To edit the length of the Part, you must edit the dimension that controls the length of the CAD-Line.

See also: Edit the Length of a Part

You can add new Lines, CAD-Lines, and Points to locate joints in a Part.

Base-Part:

You MUST add a minimum of one sketch-element to the Base-Part for a Pin-Joint or Slide-Joint between the Base-Part and a Part that you add to the model.

We recommend you add a Line to the Base-Part as the first sketch-element.

You can add a Point to a moving Part and then select the Point to add a Trace-Point to view the trace of that Point on the Mechanism-Plane during a machine-cycle.

See Mechanism-Editor: Add Trace-Point

You must sketch a sketch-loop before you can add a Profile / Extrusion.

Use the Part-Editor to add the sketch-elements for the sketch-loop.

Each Cam needs a Follower-Profile.

Add a sketch-loop for the Follower-Profile - typically a Circle.

You must also sketch the shape of the Cam-Blank when you add a 3D-Cam.

For any Point* that you add to a Part, you can:

•Show the instantaneous kinematic vectors (Velocity and Acceleration) of the Point with the Point Properties dialog

•Plot motion-values of Position, Velocity and Acceleration throughout the machine-cycle with the Point-Data FB or Measurement FB that you connect to a Graph FB

* Point, start-Point, end-Point, center-Point, and Motion-Point.

You can add any number of CAD-Lines to any Part. You can use the CAD-Line to import DXF-Drawings, SolidWorks documents, or STL file-types.

CAD-Lines can be coincident with each other, or at different positions in the Part.

There is also a CAD-Line between the start-Point and end-Point of every Part that you add to the model.

You can add Constraints to and between sketch-elements for any number of reasons.

Occasionally, you must add sketch-elements to Parts to measure the distance with a Measurement FB. See Add Measurement FB.

The output from a Point-Data FB is position, velocity and acceleration of a Point.

You can use the output of a Measurement FB or Point-Data FB as the independent variable (X-axis) for a different FB.

Add a Point* to anchor a Spring FB.

* Point, start-Point, end-Point, center-Point, and Motion-Point.

A Motion-Path FB adds a Motion-Point to a sketch-path in a Part. Edit the Motion-Path FB to add more Motion-Points.