Edit the Part to edit the length of the CAD-Line, which is the length of the Part.

See also: Edit the Length of a Part

You can add new Lines, CAD-Lines, and Points to locate joints in the Part.

You MUST add a minimum of one sketch-element to the Base-Part for a Pin-Joint or Slide-Joint between the Base-Part and a Part you add to the model.

You can add a Point to a Part and then view the trace of that Point on the Mechanism-Plane during a machine-cycle.

See Add Trace-Point.

You must sketch a sketch-loop before you can add a Profile / Extrusion.

Use the Part-Editor to add the sketch-elements for the sketch-loop.

Each Cam needs a Follower-Profile.

Add a sketch-loop for the Follower-Profile - typically a Circle.

You must also sketch the shape of the Cam-Blank when you add a 3D-Cam.

For any Point* that you add to a Part, you can:

•Show the instantaneous kinematic vectors (Velocity and Acceleration) of the Point with the Point Properties dialog

•Plot motion-values of Position, Velocity and Acceleration throughout the machine-cycle with the Point-Data FB or Measurement FB that you connect to a Graph FB

* Point, start-Point, end-Point, center-Point, and Motion-Point.

You can add CAD-Lines to any Part. You can use the CAD-Line to import DXF-Drawings, SolidWorks parts, or STL file-types.

CAD-Lines can be coincident with each other, or at different positions in the Part.

There is a CAD-Line between the start-Point and end-Point of every Part you add to the model.

See Mechanism-Synthesis.

•Three, Four and Five Position Synthesis

•Coupler Curve and Coupler Point Synthesis

•Function Generation

Occasionally, you must add sketch-elements to Parts to measure the distance with a Measurement FB. See Add Measurement FB.

The output from a Point-Data FB is position, velocity and acceleration of a Point.

You can use the output of a Measurement FB or Point-Data FB as the independent variable (X-axis) of a different FB.

Add a Point or Line to anchor a Spring FB.

A Motion-Path FB adds a Motion-Point to a sketch-path in a Part.