Welcome to the world of MAMBO, a software package for the modeling and analysis of multibody mechanisms. To run the MAMBO toolbox on your computer, please read the instructions regarding system requirements, downloading, and installing below before downloading the appropriate archive.

System requirements

the MAMBO toolbox is compatible with maple®, mupad/matlab®, and mathematica® and independent of operating system.

Download instructions

Click on the appropriate link below and select 'Save Target As...' in the pop-up menu. Navigate to the folder where you wish to install the MAMBO toolbox and click on the 'Save' button.

maple users:

MamboToolbox4Maple.zip (zip file, 170 kB, January 5, 2013)
This zip archive contains a Maple library file (.mla) and a Maple help file (.hdb) compatible with Maple 16.

mupad/matlab users:

MamboToolbox4MuPAD.zip (zip file, 27 kB, January 24, 2013)
This zip archive contains a mupad library (directory named Mambo) compatible with mupad 5.6.0 (matlab R2011a).

mathematica users:

MamboToolbox4Mathematica.zip (zip file, 26kB, May 15, 2017)
This zip archive contains two mathematica packages (.m) compatible with mathematica 10.3, as well as the mathematica notebook book.nb with all the commands from Multibody Mechanics and Visualization.

Fixes

January 24, 2013: Corrected bug in mupad library to handle undefined observers.

Installation instructions

In a file browser, navigate to the folder, where the corresponding zip archive was saved. Unpack the archive using WinZip or similar software to the same folder.

To load the MAMBO toolbox within the appropriate computer-algebra package, first follow the application-specific instructions below, providing the relevant directory locations.

with maple 16:
Note: The maple code is meant to be entered into a maple worksheet in Text mode (maple notation).

restart;
libname:=libname,"MAMBO Toolbox source directory";
currentdir("Output directory for .geo and .dyn files");
with(Mambo):

with mupad 5.6.0 (matlab R2011a):

reset():
PACKAGEPATH:="MAMBO Toolbox source directory", PACKAGEPATH:
package("Mambo");use(Mambo);
WRITEPATH:="Output directory for .geo and .dyn files":

with mathematica 10.3:

Quit[];
Get["MAMBO Toolbox source directory/MamboToolbox.m"];
Get["MAMBO Toolbox source directory/Format.m"];
SetDirectory["Output directory for .geo and .dyn files"]; 

Note that the syntax for specifying paths may differ between different operating systems.