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Change Dyad Closure / Change Configuration of Dyad's Assembly.

Dyad : Assur Group :	A Dyad is combination of two Parts and three joints. There is one joint that joins the two Parts together. The other two joints join the two Parts to different kinematically-defined Parts.
Assur Groups :	Another name for a Dyad
Dyad Closures :	The different ways of putting the two Parts of a Dyad together
Configuration of Dyad's Assembly = another way of expressing 'Dyad Closure'.
Types of Dyad :	Planar Dyads: RRR, RRP, RPR, RPP, PRP Spatial Dyads: SSR, SSP
R :	Revolute Joint = Pin-Joint
P :	Prismatic Joint = Slide-Joint
S :	Spherical Joint = Ball-Joint
See more: Dyads

RRR Dyad
Closure 1

RRR Dyad
Closure 2

STEP 1: Start the Change Dyad Closure command

1.Mechanism-Editor: Add menu > Mechanism menu > Change Dyad Closure

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1.Mechanism-Editor: Kinematic elements toolbar > Change-Dyad Closure

STEP 2: Select one Part in the Dyad

2.Click the Part-Outline of one of the two(2) Parts in the assembly-configuration (Dyad-Closure) you want to change.

STEP 3: Complete the Command

3.Click in the Command-Manager .

The configuration of the assembly (Dyad Closure) should now have changed.

Compare the bottom image with the top image.

STEP 4: Do again, if needed

4.Do 1 to 3 again and again to find the configuration of the assembly you want to apply to your design.

Top-Tip:

If there are many Dyads in the model, use the Kinematics-Tree to identify each Dyad.

1.Kinematics-Tree: Explore each Kinematic-Chain in the Kinematics-Tree

2.Kinematics-Tree: Click each Dyad, or Part, or Joint, in the Dyad.

The element you click become red in the graphic-area

Assembly-Configurations of the RRP Dyad

The joints in the R-R-P Dyad are: Revolute - Revolute - Prismatic

In MechDesigner, the joint names are: Pin-Joint - Pin-Joint - Slide-Joint.

The image below shows an Offset-Slider-Crank mechanism.

Assembly Configurations of an Offset-Crank-Slider

Refer to the image above.

Part is the Crank. We do not need to rotate the crank.

The two Parts in the R-R-P dyad are Parts . To imagine the four assembly-configurations, we will imagine we have yet to add the middle Pin-Joint.

Part can ONLY rotate about Pin-Joint R1 (R-x-x) at the end of the Crank

This means the Pin-Joint (x-R-x) can ONLY be on the red circle at the end of Part.

Part can ONLY move the along the Slide-Joint (x-x-P) along the fixed Line.

Important: The Point in Part we will use for the middle Pin-Joint (x-R-x) is offset from the Slide-Joint and not on the Slide-Joint.

This means the middle Pin-Joint (x-R-x) in Part can ONLY be above Line by the offset distance to the Point or below Line be the same distance.

This means the Pin-Joint (x-R-x) can ONLY be on the red lines

There are 4 places the red circle intersects the red lines.

Thus, the Pin-Joint R2 can ONLY be at 4 places.

Therefore, the Offset Slider-Crank has 4 possible assembly configurations.