Cycles ∕ Min: (RPM) ( See also Note 1 )

RPM - Revolutions per Minute.

- the model's Simulation-Speed.

- the rate-of-change of the Master-Machine-Angle.

MotionDesigner uses RPM to calculate the velocity, acceleration, and jerk values of the motion in each Motion name-tab

Number-of-Steps: ( See also Note 2 )

Notes:

•number-of-steps and Cam Accuracy - no relationship. Use the Cam-Coordinates dialog to calculate and save the Cam-Coordinates with any number of points and accuracy.

•Number-of-Steps is the number of facets along a Cam in the graphics-area

•Number-of-Steps is the number of points along each graph - see Graph FB

•Number-of-Steps is the number of points along the curve of a Trace-Point - see Add Trace-Point

•Number-of-Steps is the number of points/dots on the Motor Torque and Speed Curves

•Usually, 120 is good. More than 360 is not usually needed.

See also: Run menu > Step Forward / Step Backward

Engineering Units : ( See also Note 3 )

Note 1:

Cycles ∕ Min does not change the animation-speed.

Change the animation-speed with the Animation Speed Slider.

Note 2:

Do NOT increase Machine-Settings >Number-of-Steps to increase the accuracy of your model or a 2D-Cam. Use the Cam-Coordinates dialog to increase the accuracy of a 2D-Cam you export for manufacture.

Number-of-Steps = 120 is ideal. 360 should be the maximum, for nearly all models.

To move the model with small steps (increments), we recommend you use the Spin-Box in the Master Machine Angle.

Note 3:

If you change the dimension units, you do not change the size of the model.

For example: 100 mm is 3.94 inches if you change dimension units from mm to inches.

For example: 100 degrees is 1.75 radians if you change dimension units from degrees to radians.

In all cases, we do not show you the units in the graphics-area.