- . -

.~CXL

.~MTD

.CXL

.CXL.1

.DXF

IconOpen DXF File
IconFile | Save

.GIF

.JPEG

.LXL

.LXL Library File

.MP4 x264

.MTD

.MTD.1

.PNG

.ZXL

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2D-Cam

Road-map of different elements

Terminology

IconAdd Cams: Plate, Groove, Rib, Barrel, Globoidal Cams
IconFlat-Rotating-Cam Track Groove
Icon6A2: Cam-Shaft & Flat-Faced Follower
IconAdd 2D Cam
IconMenu | Function-Block | Cam Data 
IconAdd Conjugate Cam FB
IconCam-Terminology
IconGDI-Cam Mechanical System

Work-flow

IconAdd 2D Cam
IconMenu | Function-Block | Cam Data 
IconAdd Conjugate Cam FB
IconDialog: 2D-Cam >
IconDialog: 2D-Cam >
IconDialog: Conjugate-Cam-FB
IconDialog: Function-Block: Cam-Analysis
IconDialog: Cam Coordinates Data

2D-Cam Analysis

Contact-Force

Contact-Stress

Pressure Angle

Radius of Curvature

Sliding-Velocity

2D-Cam Analysis Notes

Note 1: Contact Force

Note 2: Maximum Shear Stress Assumptions

Note 3: Radius of Curvature

Note 4: Pressure Angle

Note 5: Entrainment-Velocity, Ue

Note 5: Sliding Velocity, Ue/2

2D-Cam Analysis Parameters

Contact Force

Maximum Shear-Stress

Pressure-Angle

Radius-of-Curvature

Sliding-Velocity

2D-Cam Coordinates

Cam: BiArcs, Chord Error

Cam: Export to SolidWorks

Cam: Save as DXF

Cam: Save as STEP

Cam: Save as TXT, ASC

Cam: XY-Points, # Points

Slot-Cam

Toolbar

2D-Cam Coordinates Notes

Note 1: 0,0 of Cam-Coordinates

Note 4: Export to SOLIDWORKS data

Note 5: Cam as Arcs - Cam-Data

2D-Cam dialog

Cam Life

Cam Life - Cam Life Results

Cam Life - Cam Material and Hardness

Cam-Life tab

Cam-Life-: Allow Pitting:?

Display

Display as Cam-Profile

Display as Contact-Force

Display as Pressure-Angle

Display as Shear-Stress

Display Cam Range

Display Groove

Display Inner

Display Outer

Display Pitch-Curve

Display Radius-of-Curvature

Enable Roller and Cam Lifetime calculations

Enter Cam-Stress Safety-Factor

L10: cycles, hours, years

Lnm: cycles, hours, years

Minimum Radius Warning

Parameters

Parameters tab

Radius - Undercutting Warrning

Roller L10 Lifetime

Roller Life

Roller Lifetime

Roller Lnm Lifetime

Roller Manufacturer

Roller Part-Number, Diameter, ...

Roller tab

Save Cam Data button

2D-Cam:

Cam Analysis

Cam-Coordinates

- 3 -

3D-Cam

Preparation

Terminology

IconAdd 2D Cam
IconMenu | Function-Block | Cam Data 
IconAdd Conjugate Cam FB
IconCam-Terminology

3D-Cam > Cam tab

3D-Cam > Display tab

3D-Cam > Export tab

3D-Cam dialog

IconDialog: 3D-Cam
IconDialog: 3D-Cam

Cam Mesh Density Parameters

Clearances - Radial, Top, Bottom

Display in graphics-area

Flank Length

Rebuild 3D Cam

Save as STEP file

Save XYZ Data to Files

SOLIDWORKS Data Transfer.

SOLIDWORKS Paths

Taper Roller

- 4 -

4 x Assembly Configurations of an RRP Dyad

4 x Closures of RRP dyad

4-Quadrant Torque-Speed

- A -

Acceleration Vector

Accelerator keys

Active Motion Settings

Active Motion Settings > Accessibility tab

Colors

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Graph Line Thickness

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Symbol Sizes (Blend-Points)

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Active Motion Settings > Advanced tab

'Counts' at Start

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Counts/Cycle

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Counts/degree

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

'Units' at Starts

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Active Motion Settings > Motion tab

Number-of-Steps in Motion

X-axis Units

Y-axis Units

Active Motion Settings > Number Format tab

Digits

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Number Formatting

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Precision

IconProgram and Active Motion Settings
IconEdit: Active Motion Settings

Active Motion Settings >Motion tab

Number-of-Steps in Motion

X-axis Units

Y-axis Units

Add

2D-Cam

3D-Cam

Auto-Profiles

Ball-Screw

Bevel Gears

Conjugate Cam FB

Gear-Pair

Magnetic-Joint

Magnet-Joint

Motion-Dimension FB - Special Procedures

Motion-Dimension FB to Pin-Joint: General Pocedure

Motion-Dimension FB to Slide-Joint - General Procedure

Pin-Joint - General case

Pin-Joint - Special Case

Plane to a Line

Plane to a Plane

Pulley

Rack-Pinion

Scroll - Preparation

Slide-Joint - General Case

Slide-Joint - Special Case

Add Joint type:

Ball

Linear

Pin

Prismatic

Revolute

Rotary

Slide

Spherical

Add Part

Add Plane (Mechanism-Editor)

Plane to Line

Plane to Part's X-axis, Y-axis

Plane to Plane

Add Plane (Model-Editor)

Plane to Plane

Add Rack-Pinion

Analyze the Force at a Joint.

Application-Settings

Accessibility tab

Auto-Profiles tab

General tab

Graphics tab

Number-Format tab

Application-Settings [Tutorials]

Accessibility tab

Auto-Profiles tab

General tab

Graphics tab

Load button

Number-Format tab

Save button

Application-Settings: Accessibility tab

Hide menus or toolbars

Hints Show/Hide

Icon Size

Language

Sounds On/Off

Symobl Size

Text Size

Application-Settings: Auto-Profiles tab

Ball-Joint Radius (Default)

Bearing Size - BasePart Joint (Default)

Bearing Size - Moving Joint (Default)

Defualt Sizes

Extrusion Depth (Default)

Part-Offset

Application-Settings: General tab

Cam-Follower Radius Warning (Default)

DXF Units (Default)

Enable Auto-save

Image Quality (Default)

Number of Backup Files

Number-of-Commands to Auto-save

Application-Settings: Graphics tab

Graphic Colors

Graphic Options

Application-Settings: Number-Format tab

Data Output Format

Dimension Font

Dimension Format

List Separator (Data and Cam-Coordiantes)

Number Format

Show Dimension (element) Names

Vector Number Format

Assembly-Tree

Element icon

Element name

Elements added to the model

Hierarchy

Select Elements

Asymmetrical Motion, λ

Auto Update

Auto-Profiles

Add

Delete

Auto-save

- B -

Backlash

Backup

File Open

Backup file-names

Ball-Joint dialog

Ball-Diameter

Ball-Mass

Ball-Offset

Ball-Screw

Barrel Cam

Base-Part

Why is the Base-Part NOT Green?

Why isn't there any Geometry in the Base-Part?

Belts & Pulleys

Driven-Pulley

Driving-Pulley

Blend-Curve

Drag-Handles

Edit Approximately with Drag-Handles

Edit Exactly with Dialog-box

What is?

Why use?

Blend-Curve dialog

Angle

Curvature

Curvature Rate

Velocity-Scaling

Blend-Curve Drag-Handles

Blend-Point and Segment toolbar:

Add a segment after the last segment

Add segment to left of Selected-Segment

Append Segment

Delete the Selected-Segment

Insert Blend Point approximately (with Mouse-Pointer)

Insert Blend-Point exactly at...

Insert Segment

Open Data-Transfer Table

Toolbar

BLEND-POINT EDITOR

BLEND-POINT EDITOR:

Blend-Point #

Blend-Point Number

Control Button Patterns

Control Button States

WARNING -"Bumping" Blend-Points

X-axis motion-value

Y-axis Control-Buttons

Y-axis motion-values

Blend-Points (Motion Graph Plots)

Symbols

Briefcase dialog

Add/Remove FBs

Display Options

Briefcase FB dialog

Browse to PSMotion Account.

- C -

Ca - Acceleration Coefficient

CAD

Solids

Synchronize all Solids from CAD

CAD Control FB

How to use...

CAD-Control dialog

CAD-Line

DXF tab

Import STL File

Move CAD-Solid

STL File-size

CAD-Line - DXF tab

Align DXF with CAD-Line

Convert DXF Elments to MD Lines and Arcs

Element Selection

CAD-Line dialog

Import SOLIDWORKS file

Mass Properties tab

SOLIDWORKS Configurations

SOLIDWORKS tab

STL Import

Total Mass Properties from CAD

CAD-Line -Import STL File

Cam Analysis

Base Circle

Cam Lift

Cam Size

Prime Circle

Cam and Follower Classifications

Cam Coordinates

Slot Cam Complications

Solutions...

