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Set up and run a motion analysis, plot the results, and export the results.
Motion Designer
The Designer profile adopts a user-centric approach, prioritizing accessibility and ease of use over complexity. While its feature set is less extensive than that of the Analyst profile, it compensates by streamlining functionality and abstracting complexities through intuitive user interactions. This simplicity empowers users outside the traditional Multibody Dynamics (MBD) community to achieve their objectives efficiently, requiring minimal familiarity with MBD.
Motion Analysis
Run a motion analysis, plot the results, and extract the results for use in structural (FE) analysis and optimization.
Analyze Part
Use the Analyze Part tool to extract loads from a motion analysis for use in structural (FE) analysis of a part.
Run Analysis on a Part
Use the Run Part Analysis tool to configure various settings for the part to be analyzed.

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Variables
Create and assign variables to parametrize a model. This allows you to quickly iterate and compare design concepts by tweaking the values of the variables.
Parametric Modeling
Create parametric sketches, geometry, and PolyNURBS with construction history and variables.
Implicit Modeling
Create implicit models with primitives, lattices, point clouds, fields, offsetting, Booleans, inverting, smoothing, morphing, and filleting.
Structures
Set up your model and run a structural analysis or optimization.
Motion
Set up and run a motion analysis, plot the results, and export the results.
- Motion Designer
  The Designer profile adopts a user-centric approach, prioritizing accessibility and ease of use over complexity. While its feature set is less extensive than that of the Analyst profile, it compensates by streamlining functionality and abstracting complexities through intuitive user interactions. This simplicity empowers users outside the traditional Multibody Dynamics (MBD) community to achieve their objectives efficiently, requiring minimal familiarity with MBD.
  - Motion Connections
    Define motion connections by grounding parts and creating rigid groups and joints.
  - Motion Forces
    Apply motors, actuators, springs, and gravity to define the elements for a motion analysis.
  - Motion Setup
    Complete the motion setup by creating veloctiy initial conditions and flexible bodies.
  - Motion Analysis
    Run a motion analysis, plot the results, and extract the results for use in structural (FE) analysis and optimization.
    - Analyze Motion
      Use the Analyze Motion tool to run and review the results of a motion analysis.
    - Force Explorer
      Use the Force Explorer tool to visualize force and torque vectors in a motion analysis.
    - Analyze Part
      Use the Analyze Part tool to extract loads from a motion analysis for use in structural (FE) analysis of a part.
      - Run Analysis on a Part
        Use the Run Part Analysis tool to configure various settings for the part to be analyzed.
      - Show Motion Analysis Results
        Use the Show Motion Analysis Results tool to view the results of a motion part analysis in the Analysis Explorer. View and animate results, add callouts, and compare results from different runs.
    - Report
      Generate PPT or PDF reports from analysis results. The Report tools are available after you have run an analysis.
    - Optimize Part
      Use the Optimize Part tool to extract loads from a motion analysis for use in structural optimization of a design space.
    - Tracers
      Use the Tracers tools to visualize the path of a trace part or trace point during a motion run.
    - Proximity
      Monitor the distance between two parts during the simulation. The endpoints of the proximity measurement are color coded. Blue means parts have a finite distance, yellow means parts are touching, and red means parts are interfering.
    - Topology Explorer
      Graphically view and edit model connections. This allows for faster and easier debugging, editing, and understanding of model connections.
    - Interference Detection
      Detect interferences and conditions of tangency between parts, then view detailed results on where they occur in a motion analysis.
- Motion Analyst
  The Analyst profile functions as a feature-rich pre-processor, originally inspired by the needs of the automotive industry. Utilizing a hard-point design approach, it provides access to the full suite of MotionSolve features and capabilities. The Analyst profile offers unparalleled flexibility in system modeling and can be highly tailored to specific industry requirements. However, this versatility comes with increased complexity, requiring a higher level of MBD expertise and a specialized mindset for effective use.
Fluids
Prepare and run a computational fluid dynamics simulation.
Design Explorer
Evaluate designs by using geometric variables and applying a design-of-experiments (DOE) or optimization method. We recommend fully constraining your sketch when sketch variables are used in the design exploration.
Manufacture
Set up and run a basic porosity or thinning analysis.
Print 3D
Prepare and run an additive manufacturing simulation, and export a file for 3D printing.
Rendering
Adjust the materials and environment of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Inspire Python API
Learn how to access the Inspire Python API including online help, quick start demos, and the Extension Manager.
Reference
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Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

Run Analysis on a Part

Use the Run Part Analysis tool to configure various settings for the part to be analyzed.

Click Run Analysis on the Analyze Part icon.

Tip: To find and open a tool, press Ctrl+F. For more information, see Find and Search for Tools.
Select a part to analyze. The Run Part Analysis window appears.
The Name defaults to the name of the part, but you can enter an alternate name in the text entry field.
Change the Element size if desired. Increase the value to obtain coarser results; decrease the value to obtain finer results.
Under Speed/Accuracy, select from the following options:
- Faster, which uses 1st order elements.
- More accurate, which uses 2nd order elements.
Under Results, choose which types of outputs you prefer to see. Stress output components will be generated by default.
Optional: Using Mesh Control, you can assign a specific mesh size to different faces on the part.
If at any time you want to restore the default options for the Run Part Analysis window, click Restore and select Defaults.
Click the Run button to start the analysis.

Tip:

If you select a part that is a member of a rigid group, the whole rigid group will be analyzed.
If you don't want to wait for the run to finish, you can close the Run Status window and continue working in Inspire. You can check on the status of a run at any time by clicking the Run Status tool on the Analyze Part icon.
There is no design space for an analysis, so there is no requirement to break up your model into design and non-design spaces and apply loads only to the latter. Any part can be analyzed. However, if you intend to optimize the part later, it is beneficial to split your part into design and non-design spaces and apply appropriate loads and supports prior to running a baseline analysis.
If you want to run reanalysis on an optimized shape, double-click it, then use the Analyze button on the Shape Explorer.
To export all loads acting on a part during the simulation, create any plot related to the part, right-click the plot, and then select Export Loads on Part. There's also an option to export the connection locations of all objects attached to the part.