Rockwell Automation Motion Analyzer Software - Manual (Page 16)

16 Rockwell Automation Publication MOTION-UM004B-EN-P - October 2012
Chapter 1 Welcome to Motion Analyzer Software
1.2.2. Home Tab
The Home tab contains five sections.
Figure 4 - Home Tab Options
Table 5 - Home Tab Descriptions
Option Description
Views
(label 1 in
Figure 4 )
Used to access the different views available in Motion Analyzer software.
Graphical View Click to open the Graphical view on page 17 .
Group View Click to open the Group view on page 22 .
Multiple Profile View Click to open the Multiple Profile view on page 26 .
Power Supply/
Accessories View
Click to open the Power Supply/Accessories view on page 29 .
Identify Your Load
Axis View
Click to open the Axis view on page 82 .
System Bill of
Materials (BOM) View
Click to open the BOM view on page 36 .
Clipboard
(label 2 in
Figure 4 )
Used to access the Cut, Copy, and Paste functions. Click to perform these functions that are
common to many software programs.
Edit
(label 3 in
Figure 4 )
Used to access these editing functions. Each one works on the entity selected in Explorer
hierarchy view.
Rename Click to rename the selected entity.
Delete Click to delete the selected entity from the application.
Sort by Power
Click to sort the axes in Drives group for Multi Axis Family application
by Axis Power. Sort is valid at the Rack, Group, or IPIM level.
Allocate Allocate the axis from Un-allocate Axes Group to Drives Group.
Unallocate Un-allocate the axis from Drives Group to un-allocate Axes Group.
Group/Ungroup
Select multiple axes in Explorer view and click Group to create a Power
Sharing Drive Group. This feature is available only for families that
support AC and DC power sharing (Kinetix 5500 drives).
Select Power Sharing Drive Group in the Explorer view and click
Ungroup to ungroup the axes of the selected group.
Add
(label 4 in
Figure 4 )
Used to access these add functions. Each one works on the entity selected in Explorer hierarchy
view.
Add IPIM
Add a new IPIM module in the selected Drives Group in Explorer
hierarchy view.
Add Axis
Add a new axis in the Drives Group/Unallocated Group or IPIM based
on user’s current selection in Explorer hierarchy view.
Add Drive Group
Add a new Drives Group under the Project node in the Explorer
hierarchy view. This feature is available only for families that support
AC and DC sharing (Kinetix 5500 drives).
Tools
(label 5 in
Figure 4 )
Motion Analyzer/SolidWorks Integration is used to launch the SolidWorks Integration wizard.