positioning "Fonds".
- - Problem when using Manikin feature in Assembly context, Base Data in different Part than Manikin, lead to
seat points with factor 1000.
- Feature "Eye Ellipses":
- - The dependency on the H-Pnt-Travel for the 2002 standard has been fixed.
- Feature "HeadContour":
- - For the standard "SAE J1052 (2002)" the tip down angle is now 12 deg instead of 6.4.
- - The calculation of the head clearances has been corrected.
Vision Module:
- general:
- - If in free mode the eye definition has been modified, e.g. cutoff for ellipses, and free mode was switched off
afterwards, there was no check for this data. Now the user will get the corresponding message.
- Feature "A-Pillar Covering":
- - The result was depending on the order of selection of the pillar geometry.
- - Wireframe geometry was used in wrong way, when used together with surfaces.
- Feature "Mirror:
- - The shape of the instructionfield for the inside Mirror in US (and CDN) standards has been corrected. In case
of field on road the angle of 20 deg is used for the sideward limitations.
- - Covering calculation based on surfaces / CGRs has been improved. Before in some cases the contour of the
surfaces was calculated in a wrong way.
- - In case of non planar curves for the contour definition, the distance to the rotation point and the default
angles were sometimes wrong. Contour is now checked to be planar.
- - In case of the US standard and inside mirror, the distance between the rear point of the car and the field was
in some cases not equal 61m (depending on base data for overhang and wheel center).
- - The crash on HP 11.i when rotating the mirror has been fixed.
- - When using free mode and changing the instruction field manually the system could crash.
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - If the free mode was activated the angles for the intersection planes were changed automatically for European
standards. There is a list with several lines of values for the different car width in US standards. When
changing to free mode the wrong index from this list was used.
- Feature "Optical distortion" and "Multiple refraction":
- - The required angle was read in wrong way in German environment due to a V5 internal problem.
- - The required angle was editable when editing the feature (opening of an existing feature)
- - The result is not longer dependant on the order of selection (main / second) surface.
Safety Module:
- Feature "Pedestrian Protection":
- - In case that the wrap around curve is defined as rear limit for the Bonnet Top, but is "out of range" due to
a short wrap around distance of the rear side of the engine hood, the rear Bonnet Curve is taken as limit.
Note: this is not the case for EuroNCAP, when the wrap around curve may lay also on the windshield.
- - The calculation of the "Bonnet Top Split" in case of EuroNCAP standard has been corrected, so the results will
be symmetric.
- - Calculation of the Bonnet rear curve corrected. In some cases, the contact points between sphere and shield were
wrong.
- Feature "Head Impact":
- - The Subfeature representing a deactivated target point are now removed from the model properly.
- - Fix of some crashes during calculation.
- - Parameter "Roof Ratio" did not work for the Upper Roof calculation.
Modifications in 1.4.2:
=======================
- Error fixed:
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- Feature "Manikin":
- - On some specific machines the torso angle was used with wrong sign (-25 instead
of 25 deg).
- - In case of fonds positioning with shifted leg (in y direction for best position),
the bar foot line had different Y coordinates for the limit points. It started at
the y value of the torso and ended at the shifted foot.
Modifications in 1.4.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
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Manikin Module:
- ManikinTemplate.xml:
- The existing standard name has been extended by (1987)
- New positions have been added
- For compability reasons (if already used), the old name "SAE J826" has been shifted to the
Customer directory. Can be removed, if not needed.
- New standard "SAE J826 (1995)" has been added.
- SRPLocationCurves.xml:
- Error fixed for 90% Curve. Coefficient a was wrong, 855 instead of 885.
OVA Module:
- Bumpers.xml:
- New keyword CenterLineLength for visualizing a line in mid of profile
Vision Module:
- OpticalDistortion.xml / MultipleRefelction.xml
- new keyword "fromInside" has been added
- New Module / Feature / Commands:
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- new functionality in module Safety is available:
- - Pedestrian Protection
- - Head Impact
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- The selection of cells (vertices, faces,..) of the CAVA geometry is now possible. It cane
be used for measurement or as reference for a V5 element.
