Motion Studies

Matt Juric in Motion Studies4 days ago (Show more)

Are there settings and "Tricks" to make saving an AVI more reliable for playback? I'm at about a 50/50 break as to whether when I save an AVI from an animation I'm able to play it back. Can't seem to play much of anything in the default Windows Avi player that seems to play video captured from my phone just fine. If I open them in Windows… (Show more)

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Paul Salvador (to Matt Juric) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

the best way is to save out each frame.. and use a program of your choice to edit/produce, I use Active Presenter.

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John Courtney in Motion Studies2 weeks ago (Show more)

Is it possible to use an external script to drive a motion study?

Can I use the API to update the positions of components in an assembly to get real time motion? I am wanting to simulate a 6 DOF robotic arm where I would be streaming the joint angles from a script. Can I do this in SolidWorks?

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Shaun Bentley (to John Courtney) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

I believe I saw a developer controlling motion studies with an XBox controller in real-time at a conference a few years back, so that leads me to believe it can be done with the API. Looking briefly through the API help might be able to make it easier to assess whether or not you'll have access to the objects you'll need to make this happen. …

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Matt Juric in Motion Studies6 days ago (Show more)

Animations Spreadsheet

Is there any way to drive Motors in an animation via a spreadsheet or other tool? Would be nice to have all the times for all the motors all next to each other rather than clicking back and forth from one to the other.

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Shaun Bentley (to Matt Juric) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

You want to control the keypoint times in order to turn motors on and off with a spreadsheet? We can't do this directly, but I looked through the API help and looks like it should be possible for you to do this with a bit of coding work. Have you also looked at Event-Based motion as well? Do a couple youtube searches for SOLIDWORKS…

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Matt Juric in Motion Studies7 days ago (Show more)

What's the "Trick" to get parts to hide and show in a motion study.

Let's say I have two parts in the exact same spot. I want one to show from 0 to 10 secs and then be hidden and then the other part to show at 10 secs and stay showing until turned off. If I hide the part that is supposed to be on at 10 secs it works from 0 to 10 secs. However if I move to 10.00001 secs and click show it now fades the part on… (Show more)

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Keith Frankie (to Matt Juric) 6 days ago (Show more Show less)

You probably need to change the "Interpolation Mode" of the key. Right click on the key and select the mode you want. Check the help file here: 2020 SOLIDWORKS Help - Changing the Interpolation Modes in Animations

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Rony Rony in Motion Studies3 weeks ago (Show more)

Slow Calculation and Rendering Motion Analysis

Hey, I just bought a new Acer Helios Predator 300, intel core i7 - 9750H CPU 2.60/4.3Ghz, RAM 16Gb, NVDIA GeForce RTX2060. I am currently having a quite large assembly with 1510 components (approx 400 chains linked by Hinge mate, 6 sprockets, 6 beams, 6 conveyor bodies, and 15 boxes). I did find some little lags during the assembly process but… (Show more)

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Rony Rony (to J. Mather) 3 weeks ago (Show more Show less)

Hi there, The simulation i am trying to make is a conveyor system which mainly consist of conveyor chain. Boxes will be delivered by those chains. That is why i have to use the chains. As for the screen shot, pardon me. I was using my Ipad and was too afraid to click or do anything with my laptop while its calculating/rendering the simulation. …

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HUSEYIN BAYRAM in Motion Studies1 month ago (Show more)

Calculate rpm and torque?

Hi I want to calculate torque and rpm in small gear? I created motion study, I take some results. But, when I add gravity, result does not change. I think I'm doing something wrong. Feel free to make any good suggestions.

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HUSEYIN BAYRAM (to HUSEYIN BAYRAM) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

Thanks for replies. I will search input parameters to solve.

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Cristian Cruz in Motion Studies1 month ago (Show more)

Solidworks Animation Jittery when rotation

Ive been struggling for awhile trying to get my animation to stop fluctuating. It just goes crazy on its own rotations. I have this problem only with rotating components & it does not seem to do a smooth rotation even when seeing the preview (Play from start button). My rotations in my model are constrained my Advanced Limit Rotating mates.… (Show more)

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S. Y. (to Cristian Cruz) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

please post some screen shots here for understanding.......

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Matt Juric in Motion Studies1 month ago (Show more)

Codex issues, I think

I'm trying to save an animation and no matter what setting(s) I use I either get a "This file isn't playable" error or "This item was encoded in a format that is not supported" I've read that I should use a different player but neither of the windows players work and I really don't feel like installing another player or installing a codec. I've… (Show more)

Kevin Kearney in Motion Studies1 month ago (Show more)

Animation Issues

I am using the 2019-20 student version SP3 to do some animation in an assembly. I have noticed that I am unable to hide/show a component correctly. In the 2018-19 I could hide a component over ~2 seconds and it would slowly increase in transparency until it disappeared. Currently, the component will just snap off. If I try to turn the component… (Show more)

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Kevin Kearney (to J. Mather) 1 month ago (Show more Show less)

I added some example files.

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Michael Boltri in Motion Studies1 month ago (Show more)

Using motion study to drive the movement of a line

I have two similar objects that pivot about the same axis in an assembly. At a similar radius there is a 3D Sketch of a line between the two similar objects. The end points of this line are defined but the length is not defined. When I rotate one object and rebuild the assembly the line rotates. However, I cannot get the line to move using the… (Show more)

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