MotionView User's Guide

2020.1

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MotionView Menus
Explore the MotionView menus which provide access to the various wizards, dialogs, tools, and panels.
Tools Menu
The MotionView Tools menu allows you to check a model for errors, select a writer and user mode, and access such panels as Reports, Templex Functions, and Options.
Custom Wizards
Provides access to the ABAQUS to Altair Formats and the MV Gfile Trans custom wizards.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
MotionView Overview
MotionView Menus
Project Browser
MotionView Panels
MotionView CAD Interfacing
Flexible Bodies
MotionView Solver Interfacing
Vehicle Modeling
Optimization
Functional Mockup Unit (FMU)
MotionView Interface with Collaboration Tools
Tcl/Tk Reference Guide
MDL Reference Guide
MotionSolve Reference Guide
Templex and Math Reference Guide
MotionView Python Reference Guide (Beta)

2020.1

MotionView User's Guide

What's New
View new features for MotionView 2020.1.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Tutorials
Discover MotionView functionality with interactive tutorials.
MotionView Overview
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multi-body Dynamics.
MotionView Menus
Explore the MotionView menus which provide access to the various wizards, dialogs, tools, and panels.
- SolverMode Menu
  The topics/motionview/solver_mode_r.html sets the current the active solver for MotionView.
- Model Menu
  The Model menu provides access to several wizards and dialogs.
- Analysis Menu
  The Analysis menu provides access to the Task Wizard and View Reports dialogs.
- Tools Menu
  The MotionView Tools menu allows you to check a model for errors, select a writer and user mode, and access such panels as Reports, Templex Functions, and Options.
  - Check Model
    Check Model searches for unresolved references and invalid data in the model. If errors in the model are detected, it is reported in the message window that is displayed when the check is completed.
  - Freeze Output Ids
    The Freeze Output Ids utility performs the Check Model function and locks all MDL output IDs to their respective values resulting from Check Model.
  - Import CAD or FE using HyperMesh
    Allows you to generate detailed graphics for an MDL model using various source files.
  - Model Identification Tool
    Invokes the Model Identification Tool. This tool can be used to fit experimental data to analytical models for frequency, amplitude, and preload dependent bushings.
  - CG/Inertia Summary
    The total mass, center of gravity, and inertia of the models or bodies within a model can be quickly obtained through the CG/Inertia Summary utility.
  - Custom Wizards
    Provides access to the ABAQUS to Altair Formats and the MV Gfile Trans custom wizards.
    - ABAQUS File to Altair Formats
      Provides three options for translating an ABAQUS FIL file into formats that can be read by MotionView.
    - MV Gfile Trans
      Converts an .obj formatted file into an Altair G format file that can be used as file graphics in an MDL model.
  - Reports
    Allows you to add predefined page sets to a session.
  - MS UserSub Build Tool
    Invokes the MotionSolve User Subroutine Build Tool.
  - Model Identification Tool
    Invokes the Model Identification Tool. This tool can be used to fit experimental data to analytical models for frequency, amplitude, and preload dependent bushings.
  - Templex Functions
    The Templex Functions panel allows you to create and edit Templex functions.
  - Options Dialog - MotionView
    Various options for your model are set in the Options dialog.
- FlexTools Menu
  The FlexTools menu provides access to Flex Prep, Flex File Gen, Fatigue Prep, and Load Export.
- EDEM Menu
  The EDEM menu provides access to tools related to the MotionSolve - EDEM cosimulation interface.
- Macros Menu
  The Macros menu contains many utilities for use with MDL models.
- Metadata File Generation
  A metadata file is automatically generated when you save the active MDL model as an ADAMS or MotionSolve deck or you run a solver analysis on the active model.
- Metadata File Format
  The metadata file consists of multiple data blocks denoted by keyword pairs.
Project Browser
The Project Browser allows you to view the MotionView model structure while providing display and editing control of entities.
MotionView Panels
Explore the various panels and tools in MotionView.
MotionView CAD Interfacing
MotionView supports the importing of several types of CAD and FE formats.
Flexible Bodies
MotionView has many pre-processing and post-processing capabilities with regards to flexible bodies, or flexbodies, for multi-body dynamics models.
MotionView Solver Interfacing
Solvers and translators supported in MotionView.
Vehicle Modeling
Explore the various vehicle modeling tools.
Optimization
Discover optimization with MotionView, MotionSolve, and HyperStudy.
Functional Mockup Unit (FMU)
Learn more about the Functional Mockup Unit (FMU) in MotionView and MotionSolve.
MotionView Interface with Collaboration Tools
MotionView supports a limited version of interface with HyperWorks Collaboration Tools.
Tcl/Tk Reference Guide
Reference material for the HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface which is a set of Tcl/Tk commands.
MDL Reference Guide
Reference materials for the MotionView MDL Language, Tire Modeling, and the MDL Library.
MotionSolve Reference Guide
Reference material detailing command statements, model statements, functions and the Subroutine Interface available in MotionSolve.
Templex and Math Reference Guide
Reference material for Templex (a general purpose text and numeric processor) and additional mathematical functions and operators.
MotionView Python Reference Guide (Beta)
Reference materials for the MotionView Python Language.

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MotionView User's Guide

2020.1

Home
MotionView Menus
Explore the MotionView menus which provide access to the various wizards, dialogs, tools, and panels.
Tools Menu
The MotionView Tools menu allows you to check a model for errors, select a writer and user mode, and access such panels as Reports, Templex Functions, and Options.
Custom Wizards
Provides access to the ABAQUS to Altair Formats and the MV Gfile Trans custom wizards.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
MotionView Overview
MotionView Menus
Project Browser
MotionView Panels
MotionView CAD Interfacing
Flexible Bodies
MotionView Solver Interfacing
Vehicle Modeling
Optimization
Functional Mockup Unit (FMU)
MotionView Interface with Collaboration Tools
Tcl/Tk Reference Guide
MDL Reference Guide
MotionSolve Reference Guide
Templex and Math Reference Guide
MotionView Python Reference Guide (Beta)

Custom Wizards

Provides access to the ABAQUS to Altair Formats and the MV Gfile Trans custom wizards.

ABAQUS File to Altair Formats
Provides three options for translating an ABAQUS FIL file into formats that can be read by MotionView.
MV Gfile Trans
Converts an .obj formatted file into an Altair G format file that can be used as file graphics in an MDL model.

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