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.

•The motion-values at the input-connector of a Motion FB are the X–axis values of the motion.

•The motion-values at the output-connector of a Motion FB become the Y–axis values of the motion.

Motions and Motion name-tabs.

When you start MechDesigner, there is one motion in MotionDesigner.

Usually, you need to add and design 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 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 the dialog

Link a Motion to a Motion-FB

You must add then edit a Motion FB to select a motion.

In MechDesigner

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

1.Click Kinematic-FB toolbar > Motion FB

2.Function-Blocks menu > Motion

3.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, edit the Motion FB.

STEP 2: Open the Motion FB dialog

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

The Motion FB dialog is now open.

STEP 3: Select a Motion-name

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