<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
simulation	B-Application
software	O
for	O
the	O
modeling	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
multi-domain	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
3D	O
CAE	O
modeling	O
this	O
approach	O
gives	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
systems	O
before	O
detailed	O
CAD	B-Application
geometry	O
is	O
available	O
,	O
hence	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
earlier	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
design	O
cycle	O
or	O
V-Model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
create	O
a	O
simulation	B-Application
model	O
for	O
a	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
libraries	B-Library
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Causality	B-Application
is	O
enforced	O
by	O
linking	O
the	O
inputs	O
of	O
one	O
icon	O
to	O
the	O
outputs	O
of	O
another	O
icon	O
(	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
libraries	B-Library
are	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
also	O
support	O
Modelica	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
non-proprietary	O
,	O
object-oriented	O
,	O
equation	O
based	O
language	O
to	O
model	O
complex	O
physical	O
systems	O
containing	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
mechanical	O
,	O
electrical	O
,	O
electronic	O
,	O
hydraulic	O
,	O
thermal	O
,	O
control	O
,	O
electric	O
power	O
or	O
process-oriented	O
subcomponents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Siemens	O
Digital	O
Industries	O
Software	O
Simcenter	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
combines	O
1D	O
simulation	B-Application
,	O
3D	O
CAE	O
and	O
physical	O
testing	O
with	O
intelligent	O
reporting	O
and	O
data	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
software	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Imagine	O
S.A.	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
June	O
2007	O
by	O
LMS	O
International	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
by	O
Siemens	O
AG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
the	O
association	O
with	O
Pr	O
C	B-Language
.	O
W	O
.	O
Richards	O
,	O
coming	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Bath	O
in	O
England	O
,	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
release	O
of	O
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
dedicated	O
to	O
fluid	O
control	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
automotive	O
,	O
aerospace	O
and	O
other	O
advanced	O
manufacturing	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multi-domain	O
software	O
that	O
supports	O
modeling	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
physics	O
domains	O
(	O
hydraulic	O
,	O
pneumatic	O
,	O
mechanic	O
,	O
electrical	O
,	O
thermal	O
,	O
electromechanical	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Bond	B-Application
graph	I-Application
theory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
works	O
with	O
the	O
free	B-Application
Gcc	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
compiler	O
and	O
its	O
free	B-Application
Express	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
version	O
4.3.0	O
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
Intel	O
compiler	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
develop	O
submodels	O
from	O
different	O
standard	O
submodels	O
(	O
supercomponent	O
)	O
using	O
Component	O
Customization	O
functionality	O
or	O
by	O
programming	O
them	O
in	O
C	B-Language
or	O
in	O
Fortran	B-Application
with	O
the	O
Submodel	O
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Physical	O
libraries	B-Library
from	O
which	O
models	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
include	O
control	O
,	O
electrical	O
networks	O
,	O
mechanical	O
,	O
fluid	O
,	O
thermodynamic	O
,	O
IC	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
aerospace	O
and	O
defense	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simcenter	B-Application
Amesim	I-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
engineering	O
schools	O
and	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
