Features
Kinematic Modeling of Fully Constrained Systems
- Planar and spatial modeling
- Open, closed, and multiloop mechanisms
- Multistage mechanisms
- Velocity and acceleration analysis
- Large library of kinematic constraint objects
- User-programmable constraints
- Nominal gear motion constraints
- Involute gear motion analysis
- Cam constraints supporting analytic and mapped cam profiles
Statics and Dynamics of Fully Constrained Systems
- User-programmable forces and moments
- Nonlinear and nonconservative loading support
- Damping and friction modeling
- Static reaction analysis (kineostatics)
- Dynamic reaction analysis (inverse dynamics)
Motion Analysis of Underconstrained Systems
- Specialized quaternion-based Adams-Bashforth integrator
- Static equilibrium analysis
- Velocity equilibrium analysis
- Time-domain dynamic motion synthesis
Mechanism Design Tools
- Multiconfiguration parametric design synthesis
- Tolerance sensitivity analysis
- Vector algebra library
- Extended graphics functions
- Mechanism motion animation
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