At the annual Open House Germany, IPG Automotive offered insights into the latest release of CarMaker. In addition to new tools for scenario parameterization and a new ground truth sensor model, new CarMaker functionalities for customizing the 3D environment will be available from March 29. The simulation and test software also enables scaling the generation of roads and offers more solutions for hybrid and electric vehicle applications thanks to its new battery model and a modular powertrain architecture.
On March 21, IPG Automotive presented the new CarMaker release 12.0 more than 400 participants at its annual industry event, Open House Germany. With a new battery model and a new modular powertrain architecture, CarMaker is now also suited for hybrid and electric vehicle applications.
With CarMaker 12, users will benefit from a new ground truth sensor with a variety of data access options. The new function is based on the novel software framework which makes data extraction much easier for users. In addition, the user interface has been updated and made more user-friendly. The first available instance of the ground truth sensor will be an optimized version of the line sensor.
The new software version also features extended functionalities for scenario parameterization, which improves compatibility with the OpenSCENARIO standard. Maneuver parameterization is now performed within the Scenario Editor.
The new Import & Export functionality helps optimize the new scenario generation, allowing road networks to be subdivided in individual segments and exported separately in the Scenario Editor. These segments can then be imported into other road networks as templates, and combined according to a modular principle. This makes generating templates and creating complex road networks easier.
With the new MovieNX Python API, users can now interact with the 3D environment and automate MovieNX. The HD scenario “Suburban Street” enables testing camera-based systems with high traffic density, a variety of pedestrian models and many every-day traffic obstacles.
In addition to the new CarMaker release, IPG Automotive presented a new product at the event: VIRTO, an app suite offering intuitive access to virtual vehicle development for a large community of design engineers. VIRTO enables development workflows for seamless and traceable simulation, reducing the complexity of simulation in the development of software-defined vehicles.
