MechDesigner Reference & User Interface > 2.2 Mechanism-Editor > MD-Solids

Add Auto-Profile (all Parts) to add Auto-Profiles to all Parts in the Mechanism-Editor.

Add Auto-Profile (Mechanism) to delete Auto-Profiles from all Parts in the Mechanism-Editor.

Notes:

•Enable Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms to see MD-Solids in Mechanism-Editors.

•The sketch-loops that control the shape of each Auto-Profile have limited properties - see Quasi Sketch-Loop.

•Auto-Profiles have Mass and Mass Moment of Inertia properties.

STEP 1:Do Add Auto-Profile (all Parts)

1.Click MD-Solids menu > Add Auto-Profile (all Parts)

1.Click MD-Solids toolbar > Add Auto-Profiles (all Parts)

Then:

2.Click the graphics-area

Result

Parts with Auto-Profiles.

Rule

IF # of Parts with Auto-Profiles ≤ 50%

Add quasi-sketch-loops and Auto-Profiles / Extrusions ...

... to all Parts in the active Mechanism-Editor.

ELSE

IF # of Parts with Auto-Profiles > 50%

Delete Auto-Profiles and quasi-sketch-loops ...

... from all Parts in all kinematic-chains in the active Mechanism-Editor.

Video : Add Profiles (all Parts)

Original quasi-Sketch-Loop after Add Auto-Profile

Increased Radius of a quasi Arc.

Quasi-sketch-loops control the shape of the Auto-Profiles.

They have these properties:

•They do not have start-Points or end-Points.

•You cannot select, edit, delete quasi-Arcs or quasi-Lines.

•You cannot add a joint between a Part and a quasi-Line.

•There is no Tangent constraint between the quasi-Arc and quasi-Line sketch-elements.

However,

•You can edit the Radius (dimension) of each quasi-Arc.

Image above: after you edit the Radius of a quasi-Arc you can see the Tangent constraint is missing between the quasi-Arc and quasi-Line.