Add Motion dialog box

Defines custom motion in Linear Cam Generator. You must specify the motion name and the file name.

Access:

Ribbon: Design tab Power Transmission panel Linear Cam, Disc Cam, or Cylindrical Cam. On the Design tab click Add next to the Motion Function pull-down list.

Motion Name	Specify a user motion name to display on the Motion list.
File Name	Specify a file name with path of file with motion data.

File Format

The Motion file is a text file that contains 2 columns of values delimited by tabs or characters ";" or "|".

The first column represents the position in segment. The first value must be zero (start of segment). The last value must be 1, or all values are transformed by 1/last value in the table. For example, if the last value in the table is 30, generator recalculates value 1/30. The values must be listed ascendingly.

The second column represents an elevation at position. The first value must be zero. The last value must be 1, or all elevation values are transformed by 1/last value in the table. The values must be listed ascendingly.

Example of the values of the Polynomial motion of third degree. You can copy the values from the table directly to the TXT file.

0;0

0.1;0.028

0.2;0.104

0.3;0.216

0.4;0.352

0.5;0.5

0.6;0.648

0.7;0.784

0.8;0.896

0.9;0.972

1;1