Design Animation Option

[soboyle]

Has anyone used the Design Animation Option package for Pro/E? Looking for feedback on the quality of animations, ease of use, and ease or difficulty of making complex animation of assemblies like automotive transmissions.

Thanks

 

[proed]

Design Animation takes a bit of getting used to (it's not as easy to use as IPA, for example), but once you get the hang of it, it can be a powerful tool.



When your assemblies are put together using Connections (with Mechanism Design), the animations are easier to create...



There's a description & example of Design Animation on the PTC KDB (a/c req.):

http://www.ptc.com/cs/cs_22/howto/pas3220/pas3220.htm



There are also a couple of Mechanism tutorials at:

http://www.ptc-mss.com/Tutorial/tutorial.htm



Regards

Ed

 

[peterb]

Problem with Design Animation is that it interpolates between your snapshots. Sometimes it doesn't do what you had in mind. Tip: keep it simple. It is indeed easier to put together using your connections from MDX, but DA does not use you're drivers (servomotors) created in MDX.



Regards

Peter

 

[jbuckl]

You can build the assy with relations to increment or freeze each movement on a time basis, then use B+W simple kinematics to regenerate the model on the time basis.

B+W simple kinematics can playback or capture, but the capture from pro-e is best with Camtasia. This technique is the most sucessful for high levels of accuracy, even meshing gear teeth! See atlanta 2002 pro/user conf Gears and Things or mail me back - cheers