Blocks verses Motion study I am a educator at North Idaho College and I reside in the Career Technical Educational Facility. I am currently using SolidWorks 2019-2020 Educational software. I have one network and one stand along license. My que... 
Issues with Animation Wizard Hello I'm having issues with a radial step I want to animate. When I test it through the Animate Explode option it works fine, but when I use the Animation Wizard, it becomes literally an explosion! The parts distanc... 
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 ... 
Making "Save Avi" more reliable? 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 pla... 
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. 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 ... 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 fre... 
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 di... 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 n... 
16:9 Aspect Ratio Hello, When exporting a video in SW 2017, I am able to choose a custom aspect ratio (width : height). However, is there a way to show this earlier on so I do not have to guess and check the visibl... 
Editing Multiple Linear motor Segments I have a motion/Animation that I'm doing. I have several Linear motors in it that I'm controlling with Segmented motion. Is there a way to edit ALL of the motor segment graphs at the same time? Thanks Motion analysis of spinning ring, calculate torque required inc. air resistance Hey guys, kind of a newbie at this Solidworks game, and im kinda stuck! (of course) So basically I have this designed below, its already been manufactured and works great. I did some initial torque calculation... 
Animation, Basic Motion and Motion analysis? First Can someone direct me to a decent tutorial or video or something on approaches to setting up motion analysis. What I'm attempting to do. I have a Part on a table. That table is sitting on a pivot/Ax... force-displacement input Hi, I would like to create a "custom" spring that will mimic the input of a solenoid which has a very non-linear response. Does anyone have a workaround for this type of input? It would be nice if you could... 
Motion studies fail to calculate after adding new component I am working with Motion Analysis motion studies and I am generally able to build a study that works properly. I continue to add motors and tasks and it continues to be successful. Then I realize that I wo... 
How can a motor stop when the lever reaches a "no penetration" wall Hello Community! I am trying to make a simulation of a robotic hand grasping a ball and after this, different objects. I would like to reduce the problem to just one finger. Let's suppose that the finger is fi... 
Change left to right position of assembly in frame of animation Hi, I am trying to export an animation video of an assembly that I created. The issue is that when I export the video the assembly shows up on the far right side of the frame instead of right in the middle of the vide... 
Motion Studies the bodies are not touching even with bodies defined Hi All I am Trying to to a study between a sphere hitting a glass pane. It works well on the basic motion, however when I set the motion analysis, the sphere just goes through the glass without causing any ef... 
Motion of a Point in an Assembly not available in 2019 SP3 ??? Hi, I am using SW 2019 Premium SP3. According to the documentation (2019 SOLIDWORKS Help - Tracing the Motion of a Point in an Assembly ), it should be possible to draw the trajectory of a point d... 
