Analysis and Simulation of Real-World Dynamic Forces

Creo Mechanism Dynamics Extension

Simulate Kinematics and Dynamic Forces

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With Creo Mechanism Dynamics Extension, you can virtually simulate reactions to forces, accelerations and the weight of moving components. And, you can adjust product performance by incorporating dynamic influences such as springs, motors, friction, and gravity. Optimise product lifetime with considerably fewer prototypes.

  • Optimally dimensioned designs by early insight to real-world behaviour 
  • Eliminate errors and time loss for data conversion

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Overview

Simulate Real-World Forces Using Virtual Prototypes

With Creo Mechanism Dynamics Extension, you can determine on the desktop how your design will react to dynamic forces, such as gravity and friction without having to build a physical prototype. This allows tests in an early design phase when correcting problems is much less costyl. As you’ve already completed a series of vigorous tests, virtually before building a physical prototype, it’s likely to be of much higher quality. By building fewer physical prototypes you can cut costs and reduce time-to-market because you’re building a better quality product that is ‘right the first time’.

Integrated Analysis Environment Creo Parametric

Creo Mechanism Dynamics Extension is completely integrated with Creo Parametric. Engineers can work in a familiar environment and directly use the Creo Parametric files for analysis without time-consuming and error-prone data translations. After engineering changes, you simply rerun the analysis, generating a higher quality model faster.

Benefits

  • Simulate real-world behaviour of moving parts and assemblies 
  • Share results via intuitive graphs 
  • Increase flexibility by exploring complex msituations with advanced motion analysis 
  • Eliminate time, effort, and money spent on data translation and associated errors by using fully integrated design and analysis tools 
  • Reduce development costs by creating virtual prototypes for desktop testing 
  • Incorporate changes into the products faster and earlier, and get immediate results from desktop testing 
  • Deliver higher quality products to market first, by reducing development time 
  • Reduce warranty costs by generating a better estimate of your product’s life 
  • Eliminate costly manufacturing errors with specific, animated production instructions for assembly
  • Create more innovative products by using the time-savings gained from virtual testing to evaluate more design ideas 
  • Easy-to-learn, intuitive user interface

Specifications

  • Incorporate springs, dampers, motors, friction, gravity, and custom dynamic loads to evaluate product performance and for scaling 
  • Use design studies to optimise the mechanism’s performance over a range of input variables 
  • Create accurate motion envelopes for use in interference and space claim studies 
  • Obtain accurate measurements from a dynamic analysis to designing stronger, lighter, more efficient mechanisms 
  • Create high quality animations directly from dynamic simulations 
  • Import behaviour information from applications such as PTC Mathcad or Microsoft Excel 
  • Easily share results via intuitive graphs 
  • Integration and associativity with other Creo Parametric products