| Online mechanical simulator, can anyone tell me where I saw it? 09:29 - May 1 with 647 views | NthQldITFC |
I seem to remember seeing a web application once where you could simulate a mechanical situation and test various simple designs, seeing what forces and moments would exist in your system. It would have allowed for levers, mechanical advantages, pulleys etc., and shown numerical values for force vectors in different setups.
I can't seem to find it now, can anyone help? |  |
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| Online mechanical simulator, can anyone tell me where I saw it? on 09:50 - May 1 with 612 views | Rozz |
Are you trying to test run the mechanisms to prove they work or actually look in depth at mechanical stress, heat transfers, etc? Presumably you have a model, and most CAD software will have native tools for the former.
In terms of a web tool though, would something like Simscale work? https://www.simscale.com/
I haven't used, so can't vouch. My experience is in simple product mechanics on Solidworks or Inventor. |  | | |
| Online mechanical simulator, can anyone tell me where I saw it? on 11:52 - May 1 with 557 views | NthQldITFC |
| Online mechanical simulator, can anyone tell me where I saw it? on 09:50 - May 1 by Rozz |
Are you trying to test run the mechanisms to prove they work or actually look in depth at mechanical stress, heat transfers, etc? Presumably you have a model, and most CAD software will have native tools for the former.
In terms of a web tool though, would something like Simscale work? https://www.simscale.com/
I haven't used, so can't vouch. My experience is in simple product mechanics on Solidworks or Inventor. |
Many thanks for your advice.
My needs are pretty basic, just checking the forces involved as I modify a potential design involving a few levers and some pulleys. Not sure if I need to look at dynamics, or just get a feel for a range of static conditions. I have scope to adjust the angles via adjusting the length of the levers, but I would like to be able to dynamically see how the forces are changing in response. I should be able to do it mathematically but I'd like to at least check my workings with a visual tool.
Have signed up to simscale, will have a proper look at it later. Solidworks looks like it will do what I want, am wondering whether there are any Linux equivalents. | |
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| Online mechanical simulator, can anyone tell me where I saw it? on 11:54 - May 1 with 552 views | WeWereZombies |
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