The Project Simulator is a software application which allows the user to create virtual scenarios of real-life challenges and then interact with the scenario by controlling moveable objects and vehicles. The interactions between objects is rapidly calculated by a "physics engine", the output of which is shown to the user as fluid motion in a virtual 3D world.

The Project Simulator is not only a desktop based engineering tool that allows users to create scenarios but it is also the heart of large networked simulators which interact with the actual control systems of real vehicles and platforms.

The VMAX Project Simulator can be easily adapted to run from the control system of true off-shore hardware. Many ROV systems already contain the VMAX Intergrated Simulators; so clients who create scenarios on the desktop can easily export the files to the pilots on the job site.

Most Perry Slingsby and Sub-Atlantic vehicles come equipped with Integated Simulators direct from the factory including the Triton XL, XLS, XLX and XLR models.
The VMAX team is very adept at integrating the VMAX Project Simulator with the control systems of actual vehicles. Vehicles are not limited to subsea ROVs and Submarines; VMAX can work with any type of vehicle or control system.

VMAX can integrate with a control system either through a telemetry stream or through the an electronic interface including Digital and Analog I/O. No matter the challenge, the VMAX Team is ready to provide a cost effective solution for system simulation!

Training ROV pilots and determining operational feasibility has become safer, economical and more efficient with the use of the VMAX Full Up Simulator. The Full Up is a stand-alone unit which can be operated practically anywhere including offices, training facilities and trade show booths!

The Full Up Simulator uses the actual hardware from operational equipment as well as the actual control systems and ancillary systems.

Though "flying" the VMAX Desktop Simulator does not require any specialized training, the creation of scenarios does. Generally people with an interest in game programming make the best simulation scripters. A team of two people will be able to handle the demands of most companies. The team should consist of a 3D Modeller (3D Studio Max) and and Software Engineer who has familarity with scripting (.LUA).

Training can be done at the customer's location. The entry level (101) course takes one week. Customers can train up to two people per purchased license per course (this ensures that everyone in the course gets ample exposure to the actual software).

Customers have full control of the creation of scenarios for the VMAX Project Simulator. Scenarios may be created 100% internally by the clients' own resources or may be contracted from a third party.

The VMAX team is often asked to make custom scenarios. When the client knows exactly what they want then a fixed sum quotation can be offered. If a project is still in the design phase with frequent changes then a Time and Materials project is generally the most cost effective.

For customers who need answers NOW, the VMAX team offers a platinum support package. This package is a "bucket" of hours which can be used to create scenarios, help trouble-shoot problems, or coach a team on standard practises for simulation. Like all aspects of VMAX, the customer controls everything including the size of the bucket.

As the challenges of finding oil and gas reserves escalate, the offshore oil and gas industry has an un-precedented need to exploit reserves in the most safe, efficient and economical manner as possible.

The VMAX Project Simulator is designed to allow professionals to view and comprehend field developments from a project level down to a task based operational level. The VMAX team understands the challenges of offshore operations and has simulated numerous scenarios which include SPAR Platforms, TLP Platforms, FPSOs, ROV Ships, Vehicles, Pipe-Lay vessels, Spreader Configurations, ROV access panels, as well as general subsea tooling and intervention.

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With peoples' lives and billions of dollars of assets at risk, defense related missions require a level of planning that is difficult to achieve without the use of products that are "aware" of the unique conditions in which the mission must be performed. The VMAX Project Simultor is designed to allow engineers and planners to build scenarios on their workstations and then transfer these scenarios to the actual hardware which pilots and technicians train on. VMAX can easily be integrated into existing paltforms in the field so that operators can train and rehearse missions while in transit.

Most importantly, new and external groups DO NOT need to be added to project teams as the full control of the scenario building process is available to the client.