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Set up and run a motion analysis, plot the results, and export the results.
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.
Animate and Plot Motion Results
If you've previously run a motion analysis, use the Review Motion Results tool to open the Animation Toolbar and animate the mechanism. You can also pick an object to plot.

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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 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.
    - Run Motion Analysis
      Use the Quick Run and Run Settings tools to define and run a motion analysis.
    - Animate and Plot Motion Results
      If you've previously run a motion analysis, use the Review Motion Results tool to open the Animation Toolbar and animate the mechanism. You can also pick an object to plot.
      - Animate and Record Results
        Use the Animation Toolbar that appears at the bottom of the modeling window to animate and record results.
      - Review Results with Viewpoints
        View the motion analysis playback from the perspective of any part.
      - Plot Motion Results
        If you've previously run a motion analysis, use the Review Motion Results tool on the Analyze icon to plot the results. You can export the plot in .csv format. By default, .csv plot files saved from callout plots, pop-out plots, or the Plot Manager are saved to the Motion Run History folder specified under Motion Preferences. For parts, you can also export loads.
  - Review Flexible Body Results
    Review and animate flexible body results including local deformations, stress, and strain apart from the rigid body results.
  - 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.
  - 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.
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.
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Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

Animate and Plot Motion Results

If you've previously run a motion analysis, use the Review Motion Results tool to open the Animation Toolbar and animate the mechanism. You can also pick an object to plot.

Location: Motion ribbon, Run group, Analyze icon

The Animation Toolbar appears at the bottom of the modeling window when reviewing various types of results.