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TOP-TIP #1 -
When you start using MotionDesigner, it is easy to accidentally design a motion with a very short-segment that you cannot see in the graph.
You may not know it is in your motion, and you may not want it in your motion.
To find out if there is a short segment:
1.Open the Blend-Point Editor or the Segment Editor
2.Click the Next button, to move the Selected-Segment from segment to segment across the complete motion
If, when you click the Next button and the Blend-Point number increases by one, but you cannot see the Selected-Segment, then you have found a very short segment!
3.Click the Delete Segment button to remove the very short segment.
TOP-TIP #2
On paper, plan you motion over one machine-cycle before you begin with MotionDesigner.
From your plan, you should:
1.Know if the motion is a progressive (indexing) or non-progressive (rise with Return motion)
2.Know, or approximate, the number of segments you need in your motion over one machine cycle.
3.Approximate the X and Y-axis positions of each Blend-Point.
When you know how many segments you need - see How to Design a Motion