Simcenter 3D for motion simulation solution guide

This 14-page solution guide covers the Simcenter 3D modules for multibody motion simulation, used to predict how mechanisms move and what loads they carry. It describes the workflow from creating or converting a model, through adding drivers and forces, to solving and postprocessing, and then goes through the modules one by one.

What the document covers

• Motion Modeling: building mechanisms by hand from primitive shapes or converting CAD assemblies, with assembly constraints turned into joints
• The Motion solver: kinematic, dynamic, static and quasi-static analyses, explicit and implicit integrators and user-defined subroutines
• Motion Model Export for real-time and hardware-in-the-loop use, and Motion Systems and Controls for co-simulation with MATLAB, Simulink, Simcenter Amesim and FMI
• Flexible bodies through component mode synthesis, including automatic flexible body creation and flexible contact
• Tyre modelling with Motion Standard Tire and Simcenter Tire, and Motion Drivetrain for gearboxes, chains, belts and tracks
• Transfer of loads to structural, durability and acoustic analyses, with industry examples and a capabilities chart

Who it is for

CAE analysts and mechanical designers working on mechanisms in automotive, aerospace, marine, industrial machinery, electronics and consumer products.