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MechAnalyzer® is a 3D model based software developed for effective teaching and learning Mechanisms related courses. It is an evolving product developed in Mechatronics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, under the guidance of Prof. S.K. Saha. It is freely available for academic usage.
Study of various planar and spatial linkages is
covered in Mechanism Design, which is a basic course taught in the curriculum
of Mechanical Engineering. Students learn the kinematic and dynamic equations
to analyze different types of mechanisms. A computer-based approach to solve
these equations becomes imminent when the number of equations increases and
also for a quick and better understanding through visualization. Currently,
there are many commercially available software which can help students in this
matter. Unfortunately, considerable amount of time is required to train students
in order to use them.
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Feedback:
MechAnalyzer is a software under development. If you have any issues or suggestions/feedback, we would love to hear your valuable feedback. |
MechAnalyzer is a free software developed to simulate and analyze the mechanisms that are already preloaded in it, hence, reducing the time and effort required to get started with it. The software has been developed in C# and uses OpenGL/OpenTK for visualization.
As it is a software that is under active development, a screenshot of the current version is shown to the right. All the versions that have been released so far are listed below. |
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MechAnalyzer Version 6 (20210811)
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New Features: Improvements in core module, addition of Gear Mesing module and few bug fixes
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New Features: Improvements in core module, addition of Gear Mesing module and few bug fixes
MechAnalyzer Version 5 (20180203)
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New Features: Velocity Analysis by Instantaneous Method (IC) has been added in Vector Diagram module. CAM profile and Gear Profile with drawing and simulation have been introduced as two new modules
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MechAnalyzer Version 4.1 (20161223)
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New Features: More mechanisms have been added including a Geneva Mechanism. Statif Force Analysis (SFA) module has been added.
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New Features: Added Plots for Kinematic analysis. A new Velocity and Acceleration Module (VAD) has been added with Velocity and Acceleration drawings for common planar mechanisms
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New Features: Complete revamp of software. User interface similar to RoboAnalyzer. Around 10 mechanisms added with Forward Kinematics.
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MechAnalyzer Version 2 (20150318)
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New Features: Added Five-bar Mechanism, inversions and special mechanisms of four-bar and slider crank mechanisms
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New Features: First release having forward kinematics and inverse dynamics of four-bar mechanism and slider-crank mechanism, with graph plot facilities
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Tutorial:
A very brief tutorial on getting started with MechAnalyzer V2 is below. The users are also encouraged to go through the User Manual available under "Download".
A very brief tutorial on getting started with MechAnalyzer V2 is below. The users are also encouraged to go through the User Manual available under "Download".
Credits:
- Prof. S.K. Saha (IIT Delhi): Supervision
- Mr. Rajeevlochana G Chittawadigi (Asst. Professor, Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore): Mentoring and coordination
- Mr. Shamanth Hampali (2013, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): Version 2 comprising of kinematic and dynamic analysis of four-bar, slider crank and five-bar mechanisms
- Mr. Rakshith Lokesh (2014, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): Version 3 with forward kinematics of around 10 mechanisms
- Mr. Rohit Kumar (2015 and 2016, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): More mechanisms and Dynamic simulation of four-bar mechanism in Versions 4 and 4.1.
- Mr. Sachin Kumar Verma (2015 and 2016, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): Velocity Accleration Diagram (VAD) Module and Static Force Analysis (SFA) Module in Versions 4 and 4.1.
- Mr. Sripad Vantamuri (2016, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): More mechanisms added to MechAnalyzer Version 4.1.
- Ms. Janani Swaminathan (2016 and 2017, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): Static Force Analysis (SFA) Module in Version 4.1 and Instantaneous Center Method for Velocity analysis in Version 5
- Mr. Siddhant Jain (2017, Summer Intern from NITK Surathkal): CAM module in Version 5
- Ms. Dikshithaa R (2017, Summer Intern from Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore): Gear Profile Module in Version 5
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