Display degrees of freedom in the active assembly with Degree of Freedom Analysis

This command displays a dialog box that lists the number of translational and rotational degrees of freedom for all the occurrences in the active assembly.

To analyze the remaining degree of freedom, click Assemble tab Productivity panel Degree of Freedom Analysis .

A dialog box displays a list of all first-level components in the active assembly with a count of remaining degrees of translational and rotational freedom.

Note: Click Cancel at any time to close the Degree of Freedom Analysis dialog box.

Animate Freedom

  1. With the Degree of Freedom dialog box displayed, click the Animate Freedom check box.
  2. Click a cell within a row containing a component which has remaining degrees of freedom.

The selected component is animated within the graphic display moving along or rotating about any remaining axis of freedom.