SIMM (Software for Interactive Muskuloskeletal Modeling) is a powerful tool kit that facilitates the modeling, animation and analysis of 3D musculoskeletal systems. Unlike traditional animation and CAD packages, SIMM is specifically designed to work with systems that consist of bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons.
SIMM, developed by MusculoGraphics, Inc., a division of Motion Analysis Corporation, is used worldwide in applications ranging from product design and gait analysis to anthropology.
Leading sports performance and clinical gait analysis centers use SIMM to visualize the relationships between external forces, muscle activity and the resulting body motion. Using SIMM, our movement analysis customers import files created by motion capture systems to display 3D animations and help determine ways to improve an individual's performance.
- Motion Analysis File Importer: SIMM can import .htr files from a Motion Analysis system for playback and detailed musculoskeletal analysis. It can also import data in real-time and animate a 3D model while the data is being captured.
- Muscle Wrapping: You can interactively define spheres, ellipsoids and cylinders for muscle-tendon actuators to wrap over. SIMM automatically calculates muscle paths over these wrapping objects.
- Bone Deformations: A scaling utility is able to scale your existing model to match any size individual.
- Model Scaling: The system is designed to maintain tracking and create accurate data even during repeated 360 degree spins, high speed moves, and collisions.
- TIFF/movie export: You can export a single image of your model, or an entire animation sequence to TIFF images that can then be combined into a movie file.
- Musculo skeletal modeling
- Animation viewing of data in either real-time or post processing
- Provides immediate feedback to patients