Save Timing Diagrams
The purpose of a Timing Diagram is to show the relative timing of more than one motion.
A Timing Diagram:
| • | Shows each motion as a graph |
| • | The motions are drawn directly above each other. |
| • | Each segment is a straight-line between each Blend-Point. |
| • | The start and end point of each straight-line are at the same as the timing [X-axis] and position [Y-axis] of each Blend-Point. |
Typical Timing Diagram with 4 Motions
How to use the Timing Diagrams
MechDesigner
STEP 1:
Use this menu item to save the motions in MotionDesigner as a Microsoft Excel® Comma Separated Values [CSV] file.
The CSV file stores:
| • | Timing [X-axis] and Position [Y-axis] of each Blend-Point |
The CSV does not store:
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Microsoft Excel
STEP 1:
Open the Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet: 'Timing Diagrams.xlsm' from
| • | My Documents > PSMotion > MD13 XXX64. |
| • | You must 'enable macros' and 'enable content'. |
STEP 2:
In sheet 'Motion data',
| a) | Click the button '1: Open Timing Diagram CSV file' |
Find, and open, the CSV file you have saved to disc with
| b) | Format the Y-axis data of 'Motion0' to make sure its data format has the same number of decimal places as 'Motion1, 2, ...' |
[See the Y-axis of Motion0 in the image above. Its data format moves the graph slightly to the right. ]
STEP 3:
In sheet 'Motion data',
| a) | Click the button '2: Create Timing Diagram' |
STEP 4:
Look at sheet 'Timing Diagram' to find a timing diagram of each motion.
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