{"id":26266,"date":"2021-05-06T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/?p=26266"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:26:58","slug":"how-are-you-using-multibody-dynamics-simulation-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/how-are-you-using-multibody-dynamics-simulation-today\/","title":{"rendered":"How are you using Multibody Dynamics simulation today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NAFEMS Multibody Dynamics Survey<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects-600x143.png\" alt=\"NAFEMS logo\" class=\"wp-image-26338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects-600x143.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects-1024x243.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects-768x183.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects-1536x365.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects-900x214.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/NAFEMS-Logo-transparent-flat-no-effects.png 1624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Do you perform <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multibody_simulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multibody dynamics (MBD) simulation<\/a>, otherwise known as motion simulation, on machines, vehicles or other types of mechanisms?  If so, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafems.org\/community\/working-groups\/multi-body-dynamics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAFEMS Multibody Dynamics Working Group<\/a> would like to hear from you.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafems.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAFEMS <\/a>is conducting a survey on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/GB2PMJ5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Current Trends in the Usage of Multibody Dynamics Software<\/a>, and as a proud member of NAFEMS, <a href=\"http:\/\/siemens.com\/plm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Siemens Digital Industries Software<\/a> is helping to get the word out about this survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results from the survey will be used by the NAFEMS Multibody Dynamics Working Group to help prioritize their activities. After the survey concludes, NAFEMS will publish a summary of the responses and NAFEMS will distribute an overview of the results to everyone who supports this initiative by completing the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/GB2PMJ5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take the NAFEMS MBD survey now <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/landing_gear-1-600x579.jpg\" alt=\"Multibody model of a landing gear in Simcenter 3D Motion\" class=\"wp-image-26343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/landing_gear-1-600x579.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/landing_gear-1-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/landing_gear-1.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Finally, the NAFEMS Multibody Dynamics Working Group announced the launch of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafems.org\/community\/working-groups\/multi-body-dynamics\/mbd-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAFEMS Multibody Dynamics Community<\/a>. The MBD Community will be the central point for the exchange of ideas, information and networking for everyone interested or involved in MBD. So whether if you are a user of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/simulation-test\/motion-simulation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simcenter 3D Motion<\/a> or some other multibody dynamics simulation tool, we highly urge you to join the NAFEMS Multibody Dynamics Community today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nafems.org\/community\/working-groups\/multi-body-dynamics\/mbd-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join the NAFEMS MBD Community<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAFEMS is conducting a survey on the Current Trends in the Usage of Multibody Dynamics Software, and as a proud member of NAFEMS, Siemens Digital Industries Software is helping to get the word out about this survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59783,"featured_media":26282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[243,571],"industry":[89,157,156,155],"product":[],"coauthors":[717],"class_list":["post-26266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-computer-aided-engineering-cae","tag-multibody-simulation","industry-automotive-transportation","industry-heavy-equipment","industry-industrial-machinery","industry-industrial-machinery-heavy-equipment"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/excavator.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26266"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43714,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26266\/revisions\/43714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26266"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=26266"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=26266"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=26266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}