LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Motion offers a complete and integrated solution that predicts the dynamic motion and internal loads of mechanical systems. It enables design engineers to quickly analyze and optimize the real-world behavior of CATIA V5 mechanism assemblies before committing to physical prototype testing.
LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Motion extends the kinematics capabilities of the CATIA V5 Mechanism Simulation 2 (MS2) configuration by offering efficient means to model system dynamics characteristics. It is also capable of predicting how mechanisms with multiple degrees of freedom will operate under real-life loading conditions, such as gravity, friction and contact.
Starting from the CATIA V5 kinematics mechanism, the model can be easily enriched with dynamic elements, such as springs, friction and contact forces, and an extensive list of motion constraints and initial conditions. The integrated robust dynamic solver processes the equations of motion accurately and timely in order to compute all displacements, velocities, accelerations and forces for all bodies in the simulated mechanism. 3D animations of the CATIA assembly and synchronized cursor animation on 2D plots help engineers easily identify and solve the root causes of problems. Additionally, users can efficiently detect part collisions, analyze motion envelopes and evaluate force vector animations. Parametric analysis allows efficient analysis of different design variants. The main advantage is that the multibody simulation model is completely associative with the CATIA geometry, making geometry design changes immediately verifiable after re-running the analysis in the motion simulation workbench.
For more advanced dynamic simulation options such as CAD contact and flexible bodies are also available for LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Motion. The Flexible Bodies option uses CATIA V5 GPS finite element data to account for component deformation during mechanism motion and predicts dynamic stresses on all flexible parts.
