To open the Graph FB dialog

There is one Y-axis scale for each wire that you connect to an Y-axis input-connector. Maximum = 4

Y-axis scales | Left > Right  >>>  are for the Wires at each Y-axis input-connector | Top > Bottom.

•The color of the Y–axis scale and the plot are the same.

Edit axis colors in Graph Setting dialog.

•The Y-axes (and X-axis) auto-scale to the maximum and minimum values of the data at the input-connector.

Edit Minimum / Maximum scales values with Graph Setting dialog.

Each wire that you connect to an input-connector has up to 3 Data-Channels.

Click the drop-down arrow to select which Data-Channel to plot for each wire.

The X–axis value and the Y1-axis to Y4-axis values in the Digital Readout are those values of the graph at the position of the vertical cursor

The Number-Format for the X–axis and Y–axis values are configured in Edit menu > Application Settings | Number Format tab.

There is a graph for each wire you connect to a Y-axis input-connector.

Save data as

Print graphs

Graph Settings dialog

Zoom-Out

Zoom-In

Zoom-Extents

Pan Left

Pan Right

Copy Graph Data to Clipboard – see below

When you click or drag your pointer in the graph-area:

•the Vertical-Cursor moves with your pointer

•the Digital-Readouts are equal to the X-axis and Y-axis values of the Vertical-Cursor

•the Master Machine Angle continuously updates to equal the X-axis value of the Vertical-Cursor

•the kinematic-chains that are kinematically-defined move to agree with the Master Machine Angle.

To list the graph data-values in ,

1.Click the right-most icon in the Graph toolbar.

There is one data-point for each Machine Step - see Machine-Settings dialog > Number-of-Steps.

You can Paste the data:

•to Excel, or Notepad, ...

•to the MotionDesigner Data-Transfer Table

From the Data-Transfer Table, you can paste the data:

•as a dumb Overlay-Trace to compare it with a motion

•to a Position List, Acceleration List, or Z Raw Data segment-type, and link it to a Motion-Part or Motion-Point.

Each wire that you connect to a Graph FB has three(3) data-channels.

Use the drop-down arrow to select which Y-Axis Data-Channel to plot for each Y-axis.

The Data-Channels that are available are a function of the Function-Block and wire you connect at the input to the Graph FB.

Data-Channels:

Kinematic Function-Blocks (Linear-Motion, Gearing, Motion, Motion-Dimension) you can plot:

•Linear or angular position

•Linear or angular velocity

•Linear or angular acceleration

Measurement FB or Point-Data FB you can plot:

•Linear or angular position

•Linear or angular velocity

•Linear or angular acceleration

Cam-Data FB

•Pressure Angle.
You can plot three different Pressure Angles – See Pressure Angle

•Radius-of-Curvature.
You can plot the Radii-of-Curvature of the Inner and the Outer Cam.

•Contact Cam Force

•Maximum Contact Shear Stress.

•Sliding-Velocity
Plot the Sliding-Velocity between the Cam-Profile and Follower-Profile for the Inner Cam and the Outer Cam.

Force-Data FB

The output form a Force-Data FB is a function of the element with which it is linked. See Force-Data FB dialog

If you link a Force-Data FB to a:

ŸPin-Joint with a Motor, you can plot the Application Load.

ŸSlide-Joint with a Motor, you can plot the Application Load

ŸJoint that does not have a Motor, you can plot:

☑Total Force ( FT = √(FX2 + FY2)

☑Force along the X-coordinate of a Point: FX

☑Force along the Y-coordinate of a Point: FY

Ÿ2D-Cam: you can plot the Cam Contact Force

ŸSpring FB: you can plot the Total Force, X Force, Y Force acting on the Anchor-Point.

The values may be slightly different because, in the graph, the X–axis and Y–axis values at the D.R.O. must jump from 'machine -step' to 'machine-step'. See Machine Settings dialog > Number-of-Steps.

In the graphics-area, the vector values are calculated for the value of the Master Machine Angle, which may not coincide with a machine step.