Rockwell Automation Motion Analyzer Software - Manual (Page 110)

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Chapter 2 Sizing Your System
Click Import to open the SolidWorks - Data Import dialog box.
Figure 89 - Import SolidWorks Data
Table 65 - SolidWorks - Data Import (refer to Figure 89 )
Click OK to import the data from SolidWorks into Motion Analyzer software.
Parameter Description
Load/Change Load or change the SolidWorks model.
Refresh
Update the data returned to Motion Analyzer software if changes are made to the model while
the part is open in SolidWorks software.
Select Axis
(1)
(1) The axis of rotation corresponds to the inertia value that is different from the other two values. Since the model is balanced about
the axis of rotation, the inertia is the same about two axes, and different about one.
Click the radio button corresponding to the model’s axis of rotation in the Inertia Details section.
This step is critical to determining the inertia since the model needs to be balanced about the
correct axis.