While I have used FEA in the past I have never worked with Motion until now. I have an assembly (a glorified 4 bar linkage) that needs to move using a hydraulic cylinder and while I can get it to move manualy, I need to do a motion analsys on it. How do I replicate the hydraulic cylindedr for the study? I would like to toss it into Simulation for a FEA run after I am done. I have included a rough assembly of what I am attempting.
Thank you
Jim Steinmeyer
You would need SW Premium to have motion analysis done. With professional you can do motion (animation) only.
Deeepak,
Sorry, I was wrong, it is Premium that I have.
I was playing with it last night, I placed a spring where the cylinder is and a force representing the center of gravity for the pivoting assembly but was unable to return any results. I found I needed an angle limit to restrain the parts from swinging clockwise as when I start the event it swings clockwise and I am attempting to pull the load counter clockwise with the cylinder. The cycle should take about 15 seconds to preform in real life. Is there a way to adjust the force to ease into the load to replicate that rate of movement?
I watched the one motion tutorial and was under impressed with the amount of information it lacked. I would use more tutorials if I could find them.
Thank you
Sorry, I forgot to mention I have 2012 Premium.
Message was edited by: Jim Steinmeyer (changed professional to premium)