Cam Design

Cycloidal Gear Reducer

Input Torque Coefficient

Linear Cam

Parallel Indexer

Ramp Cam

Slide Cam

Slot Cam

Cam Design Arrangements

Cam Design Software

Cam Follower Types Shapes

Barrel / Crowned Roller

Cylindrical Roller

Examples

Flat-faced

Knife-Edged

Ovoid, Lozenge Shapes

Cam Law

Cam Law Coefficients

Cam Law: Constant Acceleration

Cam Law: Constant Velocity

IconConstant Velocity Motion-Law
IconConstant-Velocity -Two Positions

Cam Law: Cubic

Cam Law: CV Inverse-Crank

Cam Law: Cycloidal

Cam Law: Cycloidal CV 50%

Cam Law: Cycloidal CV50

Cam Law: Dwell

Cam Law: Flexible Polynomial

Cam Law: Low Impact at Crossover

Cam Law: Modified Sine CV 20%

Cam Law: Modified Sine CV 33%

Cam Law: Modified Sine CV 50%

Cam Law: Modified Sine CV 66%

Cam Law: Modified Sinusoid / Mod Sine

Cam Law: Modified Trapezoid / Mod Trap

Cam Law: Polynomial 23

Cam Law: Polynomial 345

Cam Law: Polynomial 4567

Cam Law: Quadratic

Cam Law: Ramp

Cam Law: SCCA

Cam Law: Simple Harmonic Motion

Cam Law: Sine-Constant-Cosine

Cam Law: Sine-Squared

Cam Law: Sinusoidal

Cam Law: Throw

Cam Law: Throw 1

Cam Law: Throw 2

Cam Law: Throw 3

Cam Law: Throw 4

Cam Law: Trapezoidal Velocity

Cam Law: Triple Harmonic

Cam Law: Triple Harmonic Modified Sine

Cam Law: Triple Harmonic Modified Trapezoidal

IconTriple-Harmonic Modified-Trapezoidal Motion-Law
IconTriple-Harmonic Zero-Jerk-at-Crossover Motion-Law

Cam Maximum Contact Shear Stress

Equations

Cam Mechanical Systems

Input-Transmission

Output-Transmission

Cam Mechanism Checks and Cam Analysis

Overturning Moment

Pressure Angle

Cam Mechanism Design

Example 1: Torque of Indexing Table with Backlash

Example 2: Drive a Load

Example 3: Power to Drive a Load

Gearing Effects

Input Speed Fluctuation

Lubrication Types and Lubrication Methods

Overrun

Over-Run

Power

Torque

Cam Mechanism Design Checks and Analysis

Aiso Bearing Life

Allowable Contact Stress

IconForce Analysis: Cam: Maximum Shear-Stress Failure Criterion
IconForce Analysis: Contact Stress: Allowable, Permitted, Calculated 

Cam Base Circle

Cam Contact Force

Cam Lift

Cam Prime Circle

Cam Size

Configure the Power Source

Contact Shear Stress

Contact Stress

Contact-Force and Follower-Roller

Contamination Factor, ec

Depth of Hardness

Dynamic Load Rating, C

Film Thickness Ratio

Follower-Roller Life: Cycles

Folower-Roller Life: Hours

Hardness

Hardness/Yield Strength

Hertzian Contact Stress

Importance of Machine Speed

Inflection

Introduction

Line Contact

Lubrication

Maximum Contact Shear Stress

Minimum Radius-of-Curvature

Modes of Lubrication

Payload Signatures

Permissable Contact Stress

Plasticity

Radius-of-Curvature

Ratcheting Stress

Shakedown Stress

Static Load Rating, Co

Surface Finish

Tresca Failure Criterion

Viscosity Ratio, K

Cam Mechanism in MechDesigner

Cam Analysis and Desing Checklist

Design of Cam Mechanical System

Cam Motion.

Cam Pressure Angle

Rules of Thumb

IconGeometric-Analysis: Pressure-Angle / Overturning-Moment
IconGeometric-Analysis: Pressure-Angle / Overturning-Moment

Cam Radius of Curvature

Rules of Thumb

Undercutting

Cam System

Backlash

Damping

Dynamic-Response

Impact Velocity after Backlash

Normalised Backlash

Period Ratio

Residual Vibration

Torsion Factor

Cam Systems

Overrun

Speed variations

Cam Terminology

Cam Transmission Design Considerations

Backlash

Rigidity

Strength

Cam Types

Barrel Cam

Body Closed

Conjugate Cam

Cylindrical Cam

Force Closed

Form Closed

Globoidal

Globoidal Cam

Groove Cam

Indexing

Linear Cam

Parallel Indixing Cams

Plate Cam

Positive Drive Cam

Slot Cam

Track Cam

Cam-Coordiantes dialog-box

Cam-Coordinates

Export a Smooth Cam

Solid Edge: Curve by Table, Insert XYZ data

SolidWorks: Insert Curve XYZ

STEP file Options.

Cam-Data dialog

Cam-Data FB

Link wto a 2D-Cam

Cam-Data Function-Block

Cam-Follower Payload Signatures

Cam-Follower Tilt and Skew Limits

Cam-Force and Stress Analysis

How to Confirgure your model.

Cam-Law Coefficients

Cam-Laws

Camlinks: Show / Hide

Cannot start the Part-Editor

Change Closure of Assur-Group

Change Closure of Dyad

Check for Updates

Chinese Traditional font

SOLIDWORKS: name of Configuration feature

Chordal Action

Clipping

Clock

Close

Closure

CMServer

/Viewer

/Viewer - more

Command-Line parameters

Firewall

Log-file

Troubleshooting

Colors

Part-Outlines

Command-Manager

Configure Power Source

IconConfigure Power Source
IconConfigure Power Source / Change-Dyad-Closure

Colors for Vectors

Conjugate Cam

Why it is important.

Configure Power Source - R10

Configure Power Source dialog

Conjugate Cams

Examples

Pros & Cons

Conjugate-Cam dialog

Connecting-Part - Length

Connecting-Part - Radius

Constraint toolbar

Add Coincident

Add Concentric

Add Equal

Add Horizontal

Add Mid-Point

Add Parallel

Add Perpendicular

Add Tangent

Add Vertical

Contact-Force and Cam-Follower Ratings

Contact-Stress and Cam Ratings

Continuous-Crank dialog

Rotate Crank - inverse-kinematics

Continuous-Crank FB

Coordinates of Roots Blower for Manufacuture

Copy data

Copy sketch-elements

CopyMinder

About

MechDesigner Copy Control

Privacy

Software Protection

CopyMinder Network Server

CMServer

CopyMinder Requirements

Coupler Curve

Crank

Clockwise / Counter Clockwise

CSV - Motion Timing Diagram.

