Running the Preview

A simulation preview lets you quickly review the behavior of a mechanism without saving the animation or probe results for the simulation.

Before you begin: Open a kinematics simulation referencing a mechanism in the Mechanical Systems Experience app. app.
See Also
Creating a Kinematics Scenario
Updating a Scenario
Computing and Generating Results
Detecting Clashes and Contacts during Preview
  1. Click Simulate and Generate Results .
    The Simulate and Generate Results dialog box appears.
  2. Select the scenario you want to preview in the tree.
  3. Click Preview.
    The Simulation Player appears.

    If an incident is detected during the preview, a message appears. You can access the immersive Incident Diagnosis dialog box by clicking to analyze and solve the problem. For more information, see Mechanical Systems Design User's Guide: Diagnosing Computation Incidents.

    If a review is active in the kinematics simulation (validation of a simulation), the positions (mechanism's transient position and command values) that are calculated during the preview are retained in the Review object.

  4. Use the controls on the Simulation Player to animate your mechanism or to step through the time increments in your simulation. Values for any probes defined in the scenario are also displayed on the mechanism as you preview.

    Tip: You can also display the coordinates of a speed and acceleration probe reference point as you preview. For more information, see Defining Speed and Acceleration Probes.

    For more information about using the Simulation Player, see the Simulation Experience User's Guide: Players.

  5. When you are done previewing the simulation, close the Simulation Player.

    Important:

    If you are in Nominal Mode when you close the Simulation Player, the final configuration of the mechanism is saved as the new nominal configuration under certain conditions. For more information, see Mechanical Systems Design User's Guide: About Setting a Mechanism's Nominal Position.

    If you are in Transient Mode when you close the Simulation Player, the mechanism returns to its original configuration.

If you selected Display interferences list option and clicked , an immersive analysis interference list that provides probe information—including names, detailed specifications, issue types, intersecting products, and clearances values—is automatically displayed. The immersive analysis interference list consists of a subset of the interference analysis commands available in Interference Management app.