Edrawing showing motion

I remember seeing a demonstration of an edrawing that showed motion.
There was an industrial elevation drawing of machinery that moved.
I have been looking for some information on how that drawing was created.
It must have been displaying different configurations from the model.
If anyone can enlighten me on this subject I would be appreciative.

Thank you,

Andrew Grove

 

Maybe it had a hyperlink to an animation??

The only motion I have seen is the "animation" where it rotates through the
views. Also, you can "move component" in an assy but does not obey
mates/relationships. Just moves through space ignoring other components.

--Todd

 

Where's Mike Wilson when you need him? HEY, MIKEY!!!

 

I remember seeing a demonstration of an edrawing that showed motion.

[Putting on my blindfold and picking up some darts now]
I know the e-drawing can contain data from some FEA plugins.. could this
be the 'backdoor' ?

 

I haven't tried it (don't use edrawings), but how about a drawing showing
alternate positions of a part or assembly?

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems

 

That is what I am looking for, an Edrawing showing alternate positions
of an
assembly. I thought that this was somthing that SolidWorks presented
in a demonstration that I saw when they first rolled out Edrawings. I
am building a pick and place unit and I would like to send my customer
a drawing representing alternate positions for the equipment in the
assembly.


Thank you,

Andrew Grove

 

http://www.solidmag.com/Summary/sum_rdMJ02.htm

Might be what you're looking for.

 

Andrew,
Not sure of what you saw but you can create a sudo-animation by defining
an exploded view of your assembly before the "eDrawing" is created. Actually,
you can create multiple exploded views as separate configurations.
Additionally, you can create multiple configuration of your assembly showing
different sizes, styles, mounting hardware, etc.
When you create an eDrawing from a database that contains multiple
configurations (exploded or not), you are prompted to save some or all of the
available configurations.
Using this new functionality along with the techniques that Richard wrote
about, you now have new and improved ability for "Poor Man's Animations".
Eddie

 

If you create an alternate view in an drawing file, it should carry
over into teh edrawing.

 

That article appeared well before this new eDrawing functionality and I
haven't had a chance to play around with it. Thanks for reminding me Eddie -
I can't wait to work up something new for user group meetings.

See you in Boston buddy?

Richard