From the Assembly ribbon, click the
Mechanism tool. Figure 1.
Restriction: Available in the LS-DYNA, Radioss, OptiStruct, Abaqus, and
Nastran user profiles. LS-DYNA and Radioss profiles
include advanced workflow. For more information, refer to Seatbelt System.
You can undo and redo actions made in the Mechanism Browser using
the Undo and Redo commands on the Restore toolbar.
The Mechanism Browser consists of two panes. The first pane
displays the mechanism structure which consists of joints, bodies, and constraints.
The second pane displays the Entity Editor. Figure 2.
The following data is displayed in the Mechanism Browser:
Column
Description
Entity
Lists the mechanism, joints, bodies, and constraints in your
model.
ID
Displays the mechanism, joints, bodies, and constraints
IDs.
Type
Displays the joint or constraints type.
Color
Displays the joint and body entity colors.
Body color is
different from the component color set-up in the Model Browser. The body color is activated
when a body is in Review mode.
Lock level
Displays the lock level of a joint (green = free joint,
yellow = locked joint).
