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Introduction to Motion Simulation
Overview You can use Motion Simulation to simulate and evaluate
In this lesson mechanical systems for things such as:
What can Motion Simulation do for you?
Comparison with Assembly Constraints Displacements, velocities, and accelerations
Simulating Kinematics and Dynamics
Range of motion
Time-based and step-based analysis
Animating a simple mechanism Reaction forces, inertia forces and torques, and
Static Equilibrium analysis forces and moments transmitted between bodies
Static equilibrium solution
Specifying preferences Lock-up positions
Including the effects of gravity
Interference
Units of measurement
Motion solver Capture of loads for finite element modeling
Review
Workflow