Siemens Documentation - Creating Links

The document discusses how to create links in the first stage of defining kinematics for a component. It provides steps to select a component, open the Kinematics Editor, click to add a link, name the link, select entities to include in the link, and create additional links as needed by repeating the process. Links are highlighted by color in the editor.

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9/9/2019 Siemens Documentation: Creating Links

Creating Links

Creating links is the first stage in defining kinematics for a component. A link is the basic non‑moving segment of a kinematic chain. To correctly define a component with kinematics,
you must ensure that all of its entities have been included in a link.
In Process Simulate, each link created in the Kinematics Editor is highlighted by a color predefined in the system. A parent/child hierarchy of links determines the order of the links.

Note Before you can begin creating links, a component must be selected to enable the Kinematics Editor option.

To create links:

1. Choose Robot tab → Kinematics group → Kinematics Editor .

Note The Pick Level changes automatically to Entity when the Kinematics Editor is displayed.

2. In the Kinematics Editor, click . A link with the default name lnk1 appears as a small rectangle in the Kinematics Editor and the Link Properties dialog is displayed:

3. In the Name field, enter a name for the first link.

4. In the Link Elements field, select one or more entities in the selected component, either in the Graphic Viewer or the Object Tree, that you want to specify as the first link. (The
cursor changes to when selecting entities in the Graphic Viewer.) The selected entities are displayed in the Link Elements field.
All entities entered in the Link Properties dialog are highlighted in the Graphic Viewer and the Object Tree. After each addition to the Elements list, the system adds an empty
new line which is highlighted.

Note Select one entity in the Link Elements list to highlight it in the Graphic Viewer.

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9/9/2019 Siemens Documentation: Creating Links

5. Click OK. The first link is created and highlighted in the Kinematics Editor in a color defined by the system, and the default name is replaced by the name selected for the first link.

Tip It is recommended to select the Show colors checkbox at the bottom of the Kinematics Editor in order to display the links in different colors. This makes it easier to identify
the links when creating and editing a component with kinematics.

6. Create further links as required by repeating steps 2 through 5. It is recommended to include all the entities of the selected component in the links.

Note
You can delete a link by selecting the required link and clicking in the Kinematics Editor.

After you have defined the links for the selected component, you can define and create the joints that connect the links together, as described in Creating Joints.

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