A diverse selection of machinery-malfunction case histories provides actual examples of machinery problems. Users can generate the information, data plots, and diagnostic methodology needed to evaluate each malfunction and identify the fundamental cause of the problem. Working Model can analyze large, complex mechanical assemblies, such as subway-door systems, biomechanical models, and machine tools. Via ACM, Working Model offers seamless interfaces with Autodesk's Mechanical Desktop, Intergraph's Solid Edge, and SolidWorks' CAD packages. Users determine the constraints between bodies, and Working Model 3D automatically detects collisions among constrained and free bodies.
Users specify which bodies can collide without having to predefine collision points.
The software calculates displacements, forces, accelerations, and other values. Users can automatically build assembly parts, such as fasteners, as a three-dimensional solid model in one step. Solid features can be automatically subtracted from other solid models. Gears, racks, bearings, shafts, and structural members can also be constructed as a solid model in a single operation. The set-attributes function allows the selection of an entity with attributes, such as line weight and color, and the application of those characteristics to the next design operation.