- A new option has been added to the Default settings to do not offer the "free mode" to the
CAVA feature (set in "Tools - Options"). If the "free mode" is switched of, the user can not
switch to it.
- Feature using "free mode" make this public in the spec tree by using a certain postfix for
the standard name. This is available only in combination with the setting "extend feature
name by standard name". Before the name of the last used standard was taken.
- In case of CGR data, the position matrix of the component within the CATProduct is used.
Before, the CGR was read in with its local coordinates.
- The CAVA Workbench now provides command to insert a new Geometrical Set directly.
- Improvement for element selection. In case of selection lists, the selected geometry is in
highlight mode when the command (and the tabpage) is active.
- The "CAVA Points" navigate now also the coordinates in the spec tree. So behavior is similar
to the older versions, where common V5 Points were used.
- New possibility to set Alias names for the loadings, which will appear in GUI. (Not yet used)
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
- Feature "BaseData":
- - Small improvements in GUI to display SRP coordinates with 5 digits
- Feature "Bumper":
- - An additional line in the mid of the profile has been added.
- Feature "Manikin":
- - A new option has been added to display the rearview body perpendicular to the road.
- - The reference points and lines can now be created in the feature:
Knee Point, Ankle Point, Torso Line, Leg Line, BarFoot Line, Ankle Line, Shoe Line
- - The distance BOF - Heel Point has been improved according BMW feedback.
- - 95% is default value
- - New positionings have been added
- - New standard "SAE J826 (1995)" with slightly different body parameters
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The visible area can be displayed as a surfacic element in V5. Can be set to None /
Instruction field / All. This makes it much more comfortable to decide, which areas
are visible and which are not.
- - The "free Mode" is now available also for Mirror and allows the user to modify the instruction
field, the loading or the used eye standard
- - The constraint, that the rotationpoint must be behind the mirror contour is no longer used.
- Feature "A-Pillar Covering":
- - New option to create the intersection geometry in the 2 planes parallel to road has
been added. Available by a new option in GUI.
- Feature "Optical Properties" and "Multiple Reflection":
- - The order of the surfaces (inside / outside) is calculated internally, so the order of
selection is no longer important.
- - A new option has been added to define the direction of the rays, some non used GUI
elements have been removed.
- Error fixed:
--------------
- Feature "SRP Location Curves":
- - The 90% Curve was wrong due to a faulty configuration file (see above)
- Feature "Manikin":
- - Some values were not set back, when switching to Non-Free mode
- - In case of Manikin for Passenger, the wrong Torso angle was used before (always the drivers one).
- - The value legroom is now calculated properly (distance +254mm instead of -254mm)
- - The tree icon for Manikin was sometimes not directly updated (red instead of Ok).
- Feature "Eye Points":
- - In some cases it could happen, that the point Pm was located on the opposite Y value (not between P1
and P2).
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - Due to internal improvements the geodesic offset can now be calculated as long as it is possible in
interactive mode.
- Feature "Mirror":
- - If a instructionfield limit point is defined by the relation carfront (not used in official
configuration), the point is created at X=-overhang, instead of the real carfront value.
- - In some special cases, the calculation of the percentage was incorrect. This appeared, when
the field of view for one eye did not interfere with the instruction field.
- - In some cases, the road plane was not proper used to position the instruction field on a
perpendicular wall.
- - If no contour is selected the input value for the distance (rotation point - surface) was not
used at all (but 100mm default value).
- Feature "Direct View":
- - Error fixed: Message "Point is already in List" appeared, even in initialize state.
Modifications in 1.3.2.P2:
==========================
- Modified call of LUM license request. Instead of old method netls_request_license, now the
method lum_extended_request_license is used to grant the concurrent licenses.
- Allow to supress the license check at workbench creation by V5 environment variable
CAVA_NO_LIC_WB_CREATION = yes
Modifications in 1.3.2:
=======================
- Error fixed:
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- Feature "Head Position Contour":
If the user switchs off the free mode checkbox, there was no check whether the current data is
according to the selected standard.
- Feature "Mirror":
In version 1.3.1 the aspherical mirror was not working.
- Export Tool:
- The export of planar faces is now working also with lower V5 Releases.
