{"id":16591,"date":"2017-04-27T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=16591"},"modified":"2017-04-27T08:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T12:56:02","slug":"make-move-solidworks-part-3-motion-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2017\/04\/make-move-solidworks-part-3-motion-simulation.html","title":{"rendered":"Make It Move with SOLIDWORKS Part 3 \u2013 Motion Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final installment of the Make It Move with SOLIDWORKS series where we cover the last technique for making things move, Motion Simulation. Motion Simulation is the most powerful and detailed method of making your designs move in SOLIDWORKS because you can simulate gravity, friction, and forces while getting useful outputs such as motor torque curves, motion profiles, sensors, and several other unique capabilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CcCBi14QwUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this video, I use the same robot from FIRST Robotics Team 3506 YETI to fire a foam projectile into a target given a constant release angle, distance to the target, constant height of the target, and weight of the projectile.<\/p>\n<p>You have all probably seen these equations before:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16593\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1413\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation.png 1413w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation-615x203.png 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/equation-728x241.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1413px) 100vw, 1413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kinematic motion is easy to calculate with enough time and patience to do it over and over for different angles of release and distances to the target but who has that kind of time?\u00a0 I want to simply fire a ball and see if the robot scores or not and I want to know what speed to run the flywheels to get the ball to the goal at a given distance.\u00a0 If the robot gets closer or farther from the target I can adjust the flywheel speed to score the perfect shot every time.\u00a0 It sounds like a pain but it is actually pretty easy in SOLIDWORKS.\u00a0 Just model the goal, the ground, and where you want the ball to start (in my case the exit point of the robot), give it a nice robot powered kick, and let gravity take over.\u00a0 This technique should make that trebuchet in your back yard shoot farther than ever.\u00a0 Wait, you don\u2019t have one of those?<\/p>\n<p>Since this is the last installment (or is it?) of the Make It Move with SOLIDWORKS series leave us some comments on the YouTube video posted below to see more content like this and check out our other installments on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/marketingtpm\">TPM Solutions YouTube channel<\/a> under our Three Minute Thursdays!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>By: Robbie Hoyler \u2022 SOLIDWORKS Application Engineer \u2022 TPM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final installment of the Make It Move with SOLIDWORKS series where we cover the last technique for making things move, Motion Simulation. 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