1. ADAMS/VIEW TOOLS, MENUS, AND SHORTCUTS
APPENDIX B
ADAMS/VIEW TOOLS, MENUS, AND SHORTCUTS

3. What’s in this Appendix
Ribbon – Tools
Tools and Tool Stacks
Menus and shortcuts
Popup menu for zooming and changing the view orientation

4. Ribbon - Tools
The Adams/View (Refresh View) is comprised of ribbon and Model Browser. The ribbon holds all the Tool that used to be under Main Tool Stack under classis view. The ribbon holds and display all the Tools. The following pages show the ribbon.
Ribbon
Box
Cylinder
Sphere
Link
Frustum
Torus
Extrusion
Revolution
Plate
Plane
Adams/Flex
Flex to Flex
Discrete Flexible Link
Rigid to Flex
ViewFlex
MNF Xform

5. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Ribbon Point Marker Polyline Arc/Circle
Point Mass
Spline
Fillet an edge
Chamfer an edge
Add a hole
Add a boss
Hollow out a solid
Unite two solids
Merge two bodies
Intersect two solids
Cut out a solid with another
Chain construction geometry lines
Split a solid into its primitives

6. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Create a Fixed Joint Create a Revolute Joint
Create a Constant Velocity Joint
Create a Hooke Joint / Universal Joint
Create a Screw Joint
Create a Translational Joint
Create a Cylindrical Joint
Create a Spherical Joint
Create a Planar joint
Create a Parallel Joint Primitive
Create an Orientation Joint Primitive
Create an Inplane Joint Primitive
Create an Inline Joint Primitive
Create an Perpendicular Joint Primitive

7. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Point-Curve Constraint (No lift-off)
2D Curve-Curve Constraint (No lift-off)
General Constraint
Joint (Add-on Constraint): Gear
Joint (Add-on Constraint): Coupler

8. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Point Motion Translational Joint Motion
General Point Motion
Translational Joint Motion
Rotational Joint Motion

9. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Create a Force (Single-Component) Applied Force
Create a Force Vector (Three-Component Force) Applied Force
Create a Torque (Single-Component) Applied Force
Create a Torque Vector(Three-Component Force) Applied Force
Create a General Force Vector (Six-Component Force) Applied Force
Create a Contact
Create a Modal Force
Create a Tire
Create Gravity
Create a Bushing
Create a Rotational Spring-Damper
Create a Translational Spring-Damper
Create a Massless Beam
Create a Field Element

10. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Build a 2D or 3D Data Spline
Create an Adams Array
Create an Adams Curve
Create a File based Spline
Create an ADAMS FEMdata statement object
Create an ADAMS Plant Output
Create an ADAMS String
Create an ADAMS plant input
Create a New Matrix
Create an ADAMS Plant State
Create a State Variable defined by an Algebraic Equation
Create a Transfer Function
Create a General State Equation
Create a State Variable defined by a Differential Equation
Create a Linear State Equation

11. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.)
Create a Function
Controls Toolkit

12. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Create a New Request
Create a Run-Time Clearance
Create a New Sensor
Create a Design Variable
Display the Adams/Insight export dialog
Displays the required Adams/Insight experiment
Create a Design Objective
Create a Design Constraint
Evaluate all Design Objectives
Evaluate the Design Objective
Design Evaluation Tool
Evaluate a Design Constraint for an Analysis
Create a New Measure
Create a New Angle
Create a New Range Measure
Create a New Point-to-Point Measure
Create a New Computed Measure
Create a New Orientation Measure
Create a New Function Measure
Display a Measure

13. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Load the Controls Plug-in
Load the Mechatronics Plug-in
Load the Vibration Plug-in
Load the Controls Plug-in
Load the Durability Plug-in

14. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Load the Controls Plug-in
Load the Vibration Plug-in
Load the Controls Plug-in
Load the Controls Plug-in
Load the Vibration Plug-in