- On some Unix plattforms the system was crashing when using the export in non flat mode,
e.g. Irix 6.5.23 or higher
- Licensing:
In case that there is no license available the system was crashing in some cases This happened
when an existing CAVA feature was activated by a double click.
- Feature names in Manikin Module:
The feature names of manikin module has been adopted to the other modules.
"CAVA Head Position Contour" instead of the internal name "TCACAVAHeadPositionContour".
Modifications in 1.3.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
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All standards named "Comapny intern" have been moved to the Customer directory of the configuration.
This will make the handling more comfortable, when companies are going to adapt their own standards.
Manikin Module:
- EyePoints.xml:
- Add new keywords to define the default length of the torso line, which is new with 1.3.1.
- A line for H-Pnt-Travel = 0 has been added to avoid problems
- EyeEllipses.xml
Due to new added functionality, the ellipses now support also the W3 / W7 displacement.
NOTE!: This may lead to some compability problems with older documents. The used standard
"SAE J941c" has not been erased to minimize this problems.
- Support of the new SAE J41 (2002) standard
- old standards renamed in "SAE J941 (1965)" and "SAE J941 (1965) centric"
- standard "SAE J941C" still available for compability reasons
- Error fixed in configuration: For H-Point-Travel 127mm a wrong x-mean was used (107 instead of 10.7)
- Error fixed in configuration: For H-Point-Travel 140mm a wrong axis length for 99% was used
- HeadContour.xml:
new file for new functionality
- SRPLocationCurves.xml:
new file for new functionality
- ManikinTemplate.xml:
new file for new functionality
Vision Module:
- FieldsOfView.xml:
- The standards are now referencing the modified eye ellipse standard "SAE J941 (1965)"
- The FMVSS and ADR standards are now available also with the centric eye ellipses
- VisionCone.xml:
- The standards are now referencing the modified eye ellipse standard "SAE J941 (1965)"
- Mirror.xml:
- The standards are now referencing the modified eye ellipse standard "SAE J941 (1965)"
- New standard FMVSS 111 with using the perpendicular wall
Safety Module:
- PedestrianProtection.xml:
An Example for testing. This is NOT the final configuration.
- New Module / Feature / Commands:
----------------------------------
- new functionality in module Manikin is available:
- - Head Position Contour
- - SRP location curves
- - 2D Manikin Template
- New function to extract the CAVA geometry to common V5 dummy elements
- New type of license: Runtime licenses
Enable the user to update and visualize the CAVA feature, but not to modify or create it.
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- The default settings for the visualization of OVA measurements are now stored in an additional
CATSettings file and can be set in "Tools - Options"
- The visualization properties "thickness of wire elements" (defined in Tools - Options - CAVA)
is now used properly during feature creation.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
- Feature "Base Data":
- - New links have been added to define the
Heel Point
Steering heel center point
Pedal reference Point
W3 Front / Rear
Automatic Gear: Yes / No
- - Passengers are now able to be positioned in different directions. Seating belt feature
and Manikin feature take care about this.
- Feature "Space to Road":
In case of no calculation under the axis, the selection field for positioning is disabled now.
- Feature "Eye Points":
- - The point Pm has been added.
- - Optional a line representing the torso angle and a vertical line starting in SRP can
be visualized
- Feature "Eye Ellipses":
- - New standard "SAE J941 (2002)" is supported
- - Formula for Y-displacement depending on W3 and W7 has been added.
- - Surfacic representation has been added
- - Default percentile (Cut-Off) is now 95%, before it was 90%
- Feature "Mirror":
- - The sight rays from eye to mirror are also visualized if option "Show rays" is on.
- - The instructionfield on the mirror is now also created as geometry, if option "Create
Geometry" is on.
- - New standard FMVSS 111 on perpendicualr wall
- Error fixed:
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- Feature "Base Data":
In case of renaming an additional passenger (non driver), the feature name had the extension (NLS?!)
- Feature "Eye Points":
- - Error fixed in case of to small or to big H-Pnt-Travel. Before no output was created.
- Feature "Eye Ellipses":
- - Error fixed in case of to small or to big H-Pnt-Travel. Before no output was created.
