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Design Simulation Technologies (DST) has released Working Model 2D Version 10. The update introduces an AI assistant that builds simulations from natural language descriptions, a redesigned user interface, and a new COM/Python API that exposes the simulation engine to external automation, the company reports.
Working Model 2D is a 2D kinematic and dynamic simulation tool used by engineers and colleges and universities across six continents. Users build mechanical systems on screen, run physics simulations, and measure forces, velocities, and accelerations on bodies or joints.
Version 10’s AI assistant connects to the simulation engine through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Users describe a mechanism in plain English—for example, “Build a slider-crank with a 5 cm crank and a 15 cm connecting rod”—and the assistant creates the bodies, joints, and motor and runs the simulation. The assistant can also interpret photographed hand-drawn sketches to generate working models.
“The AI assistant handles the setup work so users can focus on analyzing results and refining designs,” says Alan Wegienka, president of Design Simulation Technologies.
The new automation interface makes the simulation engine accessible from C++, C#, Visual Basic, and Python. Included Python bindings support parametric studies and automated workflows. Built-in script editors for Python and VBScript provide syntax highlighting and error reporting within the application.
Version 10 also adds real-time data exchange with Excel, MATLAB, Python, and user-written DLLs during running simulations. Working Model 2D can function as a plant model for Simulink co-simulation.
Working Model 2D Version 10 is available now. Free evaluation copies can be downloaded at www.design-simulation.com. Customers with active maintenance agreements receive a free upgrade. Volume and academic licensing is available.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Design Simulation Technologies develops, markets, and supports software products used by students, educators, and professionals to learn and teach physics principles and to use these principles to build virtual models of mechanical designs.
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