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You can test PARTsolutions parts in the NX Mechatronics Concept Designer.
Rigid bodies and joints are created at the assembly level from solid body instances in assembly components and assembly constraints respectively.
The resultant functionality can be found on the Physics navigator tab.
Above you can find the Rigid Bodies, below the joints. When clicking on a joint, then above the two connected components are marked with red.
The Rigid Bodies' name is the Journal Identifier of its Component source.
There are 3 types of Joints and Constraints
Fix joints: Created from fixed mates
If the component is unconstrained, then fix joints are created. These joints immobilize the "Attachment" component, just like the "Fix" constraints do.
Hinge joint: Created from rotate mates
Freedom of movement along just the RotateZ mate results in Hinge Joints
Cylindric hinge: Created from rotate and translate mates
Freedom of movement along the TranslateZ and (optionally) RotateZ mate results in Cylindrical Joints.
For hinge and cylindrical joints, you can specify joint limits that define an acceptable range of motion for the joint.
In the context menu under Joints and Constraints you can find the context menu command Edit.
-> The respective dialog box with the dialog area Limits is opened.
Linear limits are based on translate mates. Angular limits are based on rotate mates.[6] [7]
Joints are stored on layer 33 by default.
layer_12=joints:33:4
Key and key value have the following structure:
Layer_IND=element_name : layer_number:layer_status : category
If a port name
(PortName variable) is provided in the ifugnx.cfg
, it is used also for the
corresponding joint, otherwise the name is built from the connection point
names of the connected parts.
To have the
functionality available in the Mechatronics Concept Designer, under
$CADENAS_SETUP/ifugnx.cfg, the key UseAsmJoints
has to be set on 1
(default is 0).