- - Error fixed in configuration file for specific H-Pnt-Travel values
- Feature "Fields of View":
- - In some special cases the offset values was not used properly or the system crashed during
usage of a standard with positive offset. This was depending on the geometry.
- - Also depending on the selected geometry it happened sometimes, that one of the four curves
was not created properly.
- Feature "Optical Properties":
The icons for "Ok" / "Violation" were missing.
Modifications in 1.2.2 (OVA Version 1.1.5.P1):
===============================================
Only for HP-UX system:
- Error fixed:
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- The error "Unresolved symbol...." during runtime (measurment in Underfloor feature) is fixed.
Modifications in 1.2.2:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
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- SeatingBelts.xml:
For fonds passenger in ECE standard use always the angles 30 - 80 deg for buckle and endfitting.
- Mirror.xml
- Add new keywords to define maximum allowed percentage of covering for European standards.
- For FMVSS standards the loading has been changed to "Empty weight USA/CDN+ N*68Kg" (before it was
"Empty weight + N*68Kg")
- For FMVSS standards the instruction field has been corrected to width of 20deg
- FieldsOfView.xml:
- New standard "EG EWG 92/22"
- Modification in "EG EWG 77/649": Field "A" has been removed
- Modification in "US FMVSS 103 / CDN CMVSS 103": Field "B" has been removed
- Standard "Australia ADR 15" has been removed till some details (lower angle) has been clearified.
- APillar.xml:
The angle for the standard "Company intern (old EWG)" has been changed to 6 deg.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
- Feature "Mirror":
A new configurable parameter was added to define the maximum allwed percentage of covering.
- Feature "Vision Cone":
Use strings which are supported by NLS for the combo selection of the eye points to use.
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- All files in the os-depending installation directory (aix_a, intel_a,...) are now starting with
the unique trigram "TCA"
- Error fixed:
--------------
- See also changes of configuration files above.
- Feature "Seatin Belts":
Several improvments for this feature:
- improve logic of "Move with" option and check whethe a curve is selected at all
- Check the treshold value for US standard (whether to use a shift or not: 70mm) only with the
longitudinal transition.
- Use most rearward and downward point for US standard depending on selected curves.
- Improve logic for user defined settings for values DR, BR and CR in case of guide fitting.
- The value CR was not used properly
- Feature "Field of View":
The dependency on the car width was not working properly in all cases.
- Feature "Mirror":
Depending on the fact whether the elements for covering are used for both (direct and indirect),
the calculation was wrong. If only one type was selected, it worked properly.
- Error fixed:
On Irix systems with level 6.5.23 (or higher) the system crashed when using CAVA feature, e.g.
during creation of BaseData feature.
This should alos fix some problems on HP 11.11
Modifications in 1.2.1.P1:
=========================
- Error fixed:
--------------
- Feature "Field of View":
In case of used width tresholds, the edit function of a existing feature leads always
to the question "Do you want to reset the standard data?". Error is fixed now.
- Feature "Optical Properties of the windshield":
The refraction index in the GUI was always set back to 1.0, when a new surface was selected.
- Feature "Vision Planes":
A z-coordinate of more than 400mm lead to a update error.
Modifications in 1.2.1:
=======================
Modifications for configuration files:
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- LampPositions.xml:
new keyword UseLampLimits to define different prefixes for the names, depending
on the used standard. E.g. use "CE_" for standards which reference to the
center of the bulb or other prefix, if the standard refers to the limits of the
lamp.
Used for American and Canadian standard.
- LampPositions.xml:
Standards ADR 13 and Korea added.
- UFSpaceToRoad.xml:
new keywords (GeneralSurface, WheelRadius and Extension) to build also Australian
standard for non Off-Road vehicles.
Used for Australian standard.
- ChildProtection.xml:
The shift value for the R-Point in the standard FMVSS 225 was wrong. The whole area was
213mm to low (in respect to torso line). Now the R-Point is calculated with 563mm.
- Vision configuration files have been widely modified.