Curvature and Curvature Rate Notes

Curve

Cv - Velocity Coefficient

Cylindrical Cam

- D -

Damping in Cam System

Data Import - Point-Cloud

Data Types

Channels

On Wires

Units

Data-box

Contextual menu

Data-Channels

Data on Wires

Data: Units

Data: Wire Channels

Data-Transfer Table

Export Motion Data

Import Motion Data

Open Motion TXT, CSV, DAT file-types

Overlay-Trace

Save  motions as TXT, CSV, DAT file-types

Data-Value

Edit

Data-Values and Data-Channels

Definition

Element

Element Icon

kinematically-defined

Positive direction of Slider

Degrees-of-Freedom

Delete

Coincident Constraint

Concentric Constraint

Equal Constraint

Geometric Constraint

Geometry Constraint

Horizontal Constraint

Mid-Point Constraint

Parallel Constraint

Perpendicular Constraint

Sketch Constraint

Tangent Constraint

Vertical Constraint

Delete Dependent Elements

Delete-Element

Design of Cam Mechanical Systems

Drive and Load

Power Flow

Terminology

Design of Stud and Yoke Follower-Rollers

Contact

Eccentric Follower-Roller

Eliminate Backlash

Force Action

Power and Motion Transfer

Stud Follower-Rollers

Yoke Follower-Rollers

Design-Set dialog

Add Element-Rows

Lock / Unlock Design-Set

Rebuild

Remove Element-Rows

Dialog

2D-Cam

2D-Cam - Cam Life tab

2D-Cam - Display tab

2D-Cam - Parameters tab

2D-Cam - Roller tab

3D-Cam

ACTIVE-MOTION SETTINGS

Application-Settings

Apply settings to Input Y#

Ball-Joint

Ball-Screw

Blend-Curve

BLEND-POINT EDITOR

CAD-Line

IconDialog: Edit CAD-Line
IconDialog: Edit CAD-Line

CAD-Line - Display Option tab

CAD-Line - DXF tab

CAD-Line - Mass Properties tab

CAD-Line - SOLIDWORKS tab

IconCAD-Line dialog > SOLIDWORKS tab
IconCAD-Line dialog > STL Import tab

Cam-Coordinates

Cam-Data

CamLinks

CONFIGURE MOTION-SETTINGS

Configure Power Source

Conjugate-Cam FB

DATA-TRANSFER TABLE

Dimension

IconDialog: Edit Dimension
IconDialog: Edit Dimension

Download Example Models

DXF Layer Editor

DXF-Element

Extrusion

Feedscrew / Scroll

Function-Bloc : CAD Control FB

Function-Block : Briefcase FB

Function-Block : Continuous-Crank FB

Function-Block : Design-Set FB

Function-Block : Force-Data FB

Function-Block : Gearing FB

Function-Block : Graph FB

Function-Block : Linear Motion FB

Function-Block : Linear Motor

Function-Block : Math FB

Function-Block : Motion FB

Function-Block : Motion-Dimension FB

Function-Block : Motion-Path FB

Function-Block : Parameter-Control FB

Function-Block : Pattern FB

Function-Block : Point Cloud FB

Function-Block : Point-Data FB

Function-Block : Polynomial-Fit FB

Function-Block : Spring FB

Function-Block : Statistics FB

Gear-Pair

Graph Settings

Graph Title

Gusanos

Import SOLIDWORKS sketch FB

Infeed Screw

INSERT BLEND-POINT AT

Machine Settings: Cycling Parameters

Machine-Settings

Magnetic-Joint

Make Movie

Mass-Properties - User defined

Model Options

Motion FB

Motion-Path FB

OK, Cancel, Reset, Help

IconDialogs
Icon... open a dialog

Plane

Point Properties

Point Vectors and Positions

Point-Cloud, Curve-Fitting Tool

Profile

Pulley

Rack-Pinion

Rename

Rename Element

IconHow to rename an element
IconDialog: Rename Element Element

SEGMENT EDITOR

Select Elements

SWEEP-DISPLAY

Tortillas sin fin

Transition-Curve

View References

Worm

Dialogs

List of ...

Diametric Pitch

Dimension

Angle - 2 Lines

Angle - 3 Points

Arc radius

Circle radius

Horizontal

Horizontal Distance

Line length

Negative dimension

IconStep 1.3: Edit the BasePart
IconWhy is the dimension 'negative' in the Dimension dialog'?

Parallel

Parallel Distance

Perpendicular [Point to Line]

Perpendicular Distance

Point to Point

Two Points

Vertical

Vertical Distance

Dimension as Independent Variable

Direction of Gravity Vector

Display DXF File

Display of:

Acceleration-Vectors

Velocity-Vectors

Display toolbar

Download Local Help

Download Off-Line 'Local Help'

Download SolidWorks Type Libraries

Download the latest CHM file.

Drag

Add Part

Driven Dimension

DXF

Terminology

DXF Drawing

Cannot see.

DXF Element

Edit DXF Units

Edit File

DXF Element Name - example

DXF Layers

Colors

Show / Hide

Dyad

Closure

Ram-R

Dynamic Response

Backlash: Detrimental effects of

Dynamic Response of Cam Mechanism

- E -

Edge Angle Limit

How to improve CAD-Solid appearance.

How to reduce STL file-size

Edit

Magnetic-Joint

Edit a CAD-Line

Edit Element

Selection-Window

Special Case

Edit menu

Application-Settings

Auto Update

Delete element

Edit element

Machine-Settings

Rebuild Now

Redo

Show Command History

Undo

Edit Phase of Motion

Edit Plane

Angle

Move Plane to end-Point

Offset

Parameters

Rotate about X-axis

Rotate about Y-axis

Rotate about Z-axis

Edit Scale of Motion

Edit toolbar

Command History

Edit value of a parameter

Editor

Mechanism

Model

Part

Element

CAD-Line

Delete

Delete Profile

DXF-Element

Element icon

Kinematic-Data

Objects

Properties

Rename

Symbols

Element Explorer

Assembly Tree

Geometry Tree

Kinematics Tree

Element in a Simple Gear-Pair

Elements

View References

Element-Visibility toolbar

IconElement-Visibility toolbar
IconElement-Visibility toolbar

Engine Valve-Cam

Engineering Units

Enter an Equation

Epicyclic: How to add Gears with an Orbiting Centres

Epicycloid / Hypocycloid Curves

EULA

Evaluate Motion-Values

Exit

Exploring the Kinematics-Tree

Export 3D-Cam to:

SOLIDWORKS

STEP

Export Gears to SOLIDWORKS

Extrusion

Depth

Mass

Offset

Save as STEP file

Extrusion dialog

Color

Extrusion-Depth

Extrusion-Offset

Graphics Quality

Mass

Mass Properties

Material Density

Moment of Inertia

Opacity

Part-Offset

Show/Hide

Extrusion Dialog-box

Tutorial 4.4.

Extrusion Mass

Extrusion Mass Moment of Inertia

- F -

FAQ

Colors used in the Part Editor?

FAQs

General

Mechanism-Editor

Part-Editor

Part-Outline Colors

What is a Motion?

Where is the Spin-Box tool?

Why can I not see all of the BasePart?

Why can't I Spin or Pan the model with the Drag technique?

Why is the BasePart not Green?

FAQs - Mechanism-Editor

Why can't I Spin or Pan the model with the Drag technique?

FAQs, How....?

General

Feed screws

Feedback Area

Animation Speed

Animation Speed Slider

Element's Properties

Extended Hints (Tool-Tips)

Force and Torque Arrow Vector

Hints: Short and Extended

Master Machine Angle

Icon4: Interface: Feedback Area
Icon4: Feedback Area

Message Window

Messages Window

Vector Scale buttons

Feedback Area - Clear Messages from Message Area

Feedback Area - Extended Hints

Feedback Area - Message Area

Feedback Area - Vector Scales

Scale Force & Torque Vectors

Scale Velocity & Acceleration Vectors

Feedback Area -Animation Speed Slider

Feedscrew dialog

Feedscrew Data Transfer to SOLIDWORKS

Feedscrew Range

Mesh Density

SolidWorks Paths

Surface,Rims, Colour, Transparency.

File menu

Exit

Import Library Model

Make Movie

Most Recently Used

New

Open

IconFile | Open
IconFile | Re-open

Open .CXL

Open .CXL.1

Open .MTD

Open .MTD.1

Open .ZXL

Open DXF File

Open LXL Library File

Open MEC file-types

Print Screen Image

Printer Setup

Recent Files

Save

Save as

Save Screen Image

Save Timing Diagram.

File toolbar

Filters

Dimensions

Selection Filters

Filters menu

Follower-Profile Shapes

Cylindrical / Crown / Barrel

Flat-Faced

Knife-Edged

Ovoid, Oval, Lozenge

Follower-Roller

Reliability Factor, a1

Follower-Roller Design Specifications

Material

Maximum Acceleration

Maximum Skewing Angle

Maximum Speed

Maximum Tilting Angle

Minimum Load

Stud Hardness

Stud Size

Stud Surface Finish

Follower-Roller Manufacturers:

FAG

INA

KOYO

NSK

SKF

THK

Follower-Roller Support Design

Force at a Point

Force Closed Cams

Pros and Cons

Force Data FB

Select Joint, Cam, or Spring

Select Point

Force toolbar

Spring FB

Force Vector - Colors

Force Vectors

Colors of the Vectors and Part-Outlines.

Display

Show if active...

Force Vectors - show/hide

Forces

Slider Forces

Forces menu

Configure Power Source

Force Vectors: Calculate

Force Vectors: Display

Force-Data FB

Spring FB

Forces toolbar

Add Force Data FB

Configure Power Source

Force Vectors: Calculate

Force Vectors: Display

Function-Block

Gearing

Golden FBs

IconStep 5.2: Wiring Diagram of FBs
IconStep 6.2: Function Blocks in the First Kinematic-chain

Input-Connectors

Introduction to

Output-Connectors

Function-Block menu

Cam-Data FB

Gearing FB

Graph FB

Linear-Motion FB

Measurement FB

Motion Dimension FB

Motion Dimension FB - Special Case

Motion Dimension Rocker

Motion Dimension Slider

Motion FB

Motion-Path FB

Point-Data FB

Function-Blocks

How to connect with wires.

