Import Motion Loads

The Import Motion Loads dialog box allows you to read motion loads calculated by COSMOSMotion for component(s) into COSMOSWorks. COSMOSWorks reads motion loads directly from COSMOSMotion database. You can import loads at a single frame or multiple frames. When requesting multiple frames, COSMOSWorks creates a design scenario for each frame.

To import motion loads to COSMOSWorks:

1. Run motion simulation in COSMOSMotion for your assembly. If motion simulation results are available, skip this step.

2. Save the simulation results for later import to COSMOSWorks.

3. Click COSMOSWorks, Import Motion Loads.

The Import Motion Loads dialog box appears.

If motion simulation results are not available or invalid, a warning message appears.

4. Select from the options described below.

• Available assembly components. Lists all components in the assembly.

• Selected components. Lists the components for which motion loads will be transferred to COSMOSWorks.

•  To move a component from the Available assembly components box to Selected components box, select the component then click .

• To move all components from the Available assembly components box to Selected components box click .

• Single frame study. Imports motion loads for the selected component(s) at a single frame.

• Frame No. Enter the frame number.

• Time. Displays the time of the selected frame.

• Multiple frame study (design scenarios, up to 100 sets). Imports motion loads for the selected component(s) at multiple frames.

• Start. Enter the number of the starting frame.

• End. Enter the number of the ending frame.

• Step. Enter the frame increment.

5. Click OK.

6. Open the part documents you selected in step 4 by right-clicking on each part's icon in the FeatureManager tree and selecting Open Part.

7. Click the COSMOSWorks tab .

In each part document, the imported study ALT-Frame-f (for single frame f) or ALT-Frame-s-e-i (for multiple frames where s:start frame, e: end frame, and i: increment) should appear in the COSMOSWorks tree.

8. Optional: For multiple frames, check the design scenarios.

9. Optional: Check imported loads (ALT-Gravity, ALT-CentriFugal, and ALT-RemoteLoad).

10. Assign material to the part if no material is assigned.

11. Mesh the part.

12. Run the study or the design scenarios.

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