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Under Status, indicate the Computation
status used to calculate the degrees of freedom in the mechanism:
| Option | Description |
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| Automatic |
Recalculates the degrees of freedom each time you add or remove connections and
commands. Use this mode for small mechanisms. |
| Manual |
Recalculates the degrees of freedom manually to avoid performing a time-consuming
calculation each time you change a connection or a command. |
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Select the joints to include or to exclude from the mechanism:
- To include an engineering connection as a joint, select it in the table
and click Include.
- To exclude a joint, highlight it in the table and click
Exclude.
- To include every available engineering connection as joints in the
mechanism, click Include All.
- To exclude every available joint from the mechanism, click
Exclude All.
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To change a command in the mechanism:
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Select an engineering connection including a controlled constraint.
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Under Command Management, specify the
Length or Angle. The
label in the appropriate Command column changes
to reflect the type of command assigned to the joint.
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To reverse the sense of motion of a command, modify the command
value parameters:
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To edit an engineering connection that is specified as a
command, right-click the command in the
tree
and select
Edit Connection.
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In the Engineering Connection Definition
dialog box, right-click the controlled
constraint and change the type of the first option.
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Specify the new parameter value manually in the
Engineering Connection Definition dialog box.
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Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until the status icon in the Mechanism
Manager turns green and a message indicates that the mechanism
can be simulated.
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To assemble mechanisms, click the
Assembly tab.
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Click OK.
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