SOLIDWORKS MOTION TRAINING

Lesson 1: 
Introduction to Motion Simulation and Forces

• Basic Motion Analysis
• Case Study: Car Jack Analysis
• Results

Lesson 2: 
Building a Motion Model and Post-processing

• Creating Local Mates
• Case Study: Crank Slider Analysis
• Mates
• Local Mates
• Power
• Plotting Kinematic Results

Lesson 3: 
Introduction to Contacts, Springs and Dampers

• Contact and Friction
• Case Study: Catapult
• Contact
• Contact groups
• Contact Friction
• Translational Spring
• Translational Damper
• Post-processing

Lesson 4: 
Advanced Contact

• Contact Forces
• Case Study: Latching Assembly
• STEP Function
• Contact: Solid Bodies
• Geometrical Description of Contacts
• Integrators
• Instability Points
• Modifying Result Plots

Lesson 5: 
Curve to Curve Contact

• Contact Forces
• Case Study: Geneva Mechanism
• Curve to Curve Contact
• Solid Bodies vs. Curve to Curve Contact
• Solid Bodies Contact Solution

Lesson 6: 
Cam Synthesis

• Cams
• Case Study: Cam Synthesis
• Trace Path
• Exporting Trace Path Curves

Lesson 7: 
Motion Optimization

• Motion Optimization
• Case Study: Medical Examination Chair
• Sensors 
• Optimization Analysis

Lesson 8: 
Flexible Joints

• Case Study: System with Rigid Joints
• System with Flexible Joints

Lesson 9: 
Redundancies

• Case Study: Door Hinges
• How to Check For Redundancies
• Typical Redundant Mechanisms

Lesson 10: 
Export to FEA

• Exporting Results
• Case Study: Drive Shaft
• Export of Loads

Lesson 11: 
Event Based Simulation

• Event Based Simulation
• Case Study: Sorting Device
• Servo Motors
• Sensors
• Task