Many formulas use a capital D to define parameters. A popular example is the second moment of area "I" of a tube. In Maple we get

Both I and D are protected symbols in Maple and are therefore printed in roman. With the "local" command, I and D can be used as unprotected symbols. However, only the unprotected "I" is printed in italic (like other symbols or names do). D is still printed in roman, which spoils Maple's excellent printout (a bit).

I hope this inconsistency can be improved one day. For the time being, I am looking for better alternatives than my workaround with a fat white space in the attachment. Are there better workarounds?

Italic_I_and_D.mw

In a multibody assembly I have three instances of identically connected prismatic joints (flanges not conneted and identical componets at the frames)

In the simulation results the joints are listed with the following variables:

Why are the variables not the same for three identical components and what do the Fi and Mi stand for?

Is there any documentation on variables listed in the simulation results? It seems that more variables can be available than listed in the component documentation.

I have seen that this is possible (for example in the example:  2-D Flexible Spin-up Beam).

When I copy an image to the Windows10 clipboard it does paste to other applications but not to MapleSim. Instead, I get an audio notification from the system that is played on other instances when an action cannot be performed.

Within MapleSim copy and paste works (also between models). However, copying an image from a Maplesim Model to another Windows App does not work.

Can someone confirm that pasting images works in recent verions?

(Clearing the Clipboard removes images copied with MapleSim.

Observed on 2 Windows 10 installations with the version 2022 and 2021.)

I have not found anything in the corresponding help page and mouse over does not work.

In a video (watch from 7 min onwards) I have seen the definition of solution types in custom components. Is this possible in newer versions of MapleSim using the custom component app? If yes, how?