MotionView User's Guide

2020.1

Home
Tutorials
Discover MotionView functionality with interactive tutorials.
Model Definition Language

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)

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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.
- Access the Model Files
  Learn how to access and download required tutorial files.
- Introduction
- Rigid Body Dynamics
- Model Definition Language
  - MV-1060: Build a Pendulum Model Using MDL Statements
    In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a pendulum model using Model Definition Language (MDL), run a dynamic simulation of the model, plot the rotation of the pendulum and view the animation.
  - MV-1070: Create a Simple Pendulum System Using MDL
    In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a definition-based entity (such as a system) using MDL.
  - MV-1080: Create an Analysis Using MDL
    In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an analysis definition and instantiate it in an MDL file.
  - MV-1090: Creating a Dataset Using MDL
    In this tutorial, you will learn to create a dataset to specify the start time, mid time, end time, and the force magnitude, include dataset definition in the analysis definition, and vary the magnitude and time of the impulse torque.
  - MV-1030: Create a System Definition Using the MotionView GUI
    In this tutorial you will learn how to create systems using the MotionView graphic user interface, export a system definition to a file, and instantiate a saved definition in a model.
- Flexible Body Dynamics
- Advanced Simulation
- Optimization-DOE-Stochastics
- Durability - Fatigue
- Automation
- User Subroutines
- Co-Simulation
- Vehicle Simulation using MotionView
- Using the MotionSolve API
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.
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
Tutorials
Discover MotionView functionality with interactive tutorials.
Model Definition Language

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)

Index

Model Definition Language

MV-1060: Build a Pendulum Model Using MDL Statements
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a pendulum model using Model Definition Language (MDL), run a dynamic simulation of the model, plot the rotation of the pendulum and view the animation.
MV-1070: Create a Simple Pendulum System Using MDL
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a definition-based entity (such as a system) using MDL.
MV-1080: Create an Analysis Using MDL
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an analysis definition and instantiate it in an MDL file.
MV-1090: Creating a Dataset Using MDL
In this tutorial, you will learn to create a dataset to specify the start time, mid time, end time, and the force magnitude, include dataset definition in the analysis definition, and vary the magnitude and time of the impulse torque.
MV-1030: Create a System Definition Using the MotionView GUI
In this tutorial you will learn how to create systems using the MotionView graphic user interface, export a system definition to a file, and instantiate a saved definition in a model.

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