Jogging with Direct Manipulation

You can jog a mechanism by dragging its joints in the display window.

Before you begin:
  • Your current session must incorporate a resource that contains a mechanism and motion controller.
  • Whenever kinematics are modified for a mechanism, run Update on the product to guarantee proper jog operation.
  1. Click Jog Mechanism .
    You are prompted to select a device.
  2. Select a device in the tree
    The Jog dialog box appears.
  3. In the 3D view, move the mouse over one of the joints in the display window. The driven joint highlights and the manipulator appears (the manipulator appears as small green arrow heads).

  4. Drag the joint with the left mouse button.

    Direct manipulation can only be applied to revolute, prismatic, and cylindrical joints that are classified as driven. The joint must be driven directly by one or more command values.

  5. Click Reset and then Close in the Jog dialog box.