Library file Limitations:
There are three different options when you open a Library File. •Preselect a Plane - the model in the Library file is opened onto a new Mechanism-Editor,. The Library file and model is a child to the Plane and the Mechanism-Editor. •Preselect a Part - the model in the Library fie is opened onto the Part. The Library file and model is a child to the Part. •Preselect nothing - the model in the Library fie is opened and merged with the active Mechanism-Editor. 1.Click a Plane that is a child to the active Model-Editor or Mechanism-Editor The Plane MUST show in the Selection-Window. 2.Click File > Open The Windows® File Open interface starts. 3.In the Files of type drop-down, select Library files (*.LXL)
4.Explore to, and select, a Library File 5.Click the Open button 6.Click MechDesigner adds the model in the Library File to a new Mechanism-Editor (and name-tab) as a child to the Plane you select in 1, above. |
To move a model to a different Plane:
You can use the Library file-type to move a model in one Mechanism-Editor to a different Plane and Mechanism-Editor 1.Save your model, in the normal way, as a backup - see Save 2.Click the name-tab of the Mechanism-Editor with the kinematic-chains you want to move 3.Click File > Save as : File of type LXL 4.Open the Library File - see Open Library File 5.Select a different Plane for the new Mechanism-Editor 6.Save your model with a new file-name. 7.Delete the original Mechanism-Editor |