Motion Study Elements Overview
Use the Motion Study elements to model the motion of a component
or assembly. Available elements are:
Motors
Gravity (Motion Analysis and
Basic Motion only)
Springs (Motion Analysis and
Basic Motion only)
Dampers (Motion Analysis only)
Forces
(Motion Analysis only )
Contact
(Motion Analysis and Basic Motion only )
You can also use the following to model properties of mates for
a motion study:
See MotionManager Tools for
more information on availability of Motion Study elements for each
type of study.
Motors
Using Motors
in motion studies, you can apply motion to a component without
consideration of mass or inertia. Motion due to a motor supersedes motion
due to any other Motion Study element. Any element that tends to resist
motor motion increases the power consumption of the motor, but does not
slow down the motor motion. You can view this effect, for example, in
Motion Analysis results. However,
if something causes the reference of the motor direction to change, the
motor motion is applied in the new direction. You can select motor motion
from a set of defined motor types, or you can use mathematical expressions.
Force Elements
Force elements
do not prohibit or prescribe motion. Therefore, they do not add or remove
degrees of freedom from your model.
Forces may resist motion or they may induce motion.
Motion Studies
provides the following type of force elements:
Gravity.
Springs, Dampers, Friction,
and Bushings.
Forces apply to translational springs, torsion springs, translational
dampers, torsion dampers, static friction, dynamic friction, joint friction,
and bushings.
Forces.
Applied forces in SolidWorks Motion define loads and compliances on
parts so that they move in certain directions. You must select the type
of Force Function and its parameter
values. You can also use mathematical expressions
for forces. You can apply combinations of Linear
force or Torque.
Contact.
Forces are generated between contacting components, or components are
constrained to touch continually. Define contact to prevent the components
from passing through each other during the motion analysis.