Export Desktop Motion Analyzer profiles to Motion Analyzer Online: SolidWorks Motion Study Move Profile

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1 Export Desktop Motion Analyzer profiles to Motion Analyzer Online: SolidWorks Motion Study Move Profile For: Motion profiles with simple or static loads Splits motion profile into user defined number of linear segments Does not export load data 1. To export motion profiles from Desktop Motion Analyzer to Motion Analyzer Online using a SolidWorks Motion Study Move Profile, open both tools. 2. To import this profile, you first need to create a template to paste your data into. To do so, open Motion Analyzer Online at 3. Log in. From the homepage, select Start A New Project. 4. Enter a Project Name and Project Description. Select Create Project.

2 5. Set the ambient temperature and altitude to match the Desktop Motion Analyzer profile. See below for directions to find that data. Then, select Go to project. To find the ambient temperature and altitude in Desktop Motion Analyzer, open the Axis View from the Home tab, open your axis, and select the Motor or Linear Thruster tab.

3 6. Select Create New Axis & Profile. 7. Select the motion type that matches your Desktop Motion Analyzer axis and select OK.

4 8. Name and define your initial load, then select Submit. 9. Select Save and then Export Profile 10. Save the.xlsx file to a known location, then open it. Minimize it for now. Minimize Motion Analyzer Online. Do not close it; you will need it later.

5 11. Open your existing Desktop Motion Analyzer project that you would like to export. The SolidWorks Motion Study Move Profile will always export to rad/s, the correct unit of angular velocity to import into Motion Analyzer online, so you do not need to convert units. 12. From the Group View, select the motion profile icon of the axis profile that you would like to export. 13. From the Profile view, select Edit Motion Profile.

6 14. Select Export

7 15. Select Next >. Then select SolidWorks Motion Study Move Profile and Next > again 16. Select Load Profile and enter the number of segments you would like to use. That number determines how many equal lengths of time your profile will be broken into. A higher number will produce a higher resolution profile, but will also take longer to load. NOTE: Do not enter more than 2000 for the Number of Segments.

8 17. Select either Clipboard or File. If you selected File, select Browse and save the file to a known location. Find and open that file. Select Next >, then select Finish.

9 18. Open the.xlsx file that you exported from Motion Analyzer Online earlier. Navigate to the Motion sheet. Delete the data in row 2.

10 19. If you copied the profile to the clipboard, paste it into cell A2. If you saved it to a file, open that file, select all of the text, copy it, and paste it into cell A The data that you entered is the time and velocity of the profile, not the time and position. Move the data from the Position column to the Velocity column.

11 21. Save the file. 22. Maximize Motion Analyzer Online and open your blank motion profile. Select Import Profile. 23. Select Replace with an Excel file then Choose file. Navigate to your file, select it, and select Open. Wait until Motion Analyzer Online uploads it and loads the updated motion profile view.

12 24. Use the resize arrows to scale the profile. Notice also that this type of profile does not bring any load data with it. You will need to manually enter the load. 25. Because no load data transfers with this profile, you will need to manually add it. To do so, first click on the initial point show on the left edge of the graph.

13 26. Edit the initial load, then click Submit. 27. After setting your initial load, click anywhere else on the graph to set another point. You can click anywhere in the open space, including on a time marker line. Do not click on the shaded area under the graph, or you will be asked to edit an existing point. If you click on a line, you will be asked if you would like to add a point. Select Ok.

14 28. Wherever you click, you will receive the same options to define another point. Set the time and load, then select Submit. Define at least a starting and ending point. 29. You can also create a new point by selecting Add Point.

15 Then select the load you would like to add a point to, and define a point as described above. 30. If you would like to add more points for a complicated load, do so by repeating steps If you need to edit or delete a point, click on that point. To edit it, change the values and select Submit. To delete it, select Delete. If you chose to delete it, select Yes, delete this point. 32. Save your profile.

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