Plotting Forces

You can plot forces on an assembly due to motors, forces, friction, or contact.

1. From a Motion Analysis study, click Results and Plots (MotionManager toolbar).
   
2. In the PropertyManager, under Result, for Category, select Forces.

3. For Subcategory and its corresponding features, select from the following:

   Subcategory	Features
   Motor Force	Linear motor
   Reaction Force	Force
   Friction Force	Select from the following: Two part faces that have contact to compute the friction force exerted by the first selected component on the second component. A mate and an optional face of a part attached to the mate to compute the friction force exerted on the face at the mate. If you do not select a face, the force is computed at the first face that defines the mate. A curve-to-curve contact feature to compute the friction force exerted by the first selected component defining the curve-to-curve contact on the second component.
   Contact Force	Select from the following: Two part faces that have contact A curve-to-curve contact feature

4. For Select result component, select an option:
   
   • Magnitude to resolve the magnitude of the force vector with respect to global coordinates.
   • X Component, Y Component, or Z Component to calculate the magnitude of the force projected to the selected direction with respect to global coordinates.
     Optionally, you can select a reference part to plot the result relative to the coordinates of that part.
5. Select the Plot Results options you require, and click .
   

   The result appears in the MotionManager tree.

6. Click Calculate (MotionManager toolbar).