Part :

Parts you add to the model, They represent fixed or moving components in a machine.

There is a CAD-Line from the start-Point and end-Point, which is the length of the Part when you add it to the model.

Use the Part-Editor to edit the length of the Part, add sketch-elements, dimensions, and/or geometric constraints.

Base-Part :

The Part we add for you when you add a Mechanism-Editor. Note: a Mechanism-Editor moves with a Part when you add a Mechanism-Editor to a Plane to a moving Part.

Part-Outline :

The Part-Outline is the symbol for a Part. Part-Outlines have three shapes:

•Oval: the shape that wraps around the start-Point and end-Point of the CAD-Line when you add it to the model

•Rectangular: symbol of the Base-Part

New MD17-1-168:

•Rounded Polygon: the shape that wraps the CAD-Line and all joints made with the Part

A Part has two possible kinematic-states.

Not kinematically-defined :

The state of a Part when it has one or more degrees-of-freedom.

Other terms: Free-Part, Completely-Free Part, a Part that is not solved.

The color of the Part-Outline is approximately Blue (usually)

kinematically-defined :

The state of a Part when its Mobility is Zero(0).

Other term: is a Part that is solved.

The color of the Part-Outline is approximately Green (usually)

IMPORTANT: All of the Parts in your model must be kinematically-defined before you can analyze kinematic (motion) and kinetostatic (force) data in your model.

Note:

STEP 1.Start the Add Part command

STEP 2.Add the Part

The Part is now in the graphics-area.

The symbol for the Part is the oval Part-Outline, which wraps around CAD-Line between the start-Point and end-Point of the Part.

New: MD17-1-168 +

If you add Joints to the Part, the Part-Outline wraps around the CAD-Line and also the Points and Lines associated with the Joint.