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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 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.
Review Results with Viewpoints
View the motion analysis playback from the perspective of any part.

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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.
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.
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.
      - 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.
    - 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.
- 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
View the glossary, frequently asked questions, and errors and alerts.
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.

Review Results with Viewpoints

View the motion analysis playback from the perspective of any part.

Viewpoints

Use the Viewpoints tool in the Motion animation toolbar to lock the view to a part in the model, then view the animation playback from its perspective.

Prerequisite: Run a motion analysis.

Note: Viewpoints are saved with the Motion model.

Select the Viewpoints icon in the Motion animation toolbar.

The Viewpoints dialog appears.
Select a part in the model, then click + to add it as a viewpoint.
To view the results from the perspective of a defined viewpoint, select the viewpoint from the list in the Viewpoints dialog, then click . You can also click through defined Viewpoints while the animation is playing.

The modeling window will zoom to the selected viewpoint, then the animation will play from its perspective.


To	Do this
Delete a viewpoint	In the Viewpoints guide panel, right-click the viewpoint you would like to delete, then select Delete.