SOLIDWORKS Motion Tutorial Series #8 – Redundancy & Degrees of Freedom
- February 2, 2021
- Marcus Brown
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SOLIDWORKS includes three integrated Motion solvers for creating videos and animations in assemblies. Animation and Basic Motion are included in every license of SOLIDWORKS, and Motion Analysis is available with SOLIDWORKS Premium or any SOLIDWORKS Simulation license. This tutorial series will help you understand the basic skills to get started even if you have never created animations before. Videos are broken down by topic for easy searching. Subscribe to get notifications for new videos and participate in the comments with questions and requests.
Motion Analyses use assembly mates to calculate motion and understand interactions and forces that result from the inputs. The SOLIDWORKS assembly environment is much more tolerant of excessive mates or mates that are marginally over-defined, but those same mates may cause the solver to create incorrect or inappropriate motion in some scenarios. Understanding degrees of freedom helps to understand what redundancies mean and how they can cause problems. Best practice for motion analysis involves simplifying rigid sub-assemblies and components to the bare minimum of components and mates to minimize redundancies and being skeptical of results until they can be verified as accurate.
About the author
While Marcus has been a SOLIDWORKS Applications Expert with MLC CAD Systems for over a decade, his knowledge extends into all 3 product lines MLC offers. More than once, he has held the prestigious title of the world’s most certified SOLIDWORKS AE. He actively supports the user group community and is known for his improv comedy tips and tricks session. Connect with Marcus on Twitter to discuss your project.
