Edit: Active Motion Settings

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Edit: Active Motion Settings

Active Motion Settings

Edit Toolbar : Active Motion Settings

Edit toolbar > Active Motion Settings

Each motion has settings.
Active Motion Settings dialog

Active Motion Settings dialog

There are four tabs:

•Motion

•Advanced

•Number-Format

•Accessibility

 

Note: The settings become the default settings when you exit MechDesigner.
tog_minusMotion tab                                      
Motion name-tab (read-write)

Motion name-tab (read-write)

Motion Name

Motion Name (read-write) (default = Motion0, Motion1, ... )

Enter a new Motion Name with your keyboard.

Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

We  show the new Motion-Name is now on the Motion name-tab.
MT-AppSettings-Motion-Cycledata

Motion Cycle Data

Number-of-POINTS (read-write) ( default = 360)

The number-of-points along the active motion graph.

Note: Enter Number-of-Points = 361 to put a Motion-Point exactly on each machine-degree as defined by the MMA.

Cycles / Min ( read-only )

RPM : machine-cycles in one minute.

See: Edit in MechDesigner ONLY - Edit menu>Machine Settings>Cycling Parameters>Cycles/Min

Seconds / Cycle ( read-only )

Seconds / Cycle = 60 / Cycles/Min
MT-AppSettings-Motion-Yunits

Motion Units

X–axis Units: ( default = degrees )

Units available: counts: sec, msec, cycle, degree, radian.

Y–axis Units: ( default = degrees or mm )

Units available: mm, cm, m, inch, degree, radian, cycle, count

Position :

Units

Velocity :

Units/sec

Acceleration :

Units/sec/sec

Jerk :

Units/sec/sec/sec

Note: The motion does not change its physical value when you select different X-axis Units and/or Y-axis units. E.g. 90mm becomes 0.090m or 3.543inches.
tog_minusAdvanced tab                          
MT-AppSettings-Advanced-X

X-axis Parameters

[UNITS] at Start ( default = 0 )

Edit Unit data-type in Motion tab > Motion Units

MT-AppSettings-Advanced-Y

Y-axis Parameters 

Counts / Degree ( default =1 )

Edit Unit data-type in Motion tab > Motion Units

Counts at Start ( default = 0 )

Edit Unit data-type in Motion tab > Motion Units

tog_minusNumber Format tab                      
MT-AppSettings-NumFormat

Number Format 

Format ( default : General )

See Number Format

 

Precision (default = 6 )

See Precision

Digits (default = 3 )

See Digits

tog_minusAccessibility tab                      
MT-AppSettings-Access-Colors

Motion Colors 

☑Show Grid : Click to show horizontal and vertical lines in the graph-plot area.

Colors : edit with Windows Color Picker® :

•Line: of all segments, but not the Selected-Segment

•Grid: the vertical and horizontal Grid-Lines

•Axis Color : X and Y-axis text

•Background: the graph area

•Selected: the Selected-Segment (typically Red)

•Overlay: the Overlay-Trace
MT-AppSettings-Access-Line

Line and Symbol Sizes

Line Thickness (default = 1 ; Maximum  = 8 )

The thickness, in pixels, of the motion-graphs.

Symbol Size (default = 2 ; Maximum = 8 )

The scale/size of the Blend-Point symbols.