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Throughput time studies -В By validating your motion system designВ using a simulation that includes the actual motion profile constraintsВ and the mechanical dynamics of your machine such as mass andВ friction, you can accurately calculate an estimate for the cycle timeВ throughput of your machine.This reduces the risk ofВ unplanned downtime due to programming mistakes.

After you haveВ designed, prototyped, and deployed your machine to the field, you can also use collision detection to validate new motion profiles before downloading themВ to machines operating at your customer site. You can check for interferences, evaluate the need forВ interlock control logic to prevent collisions, optimize your motionВ profiles to minimize unnecessary dead time, quickly evaluate what-ifВ scenarios, and safely test new control system logic without the risk ofВ damaging your physical machine.

Collision detection -В With the collision detection feature in SolidWorks, you can validate your motion profile designs using your actualВ 3D CAD model.

This fosters better communication with customers andВ between design team members and helps to close the loop on theВ design requirements, must-have features, and engineering trade-offs.

Visualization -В By animating your 3D SolidWorks assembly usingВ the motion control profiles and timing/sequencing logic you haveВ designed in LabVIEW, you can quickly evaluate the feasibility of theВ overall conceptual design for your machine.В Visualizing the working machine as a virtual prototype helps toВ validate the overall conceptual design for the machine very early in theВ development.

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Motion trajectory design -В You can build complex motion profilesВ containing a series of sequential or concurrent move operationsВ composed of multiaxis straight-line moves, contoured moves, arcВ moves, and even complex moves using electronic gearing andВ camming.LabVIEWВ provides an easy-to-use, high-level function block programming languageВ for programming the motion control system that is simple enough for usersВ with little or no previous motion control programming experience.В Typical applications for the LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module withВ NI SoftMotion for SolidWorks include the following: Virtual prototyping (also known as digital prototyping) offers you the ability toВ visualize and optimize the design and evaluate different design conceptsВ before incurring the cost of physical prototypes.В Integrating motion simulation with CAD simplifies design because theВ simulation uses information that already exists in the CAD model, such asВ assembly mates, couplings, and material mass properties.

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A separate power supply for the modulesД®ven if you do not have the hardware used in this tutorial, you can follow the stepsВ and perform offline configuration to learn about using CompactRIO withВ LabVIEW.Д«y using NI SoftMotion with SolidWorks to simulate your system with actualВ motion profiles, you can simulate mechanical dynamics, includingВ mass and friction effects, cycle times, and individual componentВ performance, before specifying a single physical part and connecting it toВ an actual control algorithm.

Two NI 9512 single-axis stepper drive interfaces.

NI CompactRIO controller and chassis that support the RIO Scan Interface.

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The following additional hardware and software is required to complete the 'Step 4: Deploying to Hardware (Optional)' section of this tutorial: Software

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You can download a free 7-day trial of the required NI software from ni.com/labview/family. When you enable the Motion Simulation add-in from the Add-InsВ dialog box in SolidWorks, place a checkmark in both the left and right checkboxes so you donвЂ™t have toВ reenable the add-in each time you use NI SoftMotion for SolidWorks. This is included with SolidWorks Premium, Simulation Premium, or Simulation Professional.

SolidWorks MotionВ Simulation with the Motion Simulation add-in enabled from the ToolsВ menu in SolidWorks.

SolidWorks 2009 Service Pack 2.1 or later.

LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module Standard or Premium.

The following software is required for this tutorial.

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