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Chapter 19 - <strong>Alibre</strong> Motion• The Motion main menu: allows you to enter <strong>Alibre</strong> Motion when you are in anassembly workspace• The Motion Explorer: similar to the <strong>Design</strong> Explorer, allows you to view andinteract with all the Parts, Constraints, Physical Elements (Motors, Springs,Dampers and Motions) and Settings that make up a Simulation• The Playback Deck: allows you to start the generation of a simulation andcontrol playback of the animation19.3.1 The Main <strong>Alibre</strong> Motion MenuThe Motion main menu can be accessed in an Assembly workspace when Motion isinstalled and enabled.Motion ExplorerThis activates <strong>Alibre</strong> Motion for the Assembly you are working on. When this is selected,the Motion Explorer is shown, where you can add and change any physical elementsthat you wish to use in your simulation.Enable Simulation ModeWhen you have added all of the desired elements, this puts the Assembly workspaceinto Simulation / Playback mode. In this state, all the constraints in the Assembly aresuppressed, and any Anchored bodies are freed. The Simulator takes control of theplacement of all moving parts and sub-assemblies, in order to animate them asSimulation frames are generated.522

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