I hope you found this look into SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional helpful. – No Mesh deformation is allowed (springs compressing and metal bending – you would need to have each metal piece as an individual part).– In context, features do not push (they can be made but do not push to Visualize).– Auto space in explodes animate in reverse order, so try to stay away.Once these items are created, we can use Advanced Export or Save Advanced to kick the animations over to SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional to start adding additional setup and truly build the breathtaking and realistic views we want with our lighting, backgrounds, or HDR’s. Both are used for dynamic systems where there is movement and interaction between models and I can include higher-end physics like gravity in Basic Motion as well as Force and Dampers in Motion Studies.īelow is a quick highlight between these three. The use of Basic Motion and Motion Studies are very similar but with some key differences. A limitation inside of Animations is that it does not account for any Physics such as gravity or parts interacting. The position of these parts is set by freedoms still allowed by your SOLIDWORKS mates or motion drivers. In the same location, I can create my Animation by clicking parts and setting the locations with the use of Keyframes inside of the Motion Manager. Once imported, you will have a timeline of all the movement that is occurring for each part and you are ready to export to SOLIDWORKS Visualize. With this great tool, you can import previously created content such as your Explodes, Collapses, Mate Controller, or results from other studies. Mate Controller is a great way to show the range of motion and limits of a certain assembly by controlling the value of the mates and animating the various positions it tends to go through.īy clicking the Motion Study tab at the bottom of your screen you can get to the Animation Wizard which you’ve probably seen but haven’t used. The most common ways to create or extract this content inside of SOLIDWORKS is through Mate Controller, Animation Wizard, Animation, Basic Motion, and Motion Studies. However, the beauty of using SOLIDWORKS to create these animations and push them is that many times you are already doing some of these steps and just need one final button click to finish it up. There are a handful of ways you can create content in SOLIDWORKS with a few of them having a slight crossover.
– Save a full copy of the model that can have additional animations includedīut what content can I push from SOLIDWORKS over to Visualize and why do it here?.