cosin software 2013-4 release notes

1. new menu entries in cosin GUI: ‚open recent‘ and more
2. file size of cosingl animator program reduced, function unaffected
3. wheel envelope browser function and GUI extended
4. regions of different friction or soil index shown in different colors in RGR meshed automated visualization
5. new option ‚generate png-file‘ in 2D road visualizer
6. solver is no longer aborted now if cosingl version is incompatible
7. accept up to 4 different triangulated road files, rather than just one
8. documentation system reverted back to printable, searchable, and internally linked pdf’s
9. matrix name suffix made selectable in FTire/linear
10. new state for footprint contour plot: tread wear rate
11. ‚unsaved‘ state indicated in cosin/tiretools only in case of any relevant change
12. footprint shape coincidence added to set of FTire/fit command-line version objective functions
13. center-line banking angle added to road animation model
14. real-time capability can now be tested without real-time license option available
15. better error messages in case of accidentally incomplete installation
16. FTire/link blockset substructured and reorganized for better usability
17. new FTire/link block: TYDEX compatible, single-threaded
18. mass/stiffness data window in cosin/tiretools equipped with tabs for better readability
19. improvements in cosin/tiretools and cosin/roadtools GUI: cancel/save/undo buttons, and more
20. optional password-protection of binary RGR files
21. smooth build-up of road surface height during initialization in case of multiple body contact added
22. Bekker soil model improved: no sinkage change possible if contact pressure is zero
23. version 1.3 of TYDEX-STI documentation replaced by version 1.4
24. OGL files for animation replay can now repeatedly be opened and closed during the same program run
25. OGL file size tremendously reduced
26. potentially missing first frame in OGL file added
27. potential memory leak in OGL file visualization routine fixed
28. own highly accurate and efficient sin/cos-evalution introduced, to result in bitwise equal function values on all supported platforms