Alibre Design

Chapter 19 - Alibre MotionThe position, velocity and acceleration data shown for a Part is the data for its Center ofMass (CG)• Frame - Shows the current playback frame at which the measurements aretaken.• In Data type - select the type of data you are interested in. The selections inthis dropdown will vary depending on the item for which data is being shown.When you make a different selection, the relevant data is shown immediately.• X, Y, Z - The data is shown as components parallel to the major axes of theAssembly design in the X, Y, Z boxes.• Magnitude - The total magnitude is shown in the Magnitude box.19.7.2 Generating Video with Alibre MotionGenerating Video (AVI) files can be a useful way of easily sharing the results ofsimulating your designs with colleagues and others, as generated files may bedistributed via email, internet download and many other means, and may be played ona wide variety of systems.Important Note: By no means will all Codecs installed on your system be able togenerate video. Though many are available as free downloads from Microsoft® andother manufacturers, some may only be capable of playing back video, and notgenerating it. See Generating Video for more information. To protect your system,always be extremely careful when downloading programs and other files from theinternet, and only ever do so only from trustworthy sources.How videos are createdClicking the Video option tool opens the Generate Video (AVI) Form, giving youthe opportunity to specify the name of the file to be created, and various other settingsthat affect the video generation process. Then during playback, the main canvas issaved as a bitmap. Each bitmap is combined together and packaged into an AVI file.Whenever Videos are generated on your system, the software which does this is calleda CODEC (short for COder / DECoder), or Video Handler. These are generally smallprograms that need to be installed and registered, and it is likely that there are severalof these already on your system. Alibre Motion is able to utilize those Codec’s whichhandle a color-depth of 24-bits. The list of Codec’s currently installed on your machineis shown in the dropdown box in the Advanced Tab of the Generate Video (AVI) Form.Note: During Video generation, some Codec’s may show an options form or otherdisplay to allow you to monitor progress or change features. Playback may also beconsiderably slowed while videos are being generated. It is also possible that someCodec’s may cause your system to slow or hang, though this is rare.564