Dynamic Designer Motion User's Guide
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Dynamic Designer Motion User’s Guide Part Number DMSE01R1-01 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright © 1997-2001 by Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. All rights reserved. U. S. Government Restricted Rights: If the Software and Documentation are provided in connection with a government contract, then they are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions stated in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013. Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. 2300 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document contains proprietary and copyrighted information and may not be copied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium without prior consent, in writing, from Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. 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Table of Contents Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................... i 1 Dynamic Designer/Motion............................................................................................ 1 Why are Mechanisms Important?................................................................................................. 1 Benefits of Using Dynamic Designer/Motion ................................................................................ 2 Installing Dynamic Designer/Motion ............................................................................................. 3 Licensing.................................................................................................................................... 10 Product Structure ....................................................................................................................... 12 User Interface............................................................................................................................. 13 Steps in Defining and Simulating a Mechanism ......................................................................... 15 2 Creating Mechanisms................................................................................................. 19 Modeling Procedure ................................................................................................................... 19 Automatically Create Parts and Joints ....................................................................................... 20 Motion Parts............................................................................................................................... 22 Rigidly Attached Parts................................................................................................................ 24 Constraints ................................................................................................................................. 25 Revolute Joint ............................................................................................................................ 27 Translational Joint ...................................................................................................................... 28 Cylindrical Joint .......................................................................................................................... 29 Spherical Joint............................................................................................................................ 30 Universal Joint............................................................................................................................ 31 Screw Joint................................................................................................................................. 32 Planar Joint ................................................................................................................................ 33 Fixed Joint.................................................................................................................................. 34 Joint Friction............................................................................................................................... 35 Understanding Joint Primitives................................................................................................... 44 Inline JPrim ................................................................................................................................ 45 Inplane JPrim ............................................................................................................................. 46 Orientation JPrim ....................................................................................................................... 47 Parallel Axes JPrim .................................................................................................................... 48 Perpendicular JPrim................................................................................................................... 49 Understanding Motions .............................................................................................................. 50 Motion Expression...................................................................................................................... 52 Creating Joints, Joint Primitives, and Motions............................................................................ 57 Understanding Contact Constraints ........................................................................................... 64 Creating Contact Constraints ..................................................................................................... 66 Creating 3D Contacts................................................................................................................. 76 Joint Couplers ............................................................................................................................ 79 Motion on Parts .......................................................................................................................... 80 Rigid Bodies ............................................................................................................................... 83 Forces ........................................................................................................................................ 87 Creating Applied Forces............................................................................................................. 93 Creating Springs and Dampers.................................................................................................. 99 Table of Contents i Creating Impact Forces............................................................................................................ 108 Gravity...................................................................................................................................... 112 Manipulating Mechanism Entities............................................................................................. 113 3 Materials.....................................................................................................................115 Adding Materials ...................................................................................................................... 115 Editing Materials ...................................................................................................................... 119 4 Mechanism Solution .................................................................................................123 Simulation Panel ...................................................................................................................... 123 Simulating ................................................................................................................................ 129 Simulation Troubleshooting...................................................................................................... 130 5 Reviewing Your Results ...........................................................................................131 Animating The Mechanism....................................................................................................... 131 Exporting an AVI movie............................................................................................................ 134 Exporting Animations to VRML ................................................................................................ 136 Exporting Results to Excel ....................................................................................................... 137 Exporting Results to a Text File ............................................................................................... 140 Interference Detection.............................................................................................................. 141 Exporting to FEA...................................................................................................................... 143 Creating Trace Paths ..............................................................................................................