×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

(OP)
The problem is I'm trying to demonstrate how one thing will react to another in a gear train, and I have tried to move or rotate the driving shaft, which operates a series of gears.  everything is properly moving, but its very hard to show smooth motion.  the slightest motion in my mouse shows erractic changes on the system.  Is there a setting i can change to alleviate this problem?

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

I don't think there is any setting for this.  If you haven't used any of the tools on the Simulation Toolbar (SW03), you might want to take a look there.

MadMango
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

You can grab something on the shaft with a larger diamater, giving you finer control of the rotation.

Or you could even (temporarily) add a handle to the shaft to grab and move

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

I've used macros to incrementally change mate dimensions to create animations.  Maybe this would work for you.

If the ladies don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

When using the Simulation tool you can adjust the "Velocity" that I think will help you slow down the movement of the part your moving.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

(OP)
Is there any good place to find out more about animation than the help file? I tried reading and following the directions and ended up with an animation of 1 part moving, even though when I was making the path, by moving the crank handle, all the gears moved accordingly.  

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

Try this site - http://www.mikejwilson.com/solidworks/animator_guide.ht...

You might see if your VAR will sell you the tutorials that are used in the sessions of training. They used to sell those but now they may not, so you will take the training instead.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

(OP)
Thanks Scott, and everyone else.  Through your directions I was able to find that I dont want animator, but the simulator works excellent for this application.  I've never used that one before and am really impressed.

RE: how do I limit sensitivity on moving or rotating parts in an assembly

I realize this is an old thread and all, but if you have any "empty" space in your view then you can click on the shaft and take your cursor out away from the shaft. At this point you can make a large diameter circle and that will drastically slow down how fast the shaft rotates. You don't have to actually click on the shaft in order to rotate it.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources