- motion.plot: joint values and a point's path sampled as the study plays (closed loops
following), with velocities and accelerations by finite differences, per step or per
second with a duration.
- motion.interference: the pairs of parts that pass through each other along a study, with
the first step, the step ranges, the depth and the shared volume; occurrences, against
or contact sets choose the pairs; bounded samples and work.
- Motion Study dialog: a Study box opens a saved study; a chart of a joint value or a
picked point with a cursor at the step shown (click to move there); Check collisions
with the steps shaded on the chart. ui.start motion.study takes study.
Motion links can carry a coupling (gear pair, rack and pinion, screw) whose ratio follows radii, picked round faces or pitch. Design format 23.
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A motion link's ratio is read in b's units per a's (mm per degree, degrees per mm) when an angle and a distance are linked; stored values stay per radian, so saved designs are unchanged. Follow-up to #1415.
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joint.motion_link offset is read in the linked value's units (degrees or mm, or an expression); links are still stored in radians, so saved designs open unchanged. A new joint whose values fall outside its limits starts at the nearer limit, stores it, and says so in warnings. Loop dof also counts at a nearby pose, so a part at a dead point of its loop keeps its mobility. The mechanisms skill is updated to match.
The Joint and As-built Joint dialogs explain why picks make no joint and offer Create Components from Bodies when every pick is on one component; joint.create and joint.as_built suggest component.from_bodies. Labels in all catalogs. Fixes#1239.
A solidcraft-mechanisms agent skill with a worked