Edit: Active Motion Settings

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Edit: Active Motion Settings

Active Motion Settings

Edit Toolbar : Active Motion Settings

Use the Active Motion-Settings dialog-box to edit motion settings.

Each motion has its own settings.

Dialog-ActiveMotion-Settings

The two buttons:

Save as Defs [defaults].

•Save the Active Motion Settings as the default motion-settings.

Load Defaults

•Use this button to load Active Motion Settings, perhaps from a different motion.

Note: The Active Motion Settings become the default motion settings when you exit MechDesigner.
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Motion Name

Motion Name [ default = Motion0 ]

1.Enter a new name with your keyboard

2.Press the ENTER key on your keyboard to update the name-tab.

Note: Also: Right-click a motion-graph or Motion name-tab, to rename a motion with the Rename motion dialog-box.

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Motion Cycle Data

Number-of-Steps [ default = 360 ; most applications.]

The number-of-points along each motion graph.

Note:

The Sweep Display will not advance past pen-ultimate [last – 1] point.

We use functions with explicit equations to evaluate the exact motion-values at any X-axis value.

Cycles / Min [ Read-Only ]

RPM : actual machine cycles in one minute.

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

Seconds / Cycle [ Read-Only ]

Seconds / Cycle = 60 / Cycles/Min

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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 size of the motion does not change. E.g. 90mm becomes 0.090m or 3.543inches.

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Dialog-R13.2-ActiveMotSet-Advanced-X-axis

X-axis Parameters

'UNITS' at Start [ default = 0 ]

Edit Unit data-type in Motion tab > Motion Units

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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

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Number Format 

Format [ default : General ]

See Number Format

 

Precision [default = 6 ]

See Precision

 

Digits [default = 3 ]

See Digits

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Dialog-R13.2-ActiveMotSet-Accessibility-MotColours

Motion Colors 

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

Colors : edit with Windows Color Picker® :

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

•Grid: the vertical and horizontal 'Grid-Lines'

•Background: the graph area

•Selected: the Selected-Segment [typically Red]

•Overlay: see Overlay-Trace

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Line and Symbol Sizes

Line Thickness [default = 1 ; Maximum  = 8 ]

The thickness, in pixels, of the segment lines in the graph plot.

 

Symbol Size [default = 2 ; Maximum = 8 ]

The size of the Blend-Points symbols.