Machinery Tools Extension

Raghavendra Prabhu_20268
Raghavendra Prabhu_20268
Altair Employee
edited August 19 in Altair Exchange

Overview

The Machinery Tools extensions entails higher-level modeling entities that form an integral parts of larger machinery or equipment. This extension aims to simplify the modeling process in MotionView and MotionSolve. By utilizing this extension, you can swiftly create complex models of general machinery and gain insights into their behavior. The machinery entities are pre-defined and can be tailored by specifying a set of parameters. Thus, by changing parameters physically, meaningful variations of machinery components can be generated.

Pre-Requisite

Working knowledge and installation packages of Altair MotionView/MotionSolve (v2024.1 onwards).

 

Usage/Installation Instructions

Follow these steps to install the extension in MotionView:

  1. Unpack the folder "machinery_tools".
  2. Save it to a preferred location on your machine's disk.
  3. Open Altair MotionView.
  4. Go to: File -> Extensions -> Add Extension.
  5. Browse the folder "MachineryToolsExtension" within the unpacked folder.
  6. Click on the toggle to activate the extension.