Add Item Tracks in the Assembly

In this step, you will add more Tracks for items to the Manufacturing Assembly.

  1. Select a manufacturing assembly in the 3D view.
    The selected assembly is displayed in normal mode thanks to the product build-up capability.
  2. Click Change Active Simulation Object to make the manufacturing assembly the active simulation object.
  3. Select the Up arrow in the ASO panel to browse the manufacturing assembly hierarchy.
  4. Right-click the Excitations panel, and select Create Track.
    The Track Authoring context toolbar appears.
  5. Click Moving Objects .
    The Moving Objects panel appears. All products of the manufacturing assembly are taken into account as moving parts.
  6. Click Close to close the panel.
  7. In the Track Authoring dialog box, define the Trajectory points (T-Points) of the Track.
  8. Click OK to create the Track.
    A thumbnail is created for the Track in the Excitations panel.
  9. Repeat to create a third Track for item.

Next step: Simulate the Tracks in an Assembly Sequence.