15. Ribbon – Tools (CONT.) Displays the linear modes control dialog
Opens Adams/Postprocessor
Displays the Animation control dialog
Displays the linear modes control dialog
Trace a point’s relative position from last simulation

16. Tools and Tool Stacks
The ADAMS/View (Classis View) Main Toolbox is comprised of tools and stacks. Tool stacks hold two or more tools and have a default tool that appears on top of the stack. A small triangle in the bottom right corner of the tool indications that it serves as a tool stack To expand a tool stack, right click on it. This page identifies all the tools and tool stacks. The following pages show the expanded tool stacks.
Rigid body tool stack
Select Tool
Undo/Redo tool stack
Color tool stack
Move tool stack
Fit tool
Dynamic Rotation tool stack
View Front/bock tool stack
Isometric view
Background color tool stack
Measure tool stack
Simulate tool
Joint tool stack
Animate tool
Motion tool stack
Plotting tool
Zoom box tool
Create forces tool stack
Center tool
Zoom in/out tool
Translate tool stack
View right/left tool stack
View top/bottom tool stack
Measure tool stack
Align view to object Y tool
Window layout tool stack
Toggle tool stack

17. Tools and Tool Stacks Rigid Body Tool Stack Measure Tool Stack
Displays Geometric Modeling Palette
Link
Box
Cylinder
Sphere
Frustum
Torus
Extrusion
Revolution
Plate
Point
Marker
Plane
Polyline
Arc
Spline
Union
Intersect
Cut
Split
Merge
Chain
Fillet
Chamfer
Hole
Boss
Hollow
Rigid Body Tool Stack
Measure Tool Stack
Point-to-Point
Included angle

18. Tools and Tool Stacks (Cont.)
Revolute joint
Translational joint
Cylindrical joint
Spherical joint
Planar joint
Hooke/Universal joint
Constant velocity joint
Coupler
Screw joint
Gear
Fixed joint
Point-curve constraint
2D curve-curve constraint
General
constraint
Displays the joints palette
Joint tool stack
Undo
Redo
Undo/redo tool stack
Motion tool stack
Rotational motion
Point Motion
Translational joint motion
General Point Motion
Displays the joint palette
Color tool stack

19. Tools and Tool Stacks (Cont.)
Translational spring damper
Single-component force
Contact force
Torsion spring
Single- component torque
Tire
Bushing
Three component force
Modal Force
Field Element
Three- component torque
Gravity
Massless beam
Six-component general force
Displays the create forces palette
Create Forces Tool Stack
Increment
Exact Position
f(x)
f(θ)
Point to point
Working Grid
Align & rotate
Object position handle
Precision move
Coordinate system
Mate faces
Move Tool Stack

20. Tools and Tool Stacks View Front/Back Tool Stack
Dynamic Rotation Tool Stack
Rotate XY
Rotate Z
Translate Tool Stack
Translate
Translate Z
View Front/Back Tool Stack
View Top/Bottom Stack
Front
Back
Right
Left
Top
Bottom

21. Background Color Tool Stack
Tools and Tool Stacks
Toggle Tool Stack
Triad
Coordinate window
Title
View rotation
Two views side/side
Two views over/under
One view
Three views
Three vertical views
Three horizontal views
Four views
Six views
Window Layout Tool Stack
Background Color Tool Stack

22. Menus and Shortcuts
The following pages show the ADAMS/View menus and submenus. Note the shortcuts listed to the right of some menus.
Shortcut

23. Menus and Short Cuts (Cont.)

24. Menus and Shortcuts (Cont.)1 2 3
Displays the Geometric Palette
Displays the joints palette
Displays the create forces Palette
Note: Build and Simulate menus are available in Classis View

25. Menus and Shortcuts (Cont.)

26. Menus and Shortcuts (Cont.)

27. Menus and Shortcuts (Cont.)

28. Pop Up Menu for Zooming and Changing Orientation
In the main ADAMS/View window, right-click away from modeling objects. ADAMS/View displays a popup menu that you can use to set the display of the main window, such as zooming in on your model or changing the view orientation.