Function-Blocks menu

Briefcase FB

CAD Control FB

Continuous-Crank FB

Design-Set FB

Math FB

Parameter-Control FB

Pattern FB

Point-Cloud FB

Polynomial Fit FB

Statistics FB

Furgusen

- G -

Gear Centres: Distance between Centres

Gear Design Parameters

Gear Segments

Gearbox Database

Gearbox-Sizing

Geared Five-Bar Mechanisms

Coupler Curves

Function-Generator

Geared Four-bar Linkage

Geared Four-bar Mechanism

Irregressive Geared Four-bar

Regressive Geared Four-bar

Gearing Definitions

Gearing Equations

Gearing FB

IconStep 6.2: Function Blocks in the First Kinematic-chain
IconDialog: Function-Block: Gearing

Gearing FB dialog

Gear-Pair

Add Gear-Pair

Compound Gear-Train

Epicyclic

How to add a Simple Gear-Pairs

Kinematics of Geared Rocker

Line-of-Centres

Monobloc

Orbiting Gear Centres

Other Configurations

Planetary Gears

Planetary Gears-Trains

Reverted-Gear Train

Simple Gear Train

Gear-Pair dialog

Addendum

Adjustments

Dedendum

Define tab

External

Gear Mesh

Gear Mesh and # Teeth

Gear Segmentation Parameters

Internal

Line-of-Centres

Mesh

Module

Number-of-Teeth

Parameters - Gear-Tooth

Pressure Angle

Read-Only Gear-Parameters

Gear-Pair+ RPR

Gear-Pair+ RRP

Gear-Pair+ RRR

Gears

Boulton Engine

Parallel Motion

Terminology

Watt Steam Engine

Gears and Curves

Epicycloid

Epitrochoid

Hypocycloid

Hypotrochoid

Peritrochoid

Pumps

Wankel Engine

General Menus and Toolbars

Geometry menu

Arc

Blend-Curve

CAD-Line

Circle

Coincident

Concentric

Constraint: Merge Points

Dimension

Equal

Horizontal

Line

Mid-Point

Parallel

Perpendicular

Point

SOLIDWORKS Import Sketch

Spline

Tangent

Transition-Curve

Vertical

Geometry toolbar

Add Arc

Add Blend-Curve

Add CAD-Line

Add Circle

Add Dimension

Add Line

Add Point

Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch

Merge-Points

Transitkion Curve

Geometry-Tree

Constraints

Dimensions

Sketch-Elements

German Help Option - Trial

Getting Started Tutorials - MechDesigner

Getting Started Tutorials - MotionDesigner

Globoidal Cam

IconAdd 3D Cam
IconDialog: 3D-Cam

Globoidal Cam Design Software

Glossary

Graph dialog

Graph toolbar

Graph FB

Data-Channel Options

Graph-Settings

Graph FB dialog

Y-axis display options

Graph Interface

Graph of Force Data

Graph of Motion data

Graph Settings

Graph Automatic Axes

Graph Axes

Graph Line Colour

Graph Min - Max

Graph Title

Y-Axis and X-Axis Scales

Graphics-Area

Gravity Vector Direction

Groove Cam

Gruebler Equation

Gusanos

- H -

Help About dialog

SOLIDWORKS Type-Libraries

Help menu

About

IconMenu | Help
IconAbout

Edit Language DataBase

Local Help

On-line Help

Tutorials

Help menu > Download latest Help...

Hints

Hot keys

Hotkeys

IconKeyboard Shortcuts
IconKeyboard-Shortcuts

Hover Technique

How to ...

Add a 2D-Cam

Add a Part

Add a sketch-loop

Add Constraints

Add dimensions to sketch-elements

Add Pin-Joint - Special-Case

Change Dyad Closure

Change the assembly configuration of mehanism

Change the Closure of a Dyad / Mechanism

Connect Function-Blocks

IconFunction-Blocks | Connecting, Data-Types & Channels
IconFunction-Blocks | Connecting, Data-Types & Channels

Delete / Remove an Auto-Profile

Delete a Constraint

Delete a Geometric Constraint

Delete a Profile

Delete an Extrusion

Delete Constraints

Delete sketch-elements

Design a Motion.

Dimension a Point

Display Acceleration Vectors

Display Velocity Vectors

Drag a Trace-Point

Edit a 2D Cam

Edit a Ball-Joint

Edit a Dimension

Edit a dimension.

Edit a parameters with the Spin-box tool

Edit a Value in a data-box

Edit an Extrusion

Edit an Extrusion Element

Edit the Length of a Connecting-Part

Edit the Length of a Part

Edit the Radius of a Connecting-Part

Edit the start of the motion

Edit the value of a parameter

Exit (close) the Part-Editor

Hover and Merge Points

Improve a Motion Design

Link a motion to move a Part

Merge Points

Merge Points for a Sketch-loop

Model a Pin in a Slot

Move a Mechanism Editor to a different Plane

Move a Motion-Dimension

Open a dialog

Open the Blend-Point Editor

Open the Magnetic-Joint FB.

Open the Segment Editor

Rename an element

Scroll

Select a different Motion-Laws

Start the Part-Editor - Methods 1 to 4

Start(open) the Part-Editor

Stop Solids turning red in the Model-Editor.

Use the Control Buttons

Use the Spin-box tool

Icon... edit a Parameter in a dialog
IconHow to edit a parameter value in dialog

How to ...?

General

Mechanism-Editor

Part-Editor

How to Calculate Phase of Sinusoid Segment

How to get Contrextual Help

How to move the

Motion-Dimension dimension-line and arrowheads

Motion-Dimension FB

How to Register an Account with PSMotion

How to Start the Part-Editor

How to use the Spin-Box tool

How to use your mouse...

Cancel

Click

Double-click

Drag

Hover

Icon Palette

Left Mouse Button

LMB

Mouse

OK

Right Mouse Button

RMB

How to...

... delete a Constraint?

Add a Part

Add Planes

Connect Function-Blocks

IconStep 5.1: Function-Blocks, Connectors and Wires
IconStep 5.2: Wiring Diagram of FBs

Design all types of Cam

Download and use the Local Help

Drag

Drag to Add an Element

Drag to Move and Eleemnt

Edit a Parameter Value

Edit an Element

Enter an Equation

Enter data

Get Cam-Coordinate Data

Open a dialog

Prepare Parts in SolidWorks

Rename an Element

IconHow to rename an element
IconHow to rename an element

Use Function-Blocks

Use the Spin-Box Control

- I -

I cannot select the Part-Outline. What to do?

Import

DXF

DXF Drawings

Mass Properties from CAD model

MEC

SHP

SOLIDWORKS Parts and Assemblies

SOLIDWORKS Sketch

STL file

Import Library File interface

Import Library Model

Import Mass Properties from CAD

Import motion-values to a Position List segment-type

Import motion-values to a Z-Raw Data List segment-type

Import motion-values to an Acceleration List segment-type

Import SOLIDWORKS document

Color

Coordinate Systems and SOLIDWORKS

Display Options

Import File Quality from SOLIDWORKS

Show / Hide

Transparency

Inch the Machine.

Indexing

Belt Design

Pattern

Indexing cam Mechanisms

Inertia Ratio, Q

Input Torque Coefficient, Cc

Normalized Loads

Payload Conjugate Cams.

Payload Types

Pre-load Coefficinet, K

Indexing Cams

Barrel Cams

Examples

Globoidal Cam

Parallel Cams

Indexing Motion

Belt

Infeed Screws

Input Transmission Rigidity

Install MechDesigner

Install Network Server

Installation

Exceptions

Floating License

Network License

Standalone License

Trial License

Type Libaries Quarantine

Virus Checkers

Installation File Locations

Application Settings & Style

Contextual Help

Example Models

INI file, XML file

Language Database

SOLIDWORKS Type Library

Timing Diagram

Tutorials

Instructions

Internet Menu

Inverse-Kinematics

Continuous-Crank

- J -

Jog the Machine-Angle

Joint

Ball-Joint

Linear Slide

Magnet

Magnetic

Prismatic

Slide

Spherical-Joint

- K -

Keyboard Short Cut

ALT+ C : Run or Cycle Machine

B : Step Backward

F : Step Forward

Home : Move the Master MAchine Angle to 0

Keyboard Shortcut

INS : Add Part

Insert key : Add Part

Kinematic elements toolbar

Add Trace-Point

Ball-Joint

Change Dyad Closure

Magnetic-Joint

Part

Pin-Joint

Reference Geometry

Slide-Joint

Kinematic FB toolbar

Cam-Data FB

Clock

Gearing FB

Graph FB

Linear-Motion FB

Measurement

Motion-Dimension FB

Motion-Path FB

Point-Data FB

Kinematic FB tooolbar

Motion FB

Kinematic Vectors

Velocity & Acceleration

Kinematics toolbar

Kinematics Tree

Brocken Chains

Dyads

Geared Rocker

Kinematically Defined Chain

Kinematic-Chains

Motion-Parts

Rocker

Slider

Solved Chains

Known Bugs: MotionDesigner.

Kutzback Equation

- L -

Large Model Tips

Large Models

Working with...

Legal Notice

Legal Requirements

Legal Notice

License Agreement

Section 508 - Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

License Agreement

License Updattes

Lighting

Ambient

Diffuse

Edit

Model

SolidWorks Lighting

Specular

XYZW

Line of Centres

Linear Motion dialog

Linear-Motion FB

Line-of-Centres

Link

List Segment-Type

Acceleration List

Position List

Z-Raw Data

List Segment-Types

Lobe Pumps: Design of...

