Profile Functions
Motors and actuators have a profile option on the microdialog that allows you to change how the shaft moves as time elapses (or another independent variable changes).
- Step
- Step Dwell Step
- Single Wave
- Oscillating
- Swept Sine
- Impulse
- Ramp
- Solver Expression
Figure 1. Motors microdialog: Profile functions
- You can change the parameters of a profile function using the Property Editor.
- If your profile function is Solver Expression, you cannot preview it in the
Profile Editor directly. However, you can run a motion analysis, then plot
the results (as shown below).
Figure 2. Example: Plot of the Motion Results for a Solver Expression Profile