How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
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I'm doing an internship at NPS, and my mentor wants me to simulate the motion of a 3D transonic compressor. I know how to do the motion, but when I want to explode it and animate it, it won't allow me to put the motion I made into the animation.





RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
If you are V20 and above....
The best way to do this is to define motors in the regular assembly environment (you have both rotational and linear to choose from). Then when you go into ERA you can add the motors to the time line.
Jon
Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
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RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
Basically just constrain the assembly so that it is able to move in the correct way when you drag one of the underconstrained parts. Then apply the appropriate motor(s) to the part or parts that move the complete mechanism.
The simulate motor command in the asembly env can be used to see if your results are correct.
Then in ERA, activate the timeline, choose edit definition on the motors (bottom left of timeline) and choose the ones you would like to include in the animation.
You can also combine these with the explode animation, appearance changes, motion paths and camera paths.
Hope that helps.
Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
The Solid Edge Community. Video training sessions, best practice documents, process maps and interactive training http://www.SolidMastermind.com
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
If you have placed gears and these move but the shaft doesn't then it sounds like the axial align you used when the gear was placed is not locked.
Simply select the gear, then choose the axial align relationship from the lower pane of the pathfinder, then hit the 'Locked Rotation' option on the command bar.
Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
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RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
Basically though when you constrain parts in an assembky they will need 3 relationships to be fully constrained.
When you want to show a mechanism working you need to leave a few degrees of freedom so that the mechanism works in the correct way. Then as you drag one of the under constrained parts, other parts attached to it move too.
Think of a single cylinder engine.
The crankshaft should be constrained so it can rotae but stay fixed in the block (axial align and maybe a mate)
The the conrod would be axial aligned to the big end of the crakshaft and so on.
Hope that helps
Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
The Solid Edge Community. Video training sessions, best practice documents, process maps and interactive training http://www.SolidMastermind.com
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
First I would not use the motion environment.
I would make sure your transparent part is the main part and grounded so it can't move. I am assuming you don't want it to move in your simulation..... The first part placed into the assembly is always grounded by default. Other wise you need to ground it using the ground relationship.
Then the shaft needs to have an axial align to the transparent part. Make sure it is not locked and can rotate.
Then the rotor and any other parts can be attached to the shaft - make sure their axial aligns are locked. Then when the shaft rotates - they will too.
Then just use the motor command on the home ribbon and apply a rotational motor to the shaft.
Then use the Simultate Motor command to see it rotate.
Take it into Explode Render Animate to render it in a higher quality and simulate again / save avi etc.
Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
The Solid Edge Community. Video training sessions, best practice documents, process maps and interactive training http://www.SolidMastermind.com
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?
Jon Sutcliffe / Solid Mastermind
The Solid Edge Community. Video training sessions, best practice documents, process maps and interactive training http://www.SolidMastermind.com
RE: How do you put your motion simulation into your animation?