Dialog-Boxes

To build a model:

STEP 1: Do a command to add an element - see Menus and Toolbars
STEP 2: Open the element's dialog-box - see How to Open a Dialog-Box
STEP 3: Edit the element's parameters - see How to edit a Parameter in a Dialog-Box

Inside a typical Dialog-Box

Note: If you need to move, or 'drag', a dialog-box, click approximately at location Red-14-2 in the image.

Dialog-R13.2-ExampleDialog

Red-14-1b Dialog-box name: MOTION-DIMENSION FB

Red-14-2 Element names:

•Element's Name: 'Mot-Dim Rocker2'
•Element's Parent Name: 'RotCam-SwingCirc..'

Red-14-3 Parameter Read-Write Data-Box

•Parameter's Name: Base-Value
•Parameter's Units: [deg] (degrees).
•Parameter's Icon: Parameter icon [See also: 'Contextual Help for a Parameter', contextual help]
•Parameter's Data-Value : '-101'

Red-14-4 Parameter Read-Only Data Box

It is coloured a 'light-grey'.

•Parameter Data Value: '16.950677' [See also: Application-Settings: Number-Format]

Red-14-5 Spin-Box Control


If you do not see the spin-box control, double-click inside the data-box.

See also: Spin-Box Controls

Red-14-6 Separator Bar to show more parameters and options

•Click Directions  to  'expand'
•Click Directions  again to 'collapse'

OK

OK :

Apply changes to the element + Close the dialog-box

Dialog-Cancel

Cancel :

Undo all edits made to parameters + Close the dialog-box

Reset

Reset :

Undo all edits made to parameters + Do NOT close the dialog-box

DialogHelp

Help :

Open the contextual-help to show the help topic for the dialog-box

Note: You must do Help menu > Download Latest Help before you can get help with dialogs

Dialog-R13.2-ParameterHelp

 

Contextual Help for a Parameter - please read carefully.

Red-14-8 To open the contextual local help for a parameter - see image to the left.

1. Move your mouse to Parameter's Icon so that the 'Help' iconHelpQuestion16 shows.

Do not click the help iconHelpQuestion16.

2.Move your mouse-pointer off the Parameter's IconRed-14-8 , below and a little to the left, but the Help iconHelpQuestion16 must show -

See image to the leftRed-14-8

3.Click one time.

Dialog-Boxes

DIALOG-BOX NAME

GENERAL DIALOGS

Model / Mechanism

Lighting, 'Solids'

Application Settings

General, Number-Format, Auto-Profiles, Accessibility, Colours

Machine Settings

Machine Speed, # Steps, Units

Add or Edit Plane

Angle or Offset Value

Rename

Old Name , New Name

Dimension

Dimension Value

CAD: DXF, SOLIDWORKS

DXF-Element

New DXF File, Units

CAD-Line

 

DXF tab: DXF Layer Editor

Import DXF File

SOLIDWORKS:

Import SOLIDWORKS or STL File

Mass Properties tab

User Defined, SOLIDWORKS Mass Properties

CAMS: 2D & 3D

 

Cam-Data FB + Cam-Coordinates

Select a 2D-Cam + Calculate and Export Cam Coordinates

2D-Cam

Show Cam as Cam-Profile, Pressure Angle, Contact Force, or Shear Stress, Edit Material Properties, ...

3D-Cam-Data

Calculate and Export Cam

FUNCTION-BLOCKS

Linear-Motion FB

Provides machine 'clock'.

Gearing FB

Amplify or Frequency of motion values.

Motion FB

Connect Motion in MotionDesigner to Model

Motion-Dimension FB

Define a Motion-Part

Motion-Path FB

Define a Motion-Point

Point-Data FB

Measure Point's Position, Velocity and Acceleration.

Measurement FB

Measure Linear or Angular Position, Velocity and Acceleration.

Graph FB

Plot data

Graph Settings

Graph Display

Cam-Data FB

Cam Data: Pressure Angle, 'Radius of Curvature', Force, Contact Shear Stress.

Spring FB

Define Spring Function

Force-Data FB

Measure Force or Torque

CAD Control FB

 

Magnetic-Joint

Glue Profiles together.

Maths FB

User defined functions.

Statistics FB

Statistics of Element

Polynomial Fit FB

Fit Polynomials to Motion-Values.

Parameter-Control FB

Edit the length of a 'static-dimension', Extrusion-Depth, Extrusion Offset. with a motion

TOOLS

Design-Set

Optimise Design Objectives

Briefcase FB

Collate FBs - make you model easier to review.

Make Movie

Produce a GIF file or series of images.

Point-Cloud

Import XY Data, Smooth with a Function.

Pattern

Copy solids multiple times in space and time.

OTHER Dialogs

Point: Vectors and Location

Edit Position of a Point, , Display Velocity and Acceleration Vectors,

Blend-Curve

Edit a Blend-Curve for a Motion-Point.

Extrusion

Solid Extrusion - Prismatic Extrusion from Plane

Ball-Joint

3D Joint for Spatial Mechanisms

Gear-Pair

Two gears meshed.

Rack-Pinion / Ball-Screw

Rack and Pinion, meshed

Pulley

Related with Motion of a Point as a Belt.

Select Elements

Choose elements

Dependant Elements

Information.

Kinetostatic Motor Speed and Torque Data

Select a Motor and Gearbox.

Configure Power Source

To move a motor or other power source to the correct joint or cam

Tutorial Videos

Play Tutorial Video

Tutorials and Reference Help Files for MechDesigner and MotionDesigner 14.2 + © Machine, Cam, Mechanism, and Motion Design Software by PSMotion Ltd