Locus

Low Impact at Crossover

Lubrication

Mode of Lubrication

- M -

Machine elements toolbar

2D-Cam

3D-Cam

Ball-Screw

Conjugate Cam FB

Feedscrew

Gear-Pair

Gear-Pair [Bevel]

Pulley

Rack-Pinion

Scroll

Machine Settings dialog

Cycling Parameters

Engineering Units

Note 1: Machine vs Animation Speed

Note 2: Number-of-Steps - Warning / Reminder

Note 3: Engineering Units

Machine Speed

Machine-Clock

Machine-Settings dialog

Cycle Speed

Cycles / minute

Engineering Units

Kinematic Speed

Machine Speed

Number-of-Steps

Parts per Minute

RPM

Simulation Speed

Units

Magentic-Joint

Magnetic Joint

Magnetic-Joint dialog

Advanced

Curve Follow Inside

Curve Follow Outside

Curve Following

Path Following Options

Probe Compensation

Radius Control

IconDialog: Magnetic-Joint
IconDialog: Magnetic-Joint

Magnet-Joint

Make Movie

Make Movie dialog

End-Angle

File-types

Frame Position

Frame Size

Include Last Frame?

Movie File-name

Movie File-type

Movie or Single-Shot

Number of Frames

Number of Images

Start-Angle

Mass Properties

Center-of-Mass

Inertia

Mass

Mass Moment of Inertia

Radius of Gyration

Master Machine Angle / Revs

Approximate Machine Angle

Exact Machine Angle

Math FB

Wire Numbers and Data-Channaels

Math FB dialog

Add Input-Connector

Add Output-Connector

Calculator

Connectors

Equation-Editor

IconDialog: Function-Block: Math (with Calculator)
IconDialog: Function-Block: Math (with Calculator)

Output Data-Type

IconDialog: Function-Block: Math (with Calculator)
IconDialog: Function-Block: Math (with Calculator)

Output Units

Units

Update Button

Update Equations

MD-Solid (Extrusion)

MD-Solids menu

Add Polyline

Auto-Layer

Auto-Profile

Hole

Profile / Extrusion

Show or Hide Extrusion

MD-Solids toolbar

Auto-Layer

Auto-Profile

Hole

Polyline

Profile / Extrusion

Show or Hide Extrusion

Measure

Force

Statistics of Data

Measure (Driven-Dimension)

Angle: Three Points - (Internal and External)

Angle: Two Lines

Angle: Two Points

Distance: Line and Point

Distance: Two Points

Measurement FB

Line to Line - Parallel

Point to Line

Point to Point

Measurements in Mechanism Editor

Angle: Three Points

Angle: Two Lines

Angle: Two Points

Distance: Line and Point

Distance: Two Points

MEC

Mechanism Design and Analysis Software

Mechanism menu

2D-Cam

3D-Cam

Add Mechanism

Add Mechanism (Editor)

Add Plane

IconAdd Plane in Model-Editor)
IconAdd Plane in Mechanism-Editor)

Ball-Joint

Ball-Screw

Change Dyad Closure

Conjugate Cam FB

Feedscrew

Gear-Pair

Gear-Pair [Bevel]

Kinematic

Magnetic-Joint

Mechanism (Editor)

Part

Pin-Joint

Pulley

Rack-Pinion

Reference Geometry

Scroll

Slide-Joint

Trace-Point

Mechanism Synthesis

Mechanism-Editor:

FAQs, How to ...?

How many Kineamtic-chains can I add?

How many Mechanism-Editors can I add?

Mechanisms menu

MechDesigner

Buying

License Updates

MechDesigner Help & Support

MechDesigner Installation

Administrator

Client

CMServer

Floating License

Floating Licesne

Installation Options

Manual

Network Administrator Instructions

Network License

IconMechDesigner-Floating-Network License
IconNetwork Installation: Step-by-Step
IconNetwork Installation: Detailed-Information

Roaming Licenses

Server

IconMechDesigner-Floating-Network License
IconNetwork Installation: Step-by-Step

Standalone

Trial

MechDesigner Reference Help: R17

MechDesigner.chm

MechDesigner.INI

MechDesigner.XML

Memo

Close

Open

Memo: Automatically Open on Start

Menu

Add > Geometry

Add > Geometry > Constraints

Display Filters

Edit

File

Filters

Forces

Function-Blocks

IconMechanism Menu: Kinematics Function Blocks ...
IconMechanism menu: Modelling Function-Blocks

Help

Internet

MD-Solids

Mechanism

Mechanism > Add Mechanism

Mechanism > Add Plane

IconAdd Plane in Model-Editor)
IconAdd Plane in Mechanism-Editor)

Model elements

Run

Selection Filters

View

Merge files

Merge-Points

Sketch-loop

Mobility

Model

Lighting

Model a Chain

Model elements toolbar

Add Mechanism

Add Plane

IconAdd Plane in Model-Editor)
IconAdd Plane in Mechanism-Editor)

Mechanism (Editor)

Model elements toolbar [Mechanism-Editor]:

Model-Editor

How to stop Solids turning Red

Model-Editor:

FAQs, How to...?

Modeling FB toolbar

Briefcase FB

CAD Control FB

Continuous-Crank FB

Design-Set FB

Math FB

Parameter-Control FB

Pattern FB

Point-Cloud FB

Polynomial Fit FB

Statistics FB

Stats FB

Modelling FB toolbar

IconFunction-Blocks
IconMechanism menu: Modelling Function-Blocks

Most Recently Used

Motion

Definitions

Indexing

Terminolog

Motion Advance

Motion Analysis

Measurement FB

Point Data FB

Motion Continuity along Curve

Motion Delay

Motion Design Considerations:

Blend-Points and Segments

Dynamic-Considerations

Motion Blending

Motion Continuity

Motion Smoothing

Period Ratio

Residual Vibration

Segment Blending

Motion Dimension FB

Cannot Add!

Problems

Motion FB

Motion-Path FB and Range

Output Data-Type

Motion FB > Motion-Parameters

Accumulate Output

Output Data-Type

Reset Output

Select Motion

Motion FB dialog

IconDialog: Function-Block: Motion
IconDialog: Function-Block: Motion

Motion Law - see Cam-Law

Motion Law Coefficients

Motion name-tab

Motion name-tabs

Motion Retard

Motion Study

Measurement FB

Point Data FB

Motion Symbols

Motion Terminology

IconTerminology and Symbols
IconTerminology and Symbols

Motion toolbar

Motion-Law Selector

Motion-Value Evaluator

Motion-Width

Motion Values at Pointer

Motion: Advance, Before, Earlier

Motion: Data-Transfer Table

Clear Data

Copy Data

Copy Data in table to Clipboard

Cut Data

Delete Data

First-Last Point Toggle

Get 'List' Data in Sgement

Get Motion Data

Get Segment Data

Import Data

Load Data

Overlay-Trace

Paste Data in Clipbard to Table

Put Data

Put Data to List Segment

Save Data

Motion: Delay, After, Later

Motion: Edit toolbar

Active Motion Settings

Auto-Update

Redo

Sweep-Display

Undo

Motion: File toolbar

Add New Motion

Delete Active Motion

Open & Append Motion

Open .DA, .MTD, .SHP file-types.

Print All Motions

Print Motion

Save Active Motion...

Save all motions as...

Save all motions...

Save as Jetter DA file type

Save Motion Motion As: .da,.mtd,.shp

Motion: Motion toolbar

Motion: View toolbar

Acceleration Graph

Jerk Graph

Pan Left

Pan Right

Position Graph

Show Acceleration

Show Jerk

Show Position

Show Velocity

Velocity Graph

Zoom Extents

Zoom-in

Zoom-out

MotionDesign Software

MotionDesigner

...from MechDesigner

Dock or Float

Redock

Undock

MotionDesigner FAQs

MotionDesigner How to...

MotionDesigner R17.1

Welcome

MotionDesigner Reference:

MotionDesigner Toolbars

IconExplore the User Inerface
IconMotionDesigner User Interface

Motion-Dimension

Motion-Dimension dialog

Motion-Dimension Dialog-box

Base-Value

Base-Value + Motion-Value

Motion-Dimension Function-Block

Motion-Law Characteristics

Motion-Law Coefficients

Ca, Cv, Cc, Pc, Q

Motion-Law Equation

CACD

Constant Acceleration-Constant-Deceleration

Constant-Velocity

Cycloidal

Dwell

Modified Sionusoid

Modified Trapezoid

Mod-Sine

Mod-Trap

Polynomial 2-3

Polynomial 3-4-5

Polynomial 4-5-6-7

SHM

Simple Harmonic Motion

Motion-Law Select

Motion-Law:

Acceleration List

Constant Acceleration

Constant Velocity

Constant Velocity - Specify 2 Positions

Constant-Jerk

Cubic

CV Inverse-Crank

Cycloidal

Cycloidal CV50

Dwell

Flexible Polynomial

Low Impact at Crossover

Mod Sine

Mod Trap

Modified Sinusoid

Modified Trapezoidal

Parabolic

Polynomial 23

Polynomial 345

Polynomial 4567

Position List

Quadratic

Quick-Return 1: Finite Jerk

Quick-Return 2: Continuous Jerk

Ramp

Ramp as Aysmmetric motion-law

Ramp as Cycloidal CV50 motion-law

Rapid-Return 1: Finite Jerk Start/End/Mid-Point

Rapid-Return 2:, Smooth-Start/End

SCCA

SCCA as Traditional Motion-Law

IconSine-Constant-Cosine (SCCA) Motion-Law
IconSine-Constant-Cosine (SCCA) Motion-Law

SHM

Simple Harmonic Motion

Sine-Constant-Acceleration-Cosine.

Sine-Squared

Sinusoidal

Throw

Throw 1

Throw 2

Throw 3

Throw 4

Triple Harmonic

Triple Harmonic: 'Modified Trapezoidal'

Triple Harmonic: 'Zero-Jerk at Cross-over'

Triple-Harmonic: 'Modified-Sine'

Y-Inverse-Sinusoid

Z-Raw Data

Motion-Laws

Standard

Traditional

Motion-Laws Compared

Motion-Path dialog

Data Dispaly in Graphic Area

Point List

Motion-Path FB

Belt Tooth-Pitch

Control Path Length with Dimension

Dialog box

Point Parameters

Motor Database

Motor Elements

Move a Point along a Curve / Sketch

Move a Point along a sketch-path

Movie

Step Forward

- N -

Negative Dimensions - why?

Netwok License

Check-in / Check-out license

Roaming Network Licenses

New File

Nomenclature

Normal Constraint

Normalized Motion Coefficients

Number of Graph Steps or Points

Number of Teeth: Rack-Pinion

Number-of-Steps in a Machine Cycle

- O -

Open a motion, add it as a new Motion name-tab.

Open CAD-Line dialog

Open Camlinks MEC File-type

Open dialog

Selection-Window

Open DXF File

Open DXF File-Type

Open LXL - Library File

Open: Allen-Bradley Logix 5000 TXT file-type

Open: Jetter DA file-type

Optimization

Output Transmission Rigidity

Overlay-Trace

Prepare the Data

Overview of Contextual toolbars

Mechanism-Editor

Solids toolbar

Overview of Toolbars

Display-Filters toolbar

Edit toolbar

File toolbar

Modeling toolbar

Run toolbar

Selection-Filters toolbar

Solids toolbar

View toolbar

Visibility toolbar

- P -

Parameter-Control dialog

Parameter-Value

Edit

Part

Colors

Connecting-Part

Part-Editor

Can I edit the Part-Outline?

Geometry toolbar

How do I know I am using the Part-Editor?

How many Parts can I edit at one time?

Rules of Merge-Points and Coincident Points

Sketch-elements toolbar

Trouble-shooting

Why edit a Part?

Part-Editor:

FAQs, How to...?

Over-Constrain sketch-elements

Part-Outline

Colors

Paste data

Path

Pattern

Belt

Belt Pockets

CAD-Line

Phase Pattern

Solid

Pattern dialog

Enable Pattern

Motions to Linearize

Pattern Elements tab

Pattern Type

Pattern Visibilities - Phases

Pattern Visibility

Phase Visibility tab

Select Pattern-Elements

Pattern FB

Add

dialog

Pay Load Types

Constant

Function of Acceleration

Function of Displacement

Function of Velocity

Special Function

Period-Ratio: Cam Command to Follower Response

Piggyback Slider

Add

Review

Sets

Piggyback Slider - Set 2

Pin a Slot

Pinion driven by the motion of a Rack

Pin-Joint

Compound Pin-Joint

Pin-Joint - Special Case

Two or more Coincident Pin-Joints

Plane

Distribution of Planes

Hierarchy of Planes

Plane Definition:

Angle from Line

Offset from Plane

Planeary Gears

Annulus

Gear Ratio

Planet Carrier

Planet Gear

Ring Gear

Sun Gear

Planetary Gears

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Plot Graphs

Plot motion and force values over a machine-cycle.

Point Acceleration

Point Data dialog

Point Force

Point Locus

Point Motion Vectors

Acceleration, Velocity

X Velocity Component

Y Velocity Component

Z Velocity Component

Point Positiion

Fix Constraint

Lock & Specify

Position in Mechanism Coordinates

Position in Part Coordinates

Point Position - Mechanism Coordinates

Point Position in Part Coordinates

Point Position.

Point Velocity

Point-Cloud and Curve Following

Point-Cloud dialog

IconDialog: Function-Block: Point-Cloud
IconDialog: Function-Block: Point-Cloud

Data Accuracy - Thoughts and Approximations

Data-File Formats

Feedback Messages

Fit Curve to data

Import Data

Message

Point-Cloud Options

Points

centre-Point

end-Point

start-Point

Polygonal Action

Polynomial 23

Polynomial Fit dialog

Acquire and Save toolbar

Algorithm Settings

Graph toolbar

RMS Erorr P.V.A. results

Settings

Positive direction of Sliders

Positive Drive Cam

Preferences

Preferred Motion Laws

Preview Motion Values at Blend-Point

Print graphics-area.

Printer Setup

Profile

Auto-Profile

Auto-Profiles

Program-Settings

Project Explorer

Command-Manager

Element-Explorer

Selection-Window

PSMotion

Address

web

Pulley / Belt

Terminology

Pulley dialog

Number of Teeth on Pulley

Number-of-Teeth

Read Only: Belt Length

Read Only: Drive or Driven Pulley?

Read Only: Tooth Pitch

Release 10

- Q -

Q Torque Coefficient

Query

- R -

Rack and Pinion Gear Parameters

Rack driven by the motion of a Pinion

Rack Pinion Design Parameters

Rack-Pinion dialog

Addendum

Ball-Screw parameters

Dedendum

Enable Rack-Pinion OR Ball-Screw.

Gear Mesh

Gear Tooth tab

Mesh

Module

Number-of-Teeth

Pressure Angle

Ramp

Ram-P dyad

Ram-R dyad (Scissor-Lift Cyclinder)

Rebuild Now

Rebuild/rebuilt machines.

Recommended Settings

Redo

Reference Elements

Reference Geometry

Remove element

Rename

Dialog

Rename Element

IconHow to rename an element
IconDialog: Rename Element Element
Icon... rename an element

Rename motion

IconExplore the User Inerface
IconMotionDesigner User Interface

Report a Bug

Request a Feature

Reset to Factory Setting

Residual-Vibration

Restore size of Maximised 'Open' or 'Save As..' dialog.

Reverse Engineering Cams.

Reverse-Engineer Cams

Right-Angle Constraint

Right-clcick

Delete Element

Edit Element

Robot Path

Robot:

2 Axis Parallel Robot

2.5D SCARA

2D SCARA

3-axis Parallel Robot

Gantry Robot

XY Robot

Roller Gear Drive

Roller Lifetime

a1

aiso

Contamination-Factors

ISO 281 Modification Factors

Oil Temperature

Oil Viscosity

Reliability Factor

Roots Blower: Design of

Rotating Cam

Offset Flat-faced Follower

Oscillating Flat-faced Follower

Swinging Flat-faced Follower

Translating Flat-faced Follower

Rotating Cam with Flat-faced Follower

Rotating Cam with Inverse-Kinematics

Round data

Run menu

Cycle

Home

Run

Step Backward

- S -

Save

File

Save 3D-Cam as STEP file

Save 3D-Cam as:

SLDCRV file-type

STEP file-type

Save as

.CXL

.DXF

.DXF Mechanism

.DXF Part

.LXL

.MTD

.ZXL

Save as .ZXL

Save as...

ZXL file-type

Save Extrusion as STEP file

Save Jetter Automation Motion File

Save Library File

Save motions for Timing Diagram.

Save Rockwell [Allen-Bradley] Logix 5000 Cam file

Save screen-image (screen-shot) of graphic-area as:

BMP

GIF

JPG

PNG

Save the Style

Scissor-Lift

Scrolls

Section 508: Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

SEGMENT EDITOR

SEGMENT EDITOR:

Control-Button - Possible Settings

Motion-Law Selector

Segment Number

Segment-End

Segment-Parameters

Segment-Range

Segment-Start

Segment-Width

Y-axis Control-Buttons

Y-axis motion-values

Segment-Range and Asymmetric Motion

Select Elements

Select Element-types

Selected-Segment

Delete

Selection Filters toolbar

IconMenu | Filters
IconSelection-Filters

Selection-Window

Selection-Window shortcut menu

Delete Element...

Edit Element...

Rename Element

Show or Hide Exrtusion

View References

Servo Motor Sizing

Servomotor Sizing

Settings

Short cuts

Shortcuts

IconKeyboard Shortcuts
IconKeyboard-Shortcuts

Show

Point Acceleration

Point Velocity

Show / Hide

Profile/Extrusions

Solids

Show / Hide Solid Elements in Mechanism-Editors

Show or Hide Kinematic Vectors

Show/Hide different types of element

Show/Hide other Mechanisms in Mechanism-Editor

Show/Hide other sketch-elements of other Parts in Part-Editor

SHP

Sinusoid Phase

Six-bar Kinematic-Chains

Pin-Joint and Slide-Joints.

