10-23-2010 03:53 AM
Dear Asper
I am a student in china .I am pursuing a master degree in Zhejiang Sci-tec University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China,
My full name is hanyang ,last name is han ,first name is yang.I have been meet the same problem ,but i don not kown ,my e-mail is hanyang19861017@163.com,your reply wll be great apperciated .
thanks
hangyang
10-23-2010 04:31 AM
Dear Eric Reid
I am a student in Zhejiang Sci-tec University ,Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province , China ,pursuing a master degree of mechanical design and theory . my e-mail is hanyang 19861017@163.com,my full name is hanyang ,last name is han,first name is yang.
If i have not any hardware ,only the software ,can i realize the sfotmotion?yuor reply will be appericated
Thanks
hanyang
10-25-2010 05:41 AM
Hi Hanyang
You can still use SoftMotion without the 951x modules. We have a number of cRIO axis interface examples that ship with the LabVIEW Softmotion Module. Axis interface is for advanced LabVIEW users to code their own VI to communicate between hardware and our trajectory generation. This API is a little difficult to learn, I recommend usining it if you have a set of hardware similar to one of the shipping examples or absolutly need to customize control loops.
The examples are installed here:<LabVIEW 2010>\examples\Motion\UnboundAxis
A description of Axis interface can be found here.
Note that you must have a premium license of SoftMotion to use Axis Interface.
The issue that you are facing sounds a little bit more like a mechanical design issue, I recommend creating a new thread and going into details on your application.
10-26-2010 12:15 AM
10-27-2010 10:21 AM
Hi Hanyang
You should be able to get a student version of SolidWorks, I am not sure about what programs are available in China, but I know most universities here have the software available in a site license. You will need to create a model with SolidWorks before you can move objects with SoftMotion. I would contact SolidWorks and see if they have a trial account you can use, the Solidworks website for china is below:
It sounds to me like given your description this is more of an application with Solidworks than LabVIEW. LabVIEW will simply allow you to simulate the motion controller all the simulation is ran in solidWorks by their physics engine. For a list of video tutorial of SoftMotion SolidWorks please see the search below:
http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/catnav:mm/q/solidworks/
I know you are reading a lot of English documentation on this; help files and webcasts make things overly complicated sometimes with all the marketing terms that are thrown around. Just remember most of the features you want are entirely in SolidWorks and SoftMotion is simply used once you have designed your component and want to test movement along our trajectories.