- New Module / Feature / Commands:
----------------------------------
- new module Vision is available. A prototype was already in 1.1.3 (activated by environment
variable) available for testing issues. The vision feature do now instanciate their own
eye feature (points or ellipses) which is defined in configuration file. With this the user
is not anymore responsible to create the proper eye feature and define it as input for
the vision functionality.
included feature are:
- Fields of view on windshield
- Vision Points (Reference points on windshield)
- Vision Planes
- A-Pillar covering
- Vision Cone
- Mirror (not in 1.1.3)
- optical distortion of the windshield (not in 1.1.3)
- multiple reflection of the windshield (not in 1.1.3)
- direct view (not in 1.1.3)
The improvements to the prototype are listed below.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
- Feature "Lamp Positions":
Now it is possible to define a different prefix for the name of the line feature in case
of US standard "CE".
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
Additional possibility to define the extension of the surfaces under the axis. With this
it is possible to define the surfaces 1m before and behind the axis like defined in ADR
standard.
- Feature "Free Space Top Tether":
A new option to mirror the geometry has been added.
- Feature "Fields of view":
It is now also possible to create the limiting planes, even without selection of the wind
shield. This enables investigations in a very early design stage.
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- Improvement of configuration handling. Now there are 2 different subdirectories in the
configuration: "Default" and "Customer". This enables the administrator to define own
standards or overwrite existing standards (with the same name) without editing the
official standard files provided with the product.
- A general option in the CATSettings allows to publish all internal used
CAVA data for a usage in CATProduct context, if a external reference is
allowed only for published elements
- Improved element selection for CAVA feature with list of input feature, e.g. underfloor.
- search by name and scope
- Measurement with CGR files.
- Optional visualization of the distances to the current geometry either during command or
permanent.
- If a CAVA Parameter is used in a general V5 formula, now the complete path is displayed.
- The measurement functionality for the underfloor feature (Current status) has been improved.
E.g. the Feature "Inner Angle" is now able to calculate the distance to geometry which is
extended over the whole vehicle length.
- New functions for KW integration: e.g. IsFreeModeUsed(), IsLinkedToGeometry(),...
- On AIX linked with newer version of LUM libraries. Now LUM 4.6.6 is used for build time.
- Error fixed:
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- Tools - Options:
In some cases the system crashed, when using the tools - options panel. This happens with the
version 1.1.3, when the user is switching from the CAVA pages to another V5 page and pressed "OK".
- Tools - Options:
The file dialog panel for the configuration and log directory could not be used twice, without
leaving the tools option panel at all.
- Feature "Slope angle"
Feature "Curb clearance"
Feature "Dynamic Curb clearance"
Feature "Number Plates"
The "Front / Back" functionality was not working properly on Irix. "Back" and "Both" were working,
but when switching back to "Front" the back elements were not deleted.
- Feature "Oil pan":
In case of violation of the required value, an icon has been added to display the status
in the specification tree. Before the icon was missing in that case.
- Feature "Child Protection":
In some cases the usage of a seat profile resulted in an area conatining 2 domains.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
In some cases the calculation was not properly and the result was ok, even if not the whole
segment is covered by the selected geometry.
- Feature "Eye points" and "Eye ellipses":
Geometry is now symmetric to the mid plane in case of right driven car.
- Feature "Fields of View"
In the previous vision version (1.2.0) the FOVs have been wrong, because of some slightly
different angles.
- Feature "Fields of View"
The offset value has been improved. In some cases when using the offset, the wire was not closed,
but face creation was ok.
- Feature "A-Pillar covering"
The target points of the tangent lines were not in the proper section plane. This is fixed now.
Modifications in 1.1.3:
========================
Modifications for configuration files:
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- LampPositions.xml:
for types SRS and SML the front and rear limits have been removed.
- NumberPlates.xml:
the values for the two "worst case" Standards have been switched.
- Wheelcovering.xml:
for both standards, EWG and ADR now the loading "Empty weight EG + co-driver" is used.
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
- Feature "Dynamic Curb": Disable Inner Length when Free is active and calculation
is tangent.
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- Limits with value 0 are not longer visible
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- The icons in spec tree assign now if the standard is violated or not
- In Tools - Options there is a switch, whether the feature names should be extended
by the used standard name.
