Tutorial 0: Edit a Parameter - Machine-Settings

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Tutorial 0: Edit a Parameter - Machine-Settings

Edit a parameter in the Machine Settings dialog-box

In this tutorial, we edit a parameter with the:

•Spin-Box

•Zero/Round/Copy/Paste contextual-menu

•Keyboard to enter a simple equation

We will edit Cycles / Min and No-of-Steps in the Machine Settings dialog-box.

Top-Tip : CYCLES / MIN = 0.0001 for stationary mechanism balancing, or for gravitational and/or spring loads only.

For example: Scissor Lifts, Guard Balancing, counter balancing.

Cycles / Min parameter: does not change the animation speed.

Video: Edit Machine-Settings

 

Tutorial 0

Edit Machine-Settings

Edit a Cycles/Min parameter

 

Edit the Machine-Settings

You can open the Machine-Settings from the menu or the toolbar:

Edit toolbar > Machine Settings Icon

Edit toolbar > Machine-Settings

Edit toolbar > Machine-Settings
Edit menu > Machine-Settings

Edit menu > Machine-Settings
Edit toolbar > Machine Settings

Edit toolbar > Machine Settings

1.Click the Edit toolbar Expand icon (see blue ▲ in image above) to expand the Edit toolbar

2.Click the Machine Settings icon (red ▲ in image above).

- or -

1.Click Edit menu > Machine Settings

<< Edit menu

The Machine Settings dialog-box
Machine-Settings dialog-box

Machine-Settings dialog-box

If necessary, in the Machine-Settings dialog-box:

1.Click  Cycling Parameters , possibly two times, to expand the box and show the parameters.

Parameters

There are three areas of a parameter box

111.3 Red-14-3

Data-value : the value of the parameter that you can edit

0.1 Red-14-3

Spin-Increment : see STEP 1 below

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Spin-Box : see below

Right-click the data-value to see this contextual menu : see STEP 2 - below

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Zero

To make the parameter be 0 , or a very small value if the parameter cannot be 0

Round

To make the parameter to be the nearest value that is exactly divisible by the Spin-Increment - see Spin-Box tool below

Copy

To copy the value that is in the parameter box to your clipboard

Paste

To paste a value that is in your clipboard to the parameter box
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Spin-Box-only

Spin-Box tool

A large image of the Spin-Box tool

1.Click the Top ArrowheadsRed-14-4Red-14-5 to edit the Data-Value

a.Top : LeftRed-14-4  arrowhead to decrease Cycles / Min by the Spin-Increment(0.1) : After one click: 111.3 – 0.1 = 111.2

b.Top : RightRed-14-5 arrowhead to increase Cycles / Min by the Spin-Increment(0.1) : After one click: 111.2 + 0.1 = 111.3

2.Click the Bottom ArrowheadsRed-14-6Red-14-7 to edit the Spin-Increment

a.Bottom : LeftRed-14-6 arrowhead to decrease the Spin-Increment : After one click: 0.1 ÷ 10 = 0.01

b.Bottom : RightRed-14-7 arrowhead 3× to increase the Spin-Increment : Click 1:  0.01 × 10 = 0.1 , Click 2: 0.1 × 10 = 1.0, Click 3: 1.0  10 = 10.0, ...

Cycle/ Min parameter is 111.3.  Spin-Increment = 1 (from above).

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Zero / Round / Copy / Paste

1.Right-click with your mouse-pointer above the data-value(111.3) to show the contextual-sensitive menu: Zero / Round / Copy / Paste  

Round will find the nearest value that is divisible exactly by the Spin-Increment(1)

2.Click Round to round the data-value - (111.3 to 111.0)
tog_minusEnter an Equation

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Enter an equation with your keyboard Red-14-3

1.Click in the data box, so that the cursor is immediately after the No of Step value(100)

2.Enter with your keyboard: +20 to give 100+20 - see imageRed-14-3

3.Press the enter key on your keyboard to update the value to (120)