When you move your mouse above a command in a toolbar, or many of the Function-Blocks in the graphics-area, a tool-tip shows in the Extended Hints box .
Element-Properties:
When you move your mouse above an element in the graphics-area, it shows the element's kinematic-properties and/or kinetostatic-properties.
Notes:
You do not need to enable Hints and Tool-Tips to see the Extended Hints.
To see all of the Extended Hint and/or Element-Properties, you may need to drag the separator-bars upwards and/or to the right a short distance.
Messages
The most recent message is at the top of the list.
Message information:
Count :
The message number.
Topic :
Importance Level: – Information; – Warning; – Error - save your work now!
Message :
The message that you should read!
Time :
When the message was displayed.
To clear the messages:
1.Right-Click, with your mouse-pointer in the Messages area
Master-Machine-Angle (MMA): Scale, Digital Angle Indicator, and Revs
Master-Machine-Angle (MMA):
The value of the MMA is the independent input to all kinematic-chains in your model.
The MMAincreases at a constant-rate from 0 to 360, again and again, when you cycle/run the model - see theRun menu. One machine-cycle is one cycle of the MMA, from 0 to 360.
You can read and edit the MMA in two ways:
Arrowhead + MMA Scale - Read / “Write” (Drag)
ApproximateMaster Machine Angle.
The orange triangle (▲)below the scale indicates, approximately, the MMA on the scale.
To edit the MMA approximately:
Mouse-button-down and move you mouse to the left or right, with your mouse-pointer INSIDE theMaster Machine Angle Slider to change the machine angle.
The orange triangle (▲)below the scale moves with your mouse-pointer.
Digital MMA indicator - Read / Write
ExactMaster Machine Angle
The value in the Digital MMA Indicator box is the exact MMA.
To edit the MMA exactly:
To an exact MMA angle:
Enter a value for the MMA, from 0 to 360.
To Inch
Click the Spin-Box one time to increase or decrease the MMA by one Spin-Increment.
To Jog
Press and Hold the Spin-Box to continuously increase or decrease the MMA.
Revs - Read only
Number of machine-cycles since you reset the model to zero withRun menu > Home
Vector Scale buttons
Click the up / down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the length of theVelocity, Acceleration, Force, and Torque vectors that you can show in the graphics-area.
Velocity (V) and Acceleration (A) Vector buttons
Click the up /down arrow-buttons to the right of:
•V - - to increase or decrease the length of Velocity vectors
•A - - to increase or decrease the length of Acceleration vectors
See Point Properties dialogto show the Velocity Vector and Acceleration Vector of a moving Point.
Force (F) and Torque () Vector buttons
Click the up /down arrow-buttons to the right of:
•F - - to increase or decrease the length of Force vectors
• - - to increase or decrease the length of Torque vectors