Th Active Motion Settings dialog is in the Edit toolbar . It contains the settings that configure the active motion and also the MotionDesigner program in general.
We save the settings each time you save a MechDesigner model and each time you exit MechDesigner .
It is a good idea to check these settings before you start to design a motion.
Active Motion Settings
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.
The new Motion-Name is now the Motion name-tab .
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 in the Data Transfer Table .
RPM [ Cycles/Min ] (read-only)
RPM : Machine cycles per minute.
See: Designer -
Seconds / Cycle ( read-only )
Seconds / Cycle = 60 / Cycles/Min
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
Note:
Change from Angular to Linear Units, or vice versa: If you change from Angular Units to Linear Units, then
The motion does not have a different physical value when you select different Y-axis units . E.g. 90 becomes 0.090 , or 3.543 .
X-axis Parameters
[UNITS] at Start ( default = 0 )
Edit Unit data-type in Motion tab > Motion Units
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
Number Format
Format ( default : General )
See
Precision (default = 15 )
See
Digits (default = 10 )
See
Colors
☑ Show Grid : Enable to show the horizontal and vertical grid lines in the graph-plot area.
Colors : edit with Windows Color Picker® :
• Line: of all segments, but not the
• Grid: the horizontal and vertical Grid-Lines
• Axis Color : X and Y-axis text
• Background: the graph area
• Selected: the (typically Red )
• Overlay: see Overlay-Trace
Line and Symbol Sizes
Line Thickness (default = 1 ; Maximum = 8 )
The plot thickness, in pixels, of the motion segments
Symbol Size (default = 2 ; Maximum = 8 )
The scale/size of the symbols
URL of this topic: http://mechdesigner.support/index.htm?mt-program-settings.htm