Add Mechanism-Editor

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Add Mechanism-Editor

What is a Mechanism?

A Mechanism element defines the workspace of one Mechanism-Editor. It includes a Mechanism name-tab, graphics-area, XY-axes, and Base-Part.

To add a Mechanism element, you must select a Plane.

The XY-axes of the Mechanism-Editor's workspace and of the Plane you select are coincident and coplanar.

There is no limit to the number of Mechanism elements you can add to your model.

Add Mechanism

STEP 1:Start the Add Mechanism command:

Model elements toolbar

Model elements toolbar

MD-Icon-AddMechanismEditor

1.Click Mechanism menu > Mechanism

OR

1.Click Model elements toolbar > Add Mechanism

The Command-Manager starts.

STEP 2: Select a Plane

Command-Manager

Command-Manager

Command-Manager - Plane element

Command-Manager - Plane element

The Command-Manager has one selection-box.

You must select a Plane.

If you cannot see a Plane: Enable Show Solids in Mechanisms.

1.Click a Plane in the graphics-area

or

1.Click a Plane in the Assembly-Tree

The Plane is now in the selection-box in the Command-Manager.

STEP 3: Complete the command

Command-Manager - Plane element

Command-Manager - 'OK'

You must click the 'tick' to complete the command.

1.Click OK-tiny-11-15 in the Command-Manager

 

Result

1.The Command-Manager closes.

2.You jump immediately to a new Mechanism-Editor workspace

3.The Mechanism element is a new element in the Assembly-Tree. It is a child to the Plane you select.

RESULT: Workspace

Mechanism Editor - Identify

Mechanism-Editor workspace

 

The workspace of each Mechanism-Editor:

Red-14-1b : Base-Part with a rectangular Part-Outline

Red-14-2 : Mechanism name-tab

Red-14-3 : Toolbars (left and right of the graphics-area)

Red-14-4 : Graphics-area

Red-14-5 : Local XY-axes of the Mechanism-Editor and Base-Part

Result: Assembly-Tree

Mechanism element in the Assembly-Tree

Hieratchy of new Mechanism in Assembly-Tree

The Mechanism element in the Assembly-Tree:

Plane4 - that you selected to add the Mechanism element:

(New) Mechanism2 - is a child to Plane4, and coplanar with the XY axes of Plane4.

(New) BasePart2 - is the name the Part that you edit to add sketch-element. It is the machine-frame of Mechanism2.

The XYZ-axes of Plane4, Mechanism2, and the Base-Part2 are all coincident.

Video: Add Mechanism

Video: Add Mechanism-Editor to Plane