- Improvements of the user interface: resizeable
- If there is no license for CAVA, there is no longer a error window when changing
to the CAVA Workbench, but the icons are not visible.
- Error fixed:
--------------
- Update status of the CATPart is improved. In 1.1.2 it could happen, that a reloaded
Part was not up to date.
- Feature "Seating Belts": GUI, Calculation and configuration has been improved:
- GUI: more clear structure. Some values are not editable any more.
- Calculation for ECE Guide fitting is improved
- Calculation for US Guide fitting and dependency on the translations is improved
- A keyword in configuration is responsible whether the Back angle is editable or not.
- Feature "Inner Angle": Calculation method takes now care about the choosen algorithm,
either tangent or circular.
- Feature "Lamp Position":
- Configuration for the side types has been fixed
- Feature "WheelCovering":
- The angles are now measured towards the road plane.
- The special field for Off-Roader is improved
- Feature "Eye ellipses": The axis of the ellipses are now proper calculated and according
to the configuration.
Modifications in 1.1.2:
-----------------------
General modifications for configuration files:
- The category keyword is now supported in all standard configuration files.
With this change some of the old files causes a warning during usuage, but they
still work.
- Bumpers.xml for bumper definition
- ChildProtection.xml
- FreeSpace.xml
- LampPositions.xml
- SeatingBelts.xml
- EyePoints.xml
- EyeEllipses.xml
Some configuration files have been slightly changed:
- UFCurb.xml: now uses different loading for Off-Roader in Company intern standard (example)
- UFDynamicCurb.xml: now uses different loading for Off-Roader in Company intern standard (example)
- UFInnerAngle.xml: now uses different loading for Off-Roader in standards "US/AUS" and "EU Off-Road"
- UFOilTub.xml: now uses different loading for Off-Roader in Company intern standard (example)
- UFSlopeAngle.xml: now uses different loading for Off-Roader in Company intern standard (example)
- UFSpaceToRoad.xml: now uses different loading for Off-Roader in Company intern and Australia standard (example)
- General enhancement in feature:
---------------------------------
- Feature "WheelCovering": functionality for measurement added
- Feature "Complete Underfloor": functionality for measurement added
- Feature "Oil Pan": "free" option added
- Feature "Bumper": The visualization option "Wire / Surface" has bee added
- Feature "Bumper": The position option "front / back" has been added
- Feature "Eye point": Set the "show" flag as default
- Feature "Wheel Covering": The value for Triangle Height (visualization only) is now editable by the user
- Feature "Free Space" for child protection systems:
A parameter of type angle to rotate the part around the axis was added.
- Feature "Seating Belts": The input curves for seat transitions are now checked, whether they are lying
in the plane of the seat reference point.
- General enhancement:
----------------------
- Now unique feature names are used, the CATNls files with feature alias have been updated
- Updated configuration files
- Support of German GUI interface
- Now the numbers of log files can be restricted
- In "Tools - options" the user can set the default color for edges and vertices
- The icon in the specification tree directly assigns, whether the measurement result is ok or not.
(available for all underfloor feature, for wheel covering, it will be in next release)
- The methods for "Current"-calculation (measurements) has been improved.
Note: this will be improved also for future releases.
- Most parameters are now checked internally whether they are suitable or not.
- Error fixed:
--------------
- The CANCEL action has been improved. Before it was not working with all CATIA Releases.
- Feature "Seating Belts":
The way, how the tips of the fields for "Buckle" and "End fitting" area are translated in case of
seat transitions has been improved.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
The line in the mid of the rear wheel is measured from the Wheel Center Z coordinate in upward direction,
not from road.
- Feature "Wheel Covering":
The extra area for Off-Roader has been added.
- Feature "Base Data":
The wheels, which are visualized in the 3D space as cylindric surfaces are now calculated according to
the specification with the diameter, not with the static radius.
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
The calculation for the surfaces under Axis Circular has been improved. Before the extension of the
surface was often not proper. Additional the calculation for the measurement has been improved.
- Feature "Ground Clearance":
The value for the "Axis Offset" is now disabled for user modifications beside the "free" is switched on.