This is to show teams how to use motion study in SolidWorks to check if their ball will reach the target or not.
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWAakaA3wAA
Download:
projectile.zip
I have attached a zip file that contains the assembly I used in the video. Once you have extracted everything from the zip file, you can open the assembly and run the motion study with your own numbers.
You can change:
- position of the target (edit the sketch and modify the x and y values)
- launch angle (edit the sketch of the 3 lines and modify the angle dimension)
- force exerted on the ball and for how long (in motion study, change the force, or add your own force. Also, you can set how long the ball is in contact with the device you are using to launch it or add multiple forces according to time. This is shown in the video)
- change the mass of the ball (by overriding the default mass properties values of the ball)
I will try to get a video on optimizing this as well.