978-1-58503-669-1 -- Motion Simulation and （978-1-58503-669-1运动模拟和）.pdf

Motion Simulation and Mechanism Design with ® SolidWorks Motion 2011 Kuang-Hua Chang Ph. D. SDC Better Textbooks. Lower Prices. P U B L I C A T I O N S www.SDC Schroff Development Corporation Visit the following websites to learn more about this book: Motion Simulation and Mechanism Design 1-1 Lesson 1: Introduction to SolidWorks Motion 1.1 Overview of the Lesson This lesson intends to provide you with a brief overview of SolidWorks Motion. SolidWorks Motion, used to be called COSMOSMotion (SolidWorks 2008 and before), is a virtual prototyping tool that supports animation, analysis and design of mechanisms. Instead of building and testing physical prototypes of the mechanism, you may use SolidWorks Motion (also called Motion in this book) to evaluate and refine the mechanism before finalizing the design and entering the functional prototyping stage. Motion will help you analyze and eventually design better engineering products that involve moving parts. More specifically, the software enables you to size motors and actuators, determine power consumption, layout linkages, develop cams, understand gear drives, size springs and dampers, and determine how contacting parts behave, which would usually require tests of physical prototypes. With such information, you will gain insight on how the mechanism works and why it behaves in certain ways. You will be able to modify the design and often achieve better design alternatives using the more convenient and less expensive virtual prototypes. In the long run, using virtual prototyping tools, such as Mo