If the Y-axis units are not 'degrees' then, to make them 'degrees':

1.Click the Edit toolbar > Active Motion-Settings

2.Click the Active Motion-Settings > Motion tab > Motion Units separator : Y-axis Position units

3.Select degree in the drop-down box.

Indexing motions usually have 2 segments. Thus, we must delete two segments from the default motion.

Before we can delete a segment, we must make it the Selected-Segment

1.Click in the motion-graph area above or below the last segment

The RED Selected-Segment is the last segment.

To delete the RED Selected-Segment

2.Click the Blend-Point & Segment Editor toolbar > Delete Segment

See toolbar above

•The last segment stretches.

•The total Motion-Width does not change; it remains at 360º.

•The first segment becomes the RED Selected-Segment.

We want to delete the last segment.

3.Do again Steps 1 and 2

That is: Click the last segment, and then

Blend-Point-Segment toolbar >Delete Segment,

The motion is to the left.

•There are two segments.

Terminology:

•Period (time period): also applies to a number-of-degrees along the X-axis.

•Index-Period: The number-of-degrees along the X-axis during which the Y-axis is in motion.

•Dwell-Period: The number-of-degrees along the X-axis during which the Y-axis is not in motion.

•Index-Angle: The range of the output motion - in Y-axis units.

The motion we have:

•Segment 1: X-axis Segment-Width = 90º ( the Index-Period)

•Segment 2: X-axis Segment-Width = 270º (the Dwell-Period)

The Motion-Width 90 + 270 = 360º

The motion Y-axis

•Segment 1: Y-axis 0-90º (called the Index-Angle)

The motion we want:

•Segment 1: X-axis Segment-Width = 120º ( the Index-Period)

•Segment 2: X-axis Segment-Width = 240º (the Dwell-Period)

The Motion-Width 120 + 240 = 360º (as before)

The motion Y-axis

•Segment 1: Y-axis 0-120º (called the Index-Angle).

We must edit the Segment-Width of the segments, but we must not change Motion-Width. We can:

•Use the Blend-Point Editor to the move the Blend-Point to the right.

•Use the Segment-Editor to make the first segment longer and then make the last segment shorter.

The best tool to edit the Segment-Width, when we do not want to edit the Motion-Width, is the Blend-Point Editor.

STEP 1.Open the Blend-Point Editor

Click: Blend-Point and Segment toolbar > Open Blend-Point Editor.

STEP 2.Make sure the active Blend-Point is #2

1.Use the Previous / Next buttons to move the active Blend-Point to #2

You can see the X-axis position is at 90º

Note: You can also make sure the second segment is the RED Selected-Segment before you open the Blend-Point Editor.

The Next / Previous buttons are important when you want to edit (or find) a 'very short' segment in the motion that you cannot click (or see) in the motion graph.

STEP 3.Edit the X-axis value

Note: The Blend-Point Editor can  edit the the motion-values  at the left (the start) of the RED Selected-Segment

We can use the spin-box tool to edit the X-axis value of the Blend-Point.

1.Click the bottom arrow-buttons in the spin-box control to increase the Spin-Increment from 1 to 10.

2.Click the top arrow-buttons in the spin-box control to increase X-axis motion-value from 90º to 120º.

Or:

1.Use your keyboard to enter a value in the X-axis box (enter 120)

2.Use the 'Enter' key on your keyboard to update to the new value (120)

General Reminder:

The Blend-Point Editor edits the active Blend-Point.

The active Blend-Point is at the left of the RED Selected-Segment.

As you edit the X-axis value of the active Blend-Point, the duration (period) of the Previous- Segment and the RED Selected-Segment change at the same time.

The Motion-Width does not change.

STEP 4.Change the Motion-Law of the last segment (#2) to a Dwell

The default motion uses Flexible-Polynomial Motion-Laws for each segment.

1.Click the last segment so that it becomes the RED Selected-Segment

2.Click the Motion-Law Selector in the Motion toolbar (below the motion plots)

3.Select Dwell to change it from a Flexible-Polynomial to a Dwell motion-law

STEP 5.Change the Motion-Law of the first segment (#1) to a Modified-Sinusoid

1.Click the first segment so that it becomes the RED Selected-Segment

2.Click the Motion-Law Selector in the Motion toolbar (below the motion plots)

3.Select Modified-Sinusoid to change the motion-law from a Flexible-Polynomial to a Modified-Sinusoid motion-law.

IMPORTANT: Click in the graph area (not on the segment) to remove the 'focus' from the Motion-Law selector. Otherwise, if you use your scroll mouse button, you will scroll through the motions! Not good!

STEP 6.Edit the Index-Angle (Y-axis-Values)

If necessary, open the Blend-Point Editor again - see STEP 1

Make sure the second segment is the RED Selected-Segment - see STEP 2

In the Y-axis values separator, edit the 'End-Position' of the Blend-Point. We want to increase it from 90 to 120º

1.Click the spin-box of the End-Position - see image to the left - to increase the Y-axis value of the Blend-Point from 90 to 120º

The graph auto-scales. Thus, look at the Y-axis scale of the Position graph (left of motion graph) to see the change to the motion.

Question: What if you do not change the 'Motion-Law' of the second segment to a Dwell?

Answer: The second Blend-Point moves up or down along the Y-axis, but the last Blend-Point does not move.

You will need to edit the End-Position of the last segment. To do this, you must first make Blend-Point #1 the active Blend-Point.

To edit the End-Position of the motion, you must click the FIRST SEGMENT.