Viewing Motor and Sensor Parameters

Examine values for the motors and the sensor in this study.

  1. Place your pointer over the MotionManager time slider to check that the time is at 0 sec. If it is not, drag the slider all the way to the left.
    This step places the assembly components in their initial positions and initializes the motor values.
  2. Right-click LinearMotor4 in the MotionManager tree and click Edit Feature to view the motor parameters.
    Notice the Speed is set to 75 mm/s.
  3. Click .
  4. In the FeatureManager design tree, expand Sensors , right-click Sensor1 , and click Edit Sensor.
    If prompted to rebuild the model, click Rebuild.
    This is a proximity sensor type, sensing the position of an assembly component in motion. For this model, the sensor indicates when the plate to weld reaches its required position.

    Sensors monitor selected properties of parts and assemblies and alert you when values deviate from the limits you specify.

  5. Click .
  6. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the other motors in this study to see that these are displacement servo motors.

    You can use servo motors to implement control actions for event-based motion analysis. When triggered, servo motors control the motion of a component. Specify the triggers and corresponding motor parameters in the Event-based Motion View .