Getting Started Tutorials - MotionDesigner > To link a Motion to a Motion-Part

To link a Motion to a Motion-Part

In MotionDesigner, we display for you each motion as a graph. However, it is much better when you can watch a Part (in MechDesigner) move with a motion.

To make a Part in MechDesigner move, you link a motion that is in MotionDesigner with a Motion FB in the MechDesigner model.

In the MechDesigner model, you connect the Motion FB to other FBs with wires to control the motion of a Motion-Part or Motion-Point.

•A motion-value at the input-connector of a Motion FB is an X–axis value for a motion

•The motion-value at the output-connector of the Motion FB is the Y–axis values that corresponds to the X-axis value at the input-connector.

Motions and Motion name-tabs.

When you start MechDesigner, there is the default motion in MotionDesigner.

Usually, you need more than one motion for a machine.

It is also useful to rename each motion to help you identify them from the Motion name-tabs.

In MotionDesigner

STEP 1: To add a new Motion

1.Click MotionDesigner to make MotionDesigner active

2.Click File toolbar > Add Motion

Do STEP 2 again, to add more motions.

The default motion-names, after Motion0, are Motion1, Motion2, ...

STEP 2: To rename the Motions

1.Click a Motion name-tab to make it the active motion

2.Right-Click the Motion name-tab

The Rename Motion dialog opens

3.Enter a New Name

4.Click OK-tiny-13-17 in close the Rename Motion dialog. dialog

Link a Motion to a Motion-FB

You use a Motion FB as the link for a motion between MotionDesigner and MechDesigner.

In MechDesigner

STEP 1: Add a Motion FB to the graphics-area

1.Click Function-Block menu > Motion FB

2.Click the graphics-area.

The Motion FB is now in the graphics-area

Note:

In the default case, the Motion FB has a link with the left-most Motion name-tab in MotionDesigner.

To link the Motion FB with a different motion, select a different motion in the Motion FB dialog

STEP 2: Open the Motion FB dialog

1.Double-click the Motion FB in the main graphics-area, or the Assembly-Tree

The Motion FB dialog is now open.

STEP 3: Select a Motion-name

In the Motion FB dialog:

1.Click the down-arrow of the Select Motion list-box

2.Click a Motion name in the drop-down list

STEP 4: Close the Motion FB dialog

1.Click at the top of the Motion FB dialog