Autodesk 466B1-05A761-1304 - AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2010 Getting Started Manual page 59

TIP Click the Screen Refresh command to turn off screen refresh during the
simulation. The simulation runs, but there is no graphic representation.
Before you run the simulation, make the following adjustments.
Set up a simulation
1 On the Simulation Player, in the Final Time field, enter 0.5 s.
TIP Use the tooltips to see the names of the fields in the Simulation Player.
2 In the Images field, enter 200. Increasing the image count improves the
results when viewed using the Output Grapher.
3 On the Simulation Panel, click Run.
As the Motor component moves, the other components making up the
kinematic chain respond.
NOTE Because we did not yet specify any frictional or damping forces, the
mechanism is lossless. There is no friction automatically created between
components.
4 If the simulation is still running, on the simulation panel, click the Stop
button.
5 Click the Activate construction mode button.
As you can see, running the simulation did not result in motion. This is because
the kinematic chain is incomplete. In the following chapter you complete the
construction and enable motion.
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