External controllers for ProE models?

[caddie]

Hi,


I am looking for something I am not sure can be done. What I wantis to use external hardware to control a ProE property (like a mechanism model or a parameter value).


An examplewould be to have a simple wheel (like in a car) and by turning it, you send controldata to proe. It would make thefront wheels of an assembly carturn. This would have to happen real-time (otherwise I would find itquite useless).


Has anyone heard or seen anythinglike this in proe?Any other systems that can handle this that you know of?


Thanks!


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[telecomguy]

Designing ProE video games???

I would recommend you start by trying to get the middle mouse roller to control a dimension. Not sure what interface you would have to use since I've not done any animation.


Good luck,


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[bryanbryan010]

I think you need 3ds max for that.

 

[caddie]

Videogame: That's actually quite close to what I want =)


I want to test mechanisms of our products in their environment where we have risk of impact between components or with other structures.

 

[james.lynch]

can you give an example of what you are tryign to do? can you not just make a mechanism asm and then use the body drag to move the componets?

 

[caddie]

>"use the body drag to move the components?"


That's the method used today, with some difficulty. In our mechanism, there are quite a few connections. In using the body drag, you tend togetother joints to move instead of the one you intended. What I would like to have is a means of controlling connection by connection. "Slider A extends arm Ain cylinder connection A" and "Slider B rotates arm A around pin connection B".


Maybe I am missing a genious way of controlling "on the fly" what connection to modify in using the body drag? ie lock all connections but one.


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