Has anyone managed to get the valve and cam motion tutorial in SW2010 v3.1 to work? I can't get the cam to rotate let alone the follower to move & following the step by step is impossible as the motionmanager looks nothing like the screenshots on the tutorial.
Thanks
Hi there,
How do I find out the version of the tutorial, I thought they were bundled in with the version of the software?
Regards
Ken
If you run the tutorial using the Help menu (Help->SolidWorks Tutorials) then you should get the right version automatically. To get the version of SW, you can choose Help->About SolidWorks. Make sure you are changing the study type to "Motion Analysis". The valve-cam tutorial has a very short end time, so after you hit the calculate button if you want to replay the animation you may want to slow down the animation to something like 5 s (using the pull down on the Motion toolbar). I just tried running the tutorial in sw2010-sp1 and it works. So make sure you are not missing any steps.
Regards,
Shrikant
Hi Shrikant,
Thanks for your help, i'm getting different terminology and motionmanager layouts to the tutorial and your answers, i.e."Motion Analysis" is "Basic Motion" on my screen....which incidently doesn't produce any on the model! See attached jpeg.
The Contact faces appear to be set up, though there is no "Results and Plots" icon in the motion manager menu, there is no motion of the CAM though.
Has anyone used this tutorial in 2010 SP3.1?
Best Regards
Ken
Hi Ken,
There are 3 study types in SW Motion - "Animation", "Basic Motion" and "Motion Analysis". "Animation" and "Basic Motion" come standard with SW but for "Motion Analysis" you need SW Professional. Even if you have the proper license, you also need to make sure that "SolidWorks Motion" add-in is selected under Tools->Add-ins for the "Motion Analysis" option to show up in the drop-down.
"Animation" is meant for visualization only. You can change display attributes and move parts using key-framed animation. "Motion Analysis" is the full-blown motion simulation package that uses the ADAMS solver behind the scenes. The solution is obtained by solving a mixed system of Differential-Algebraic Equations (DAEs). "Basic Motion" is in between these two types - it is meant for giving fast results that look realistic but you cannot get analysis results like forces in joints or motor torques etc. For more detailed explanation see the online help.
The reason your tutorial is not working is because you are trying to apply "Motion Analysis" steps to "Basic Motion" study type.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
Shrikant
Hi Shrikant,
This all makes sense now - I spoke to our local SW help desk & they said we need Solidworks Premium (I had wrang them to berate them that we had Solidworks Professional & no Motion Analysis software!).
However i'm still having problems getting the motor function to work on "Basic Motion" - though it does work on "Animation"!?!?! Are there any step by step tutorials for "Basic Motion" or any on line help that may be useful?
Thanks for clearing that up.
Best Regards
Ken
Hi Ken,
I stand corrected, you do need "SolidWorks Premium" to see "Motion Analysis"!
For Basic Motion help, in SW Help first search for “Basic Motion Overview”, and then check the related links. You can also check the help section on “General Techniques.”
Regards,
Shrikant
The SW Motion UI changed significantly from SW2007 to SW2008. May be you are using an older version (SW2007 or before) of the tutorial?
Regards,
Shrikant Savant