Stephenson 1

Stephenson 2

Stephenson 3

Watt 1

Watt 2

Sketch Constraint

Coincident

Concentric

Equal

Horizontal

Mid-Point

Parallel

Perpendicular

Tangent

IconStep 3.3: Add Tangent Constraints
IconAdd Tangent Constraint

Vertical

Sketch Curvature Continuity

Sketch Element: Arc

Sketch Element: Blend-Curve

Sketch Element: CAD-Line

Sketch Element: Circle

Sketch Element: Line

Sketch Element: Point

Sketch Element: Spline

Sketch Element: Transition-Curve

Sketch-Element

Arc

Blend-Curve

IconAdd Blend-Curve
IconDialog: Blend-Curve

CAD-Line

Circle

Line

Point

Points and Trace-Points

Polyline

Smoothness

SOLIDWORKS Import Sketch

Spline

Transition-Curve

Sketch-Loops

Exceptions

Slide-Joint

Slide-Joint Special Case

Symbol

Slider

Add Motion-Dimension FB

Slot Cams

Complications and Solutions

Linear Cams

Smooth Curve

Solid Modelling

Extrusion Element

Hierarchy

Primary Contour

Profile Element

Secondary Contour

Sketch-Loop

Solids

Extrusion Design

Import a Part from SOLIDWORKS

Import STL from CAD

Solids menu

Add Auto-Profiles

Solids toolbar

MD-Solids

SOLIDWORKS

CAD File Synchronization

Coordinate System.

Export Cam to...

Import SolidWorks File

Send Cam Data to Solidworks

IconStep 6C1.3: Save-as STEP; Export to SOLIDWORKS
Icon6C2: Indexing-Follower Globoidal-Cam

Synchronize All Files

Type Libraries

IconStep 6C1.3: Save-as STEP; Export to SOLIDWORKS
Icon6C2: Indexing-Follower Globoidal-Cam

SolidWorks Type Libraries

SolidWorks Type Library

SOLIDWORKS: Import Sketch

Special Motion-Laws

Spin-Box

Hide and Show

How to use the Spin-Box.

Where is the Spin-Box?

Spin-Increment

Spline - alternative

Spline Drag-Handles

Spring / Linear Motor

Spring FB

Constant Force

Coulomb Friction

Drag Froce

Free-Length

Input-Connector

Output-Connectors

Spring-Rate

State 1 - Enabled Spring

State 2 - Disabled Spring

State 3 - Linear Motor

Spring FB > Spring Parameters

Constant-Force

Free-Length

Spring-Rate

Spring FB > Velocity Parameters

Constant 'Friction' Force

Damping Coefficient

Drag Factor

Spring FB dialog

Constant Force

Drag Force

Enable Spring

Free Length

Friction Force

Spring Force Parameters

Spring Rate

Viscous Force

Springs

SSP Assur Group

SSP Dyad

SSR Assur Goup

SSR Dyad

Standard Motion Laws

Stationary Gear

Statisitics FB dialog

Statistics FB dialog

Channel / Derivative

Straight Line Mechanism

Strategies to reduce CAD-Solid file-size

Styling

Settings

Style

Theme

Switch display of Md-Solids and CAD-Solids.

Switch Visibility of CAD-Solids and/or MD-Solids in a machine-cycle.

Symbols in the grpahic-area

Symbols in the Kinematics-Tree

Symbols:

Blend-Point

Synchronize CAD Files

System Requirements

IconSystem Requirements, Installation, Legal, ...
IconSystem Requirements & Windows Permissions
IconSystem Requirements & Windows Permissions

- T -

Terminology

2D-Cam

IconAdd 2D Cam
IconMenu | Function-Block | Cam Data 
IconAdd Conjugate Cam FB
IconCam-Terminology

3D-Cam

IconAdd 2D Cam
IconMenu | Function-Block | Cam Data 
IconAdd Conjugate Cam FB
IconCam-Terminology

DXF

Gears

Pulley / Belt

Terminology for Tutorial 1

IconTutorial 1: Add a Part that Rotates - a Crank
IconSpatial Mechanisms

Timing Diagram.xlsx

Toggle Hints / Help menu

Toolbar

Constraints

Edit

File

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Run

View

Visibility

Tornillos sin fin.

Torque-Speed Curves

Torsion Factor Equation

Torsion Factor, Ct

Trace

Trace Point

Trace-Point

How to drag a TracePoint.

Track Cam

Traditional Motion Laws

Transfer data to List Segment-Types

Transition-Curve dialog

Length of Chain-Link

Number-of-Teeth on Sprocket

Trouble-Shoot

Sketch-Elements

Trouble-shoot Constraints

Trouble-shoot Geometry

Troubleshooting

Feedscrews

Trouble-shooting

Mechanism-Editor

Trouble-shooting sketch

Tutorial 1: Add a Rotating-Part

Add Gearing FB

Add Line to Base-Part

Add Linear-Motion FB

Add Mechanism

Add Motion-Dimension FB

Add Part

Add Pin-Joint

Add sketch-elements to the Base-Part

Degrees-of-Freedom

Edit Gearing FB

Edit Length of Part

How to Video...

Kinematically Define the Part

Kinematically-Defiend / Solved.

Kinematic-Review of

Mobility

Motion-Dimension

Rotate Crank in Clockwise Direction

Summary

Tutorial 10: Mechanical Devices

Approximate and Exact

Approximate Striaght-Line Mechanism

Crank + RPP Dyad

Exact Straight-Line Mechanism

Kinematics of a Quick Return Mechanism

Misalignment Coupling

Offset Shafts

Oldham Coupling

Parallel Shafts

Peaucellier Cell

Quick Return Mechanism

R+RPR

R+RRP

Return-Ratio

Rotary to Simple Harmonic Motion

RPPR

R-RPP

Scotch Yoke

Scotch-Yoke

Straight-Line Mechanisms & Linkages

Watt

Whitworth

Tutorial 10: Modelling Mechanical Devices

Tutorial 11: 2D Motion

2D Planar Guidance

Curvilinear Motion

Force Analysis

Piggyback Sliders

Planar Guidance

Planar Motion

Planar Motion Guidance

Rectilinear Motion

Remove the Piggyback Sliders

Translation Motion

XY Positioning Table

XY-Motion

XY-Table

Tutorial 12: Design a Spatial Mechanism

Add Ball-Joint [Spherical-Joint]

IconSpatial Mechanisms
IconStep 12.2: Spatial Mechanisms

Add Connecting Part

Add Connecting-Part

Dyad-SSP

Dyad-SSR

Tutorial 12: Planar or Scalar Kinematic-chains

2D or 3D?

Car Hood Hinge

Concealed Door Hinge Animation

Furniture Door Mechanism

Garage Door Mechanism

Planar and Spatial Mechanisms

Six-bar Linkages

Six-Bar Mechanism

Tutorial 13: Forces

2D Cam to drive a Cam-Follower

A Rocker supported by a Spring

A Rotating Rocker

A Stationary Rocker

Cam Contact Force

Cam-Follower Bounce

Configure Power Source

Contact-Force

Dynamic Forces

Kinetostatic Force

Kineto-static Force

Maximum Design Speed

Select a Servomotor and Gearbox

Understanding Forces in MechDesigner

Tutorial 14: Gear Pairs

Gear Mesh

Gear Trains

Gear-Pairs

Gears

Gears with Fixed Centres

Gears with Orbiting Centres

Gear-Trains

Tutorial 15: Add Pattern

Tutorial 16: Motion-Path & Blend-Curve

Basic Design

Tutorial 16: Motion-Path & Blend-Curves

Engine-Cam

Motion-Path FB

Ram-P

Ram-R

Tutorial 16: Motion-Path FB & Blend-Curve

About Blend-Curve

About Motion-Path FB

Tutorial 16: Motion-Path FB / Blend-Curve

Compare Piggyack Sliders and Blend-Curve

Tutorial 17: Belts and Pulleys

Belt is Driven by a Pulley

Control the Length of the Belt with a Dimension.

Fixed Pulley Centres

IconTutorial 17: Belts and Pulleys
Icon1 Driving-Pulley, 1 Driven-Pulley
Icon0 Driving-Pulleys, 2 Driven-Pulleys
Icon1 Driving-Pulley, multiple Driven-Pulleys
Icon1 Driving-Pulley, 3 Driven-Pulleys, 2 Belts

Fixed Pulleys Centres

Multiple Belts with one Pulley

Icon1 Driving-Pulley, 3 Driven-Pulleys, 2 Belts
IconApplication of Orbiting Pulley Center

Multiple-Pulleys with one Belt

Orbiting Pulley Centre

Orbiting Pulley Centres

IconStep 17.3: Option 2 - Orbiting Pulley Center
IconApplication of Orbiting Pulley Center

Pulleys are Driven by Belt

Straight-Line Mechanism

Tutorial 18: Maths FB

About...Maths FB

Acceleration: Radius of Curvature

Data-Channels

Input-Connectors

Lissajous Figures

Maths FB

Output-Connectors

Parametric Curves

Position: Epitrochoid Curve

Velocity: Cam on Epitrochoic Curve

Video of Epitrochoid Curve

Tutorial 2: Four-Bar Mechanisms

Acceleration Vector

Add Motion FB

Assur Groups

Crank Rocker

IconTutorial 2A: Four-Bar Kinematic-Chains
IconCrank-Rocker Kinematic-Chain - RRR Dyad

Crank Slider

Dyad

IconTutorial 2A: Four-Bar Kinematic-Chains
IconCrank-Rocker Kinematic-Chain - RRR Dyad

Dyad Closures

Dyad Introduction

Dyads

Edit the Motion-Dimension FB

Four-bar linkage

Four-bar mechanism

Four-bar Mechanisms

RRR Dyad

Show Kinematic-Vectors

Velocity Vector

Tutorial 2: Kinematic-Chains

Change-over Design

Change-Over Product Sizes.

Delete Pin-Joint

Kinematic Closure

Pin in a Curved Slot

Pin in a Slot

Prismatic

Reconfigure Dyads

Revolute

RP

RP Joint

RPR Dyad

RRP Dyad

R-R-P Dyad Closures

Scotch-Yoke Mechanism

Slider-Crank

Whitworth Quick Return

Tutorial 20 Scroll - Feedscrew

Add a Feedscrew

Add a Scroll

Tutorial 23: Servo and Gearbox Sizing

Tutorial 2A: More Dyads.

6-bar Mechanisms

Assur Groups

Dyads

Watt and Stephenson

Tutorial 2C: Kinematic Properties

Element Properties

Point's Velocity & Acceleration Vectors

Trace-Point

Tutorial 3: Use the Part-Editor - Basic

Add a Sketch-Loop

Add Arc

Add Coincident Constraint

Add Line

Add MEchanism

Add Part

Add Plane

Add Tangent Constraints

Basic sketching

Define Part Length

Dimension

Edit Part

Edit the Length of a Part

Horiontal

Parallel

Sketch-Element Trouble-shooting

Sketch-Loop

Vertical

Tutorial 4: Create Solid Extrusions

Add a Profile to a Sketch-Loop

Sketch a Sketch-Loop

Tutorial 4: Sketch-Loops to Extrusions

Auto-Profile

Auto-Profiles

Introduction

Level 1- Sketch-Loop and Extrusions

Level 2 - Multiple Extrusions, Add Holes

Sketch-Loops and Merged-Points

Tutorial 5: Function-Blocks

About Function-Blocks

Clockwise Crank

Counter-Clockwise Crank

Crank

Gearing FB

Golden Function-Blocks

How to use Function-Blocks

Input-Connectors

Introduction

Measurement FB

Motion Amplitude

Motion Dependency

Motion Frequency

Motion-Dimension FB

Motion-Dimension FB - Rocker

Motion-Values

Output-Connectors

Point-Data FB

Rocker

Slider

Wire

Wires

Tutorial 6: Add Rotating Cam

Cam Coordinates dialog box

Tutorial 6: Cams

Forward-Kinematics

Inverse-Kinematics

Tutorial 6A: Add Rotating Cam

Add 2D Cam

Add a Dyad

Add Cam-Shaft

Add Polyline to 2D Cam

Add Profile to Polyline

Add Slide-Joint

Add Slider Motion

Cam Follower as Profile

Export to SOLIDWORKS

Face Cam

Flat Cam

Get Cam Coordinates from Cams

Groove Cam

Oscillatiing Follower

Parallel Indexer, Indexing Cam

Plate Cam

Reciprocating Follower

RRR Dyad

Swinging Follower

Track Cam

Tutorial 6C: 3D-Cam

3D-Cam dialog

Add the Barrel Cam

Barrel Cam

CAD Control Function-Block

Check Cam Follower Clearance

Cylindrical Cam

Expor to SOLIDWORKS

Globoidal Cam

How to use...

Save as STEP

Type Libraries

Tutorial 6C: 3D-Cam - Barrel Cam

Oscillating Follower

Tutorial 6C: 3D-Cam (Full)

Cam Indexer

Ferguson Cam

Globoidal Cam

Roller Gear Drive

Tutorial 6C: 3D-Cam Barrel-Cam

Add the Elements

Oscillating Barrel Cam

Tutorial 6D: Stationary Cam, Slot Cam

Introduction

Motion-Dependency

Tutorial 6D: Stationary Cam: Design 1

Add Linear Cam

Motion of the Sliding-Part is known

Rocker on Slider

Slide-Joint

Tutorial 6D: Stationary Cam: Design 2

Add a Stationary Linear Cam

Motion of Sliding-Part is not known

RRP Dyad Example

Stationary Cam with Gear-Pair

Tutorial 7: Design Sets

Add Design-Set to Assembly-Tree and Graphic-Area

Add Dimensions to Element-Rows

Add Element Rows to Design-Set

Edit Design SEt to find Design Objectives

Edit Dimension in Element-Row

Tutorial 7: Design-Sets

Design Objective

Design Specification

Why use a Design-Set

Tutorial 8: CAD-Line

DXF tab

Tutorial 8: CAD-Line - DXF tab

Align DXF with CAD-Line

Element Selection

Tutorial 8: Import DXF

CAD-Line

CAD-Line dialog box

Convert DXF Outline to Extrusions

Display DXF Outline

DXF Outline Display

DXF Points Display

Edit DXF Element

Open DXF File

Tutorial 9: Automatically Add Part and Joints

Add Part and Pin-Joint automatically

Add Part and Slide-Joint automatically

Tutorial: Elements

Tutorial: Import SOLIDWORKS document

Add Coordinate System

Position a SOLIDWORKS Part in MD

Tutorial: Motion

Add Segments,

Asymmetrical Motion

Constant Velocity & Flexible Polynomial

Design an Indexing Motion

Design Progressive Motion

Edit a Motion with only one Segment

Edit the End of a Selected Segment

Edit the End of the Last Segment

Edit the Start of a Standard Segment

Import Data

Interface Overview

Intro. to Flexible Polynomial

Link a Motion to MechDesigner

P, V, A , J

Review Blend-Editor Control-Buttons

Understanding Motion Graphs

Why I cannot edit the End of Previous-Segment...

Z Raw-Data

Tutorial: Settings, Mouse Actions, Shortcuts

Application-Settings

IconSettings, Styling, Mouse actions, Shortcuts
IconApplication Settings

Hotkeys

How to use your Mouse

Key Combinations

Keyboard Shortcuts

Mouse-Actions

Recommended Settings

Spin-box

Styling

Tutorial: User Interface

Editor Tab

Feedback Area

Graphic-Area

Local-Toolbar

Mechanism-Editor

Memo

Memo-pad

Menus

Model-Editor

Part-Editor

Project Explorer

Show / Hide MotionDesigner

Toolbars

Tutorial-0: Edit a Parameter

Equations

Keyboard

Spin-Box

Zero/Round/Copy/Paste

Tutorials

Before you start...

Getting Started - MechDesigner

Getting Started - MotionDesigner

Tutorials 13.4 Forces

Configure the Power Source

Tutorials 13: Forces

Understanding Slider Forces

Tutorials Cam Design

Flat Cam, Barrel Cam, Globoidal Cam

Tutorials on YouTube

Cams for a Cycloidal Gear Reducer

Cams for a Parallel Indexer

Tutorials: Motion Overview

Graph Area

Type Libraries

Check for Correct Version

- U -

Undo

Units

DXF Drawing Units

Update Motion Quickly

Useful Gearing Calculations and Equations

User Library Path

User Preferences

- V -

VDI 2143 (Parts 1 and 2)

Vector: Acceleration - Show/Hide

Vector: Velocity - Show/Hide

Vectors

Acceleration

Velocity

Velocity Vector

Video...

Add a Sketch-Loop

Connect Function-Blocks

Dwell Mechanism

Genava Mechanism

Hover + Drag to merge points

How to Add a Motion Dimension Function-Block

How to Add Pin-Joint

Lobe Pump

Use the Merge-Points tool

Videos:

Add fixed Gear-Pair

Add orbiting Gear-Pair

View menu

View References

IconSelection-Window
IconDialog: View References

View toolbar

icons

Virtualisation

IconInstallation
IconNotes on Virtualization

Virtualization

Visibility menu

Command History

Dock or Float MotionDesigner

Show Solids in All or Active Mechanism-Editor only

Visibility toolbar

Dock or Float MotionDesigner

Light-Bulb - Show with other Kinematic...

Show / Hide Solids in Mechanisms

Show / Hide Torque Vectors

Show Model as Shaded and Wire-Frame

Show Model as Shaded only

Show Model as Wire-Frame only

Show other Kinematic and sketch-elements

Show Solids of All or Active Mechanism Only

Show/Hide Force Vectors

Show/Hide other Kinematic and Sketch-Elements

Solids in Projection or Orthonormal View

- W -

Warning1

Watt and  Boulton Steam Engine

Double Speed of Flywheel

Pantograph

Parallel Motion Mechanism

Striaght Line Mechanism

What is a Design-Set?

Why is the dimension 'negative'.

Why so many CXL and MTD files?

Why use a Design-Set.

Working with Large Models

Workspace

Worms

- X -

X-axis value from Y-axis input

X-axis:

Units

- Z -

Zero data

Zero-Round-Copy-Paste

λ, Asymmetrical Motions