Data-Transfer Table
Use the Data-Transfer Table to:
•Import data from an application (e.g. NotePad, Excel) to the table and then to a List segment-type
•Export data from a segment or the complete motion to the table and then to an application
•Display data that is in the table as a dumb-graph over a motion-graph - see Overlay Trace
Open the Data-Transfer Table
 Blend-Point and Segment toolbar |
To open the Data-Transfer Table: 1.Click Blend-Point & Segment toolbar > Data-Transfer Table icon. The Data-Transfer Table is now open. |
Data-Transfer Table
 Data Transfer Table |
Note: X-axis of Row 0 is equal to the Motion-Start. |
Data-Transfer Table toolbar
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Clear all data from the table: Remove all the data from the Data-Transfer Table. |
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Save data to a CSV, TXT, or DAT file-type: Save all of the data in the motion-graphs to a CSV, TXT, or a DAT file-type. The DAT file-type is exported by the Camlinks & Motion application, which is now not available (Limaçon). |
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Open and load data from a CSV, TXT, DAT file-type: Load data in a CSV, TXT, or DAT file-type, and paste into the table. |
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Copy all data to clipboard: Copy all data in the Data-Transfer Table to the Windows© clipboard. |
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Copy selected data to clipboard: Copy the selected data to the Windows© clipboard. |
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Cut selected data to clipboard: Remove selected data from the Data-Transfer Table and copy to the Windows© clipboard |
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Paste clipboard to table: Paste data in the Windows© clipboard to the Data-Transfer Table, starting at the active cell. |
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Delete selected data from table: Delete the selected data from the Data-Transfer Table. |
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Get data from List segment-type: The Selected-Segment must be a List Segment-Type. |
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Put data to a List segment-type: The Selected-Segment must be a List Segment-Type. |
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Get all displayed P,V,A,J data : Transfer to the Data-Transfer Table the motion-values for each motion-derivative graph |
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Get all displayed P,V,A,J segment data: Transfer to the Data-Transfer Table, for the Selected-Segment only, the motion-values of each motion-derivative graph |
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Show data as an Overlay-Trace : Display the motion-values that are in the Data-Transfer Table as an Overlay-Trace. You can toggle this icon to show or hide the overlay-trace. An Overlay-Trace is a dumb graph that shows with the active motion graph. |
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Toggle: Include/Ignore last value in Data-Transfer Table Often you want to transfer the motion-values that are in the Data-Transfer Table to another application. Your application may need: •the last data-value in the table to equal the first data-value in the table •the last data-value in the table to equal the last data-value in the motion Note: you may need to increase or decrease the Number of Points in the motion by 1 to get a motion-value exactly at each degree or millisecond. |
Data-Transfer Table: Shortcut menu
Right-click in the Data-Transfer Table to show the shortcut menu. |
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What happens when you PUT data to a List segment-type
When you PUT data to a List segment-type: •MotionDesigner re-calculates for you the data in your list to put the correct number-of-steps and proportional to the segment-width of the List segment-type. •MotionDesigner numerically calculates for you all motion-derivatives from the data. The minimum number-of-points (rows) you can transfer to a List segment-type is 6. However, we recommend many more! |
Get data from Motion / Segment
When you GET data from the motion or a segment: Number-of-Columns: X-axis + each displayed motion-derivative Number-of-Rows (Motion) = Number-of-Steps in Active Motion Settings Number-of-Rows (Segment) = Number-of-Steps × Segment-Width / Motion-Width |