Features
- Generalized coordinates based modelling of mechanism with open and closed graph
- Parametrized linkage definitions
- Flexible and user-extensible LinkageData data object, which stores all information associated with a mechanism
Contact
Product Support
LinkageDesigner is developed and supported by Dr. Gábor Erdős, Bit-Plié 2003 Bt.
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Bit-Plié 2003 Bt |
About the Developer
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Dr. Gábor Erdős, the developer of LinkageDesigner, is a senior research assistant in the Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science. Formerly, he was a postdoctoral assistant in the CAD laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He received his PhD from the Technical University of Budapest. He completed his MSc studies in the faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo. He has worked in the field of computer-aided mechanism design and CAD-CAM-CNC integration for many years. His main research interests includes computer aided mechanism modeling, digital manufacturing and knowledge management techniques. |
Welcome
LinkageDesigner is a Mathematica application package for virtual prototyping of linkages. It is designed to analyze, synthesize, and simulate linkages with serial chain, tree, and graph structures. Using the symbolic calculation capabilities of Mathematica, it supports fully parameterized linkage definition and analysis. The package supports the geometric, kinematic, static and dynamic analysis of linkages. It could be easily integrated and interfaced with any mechanism related design workflow.
Key Features
- Generalized coordinates based modelling of mechanism with open and closed graph
- Copying, joining and merging mechanisms with LinkageData manipulation
- Geometric and kinematic modelling of gears and gear-trains
- Import CAD geometries
- Static and dynamical analysis of linkages
- Extensive support for dimensional synthesis and classification of four-bar mechanisms
- Mass properties ( mass, moment of inertia, centre of gravity, etc) calculation of any polyhedral type Graphics3D geometries
LinkageDesigner 2.0 requires Mathematica 8 and is available for all Mathematica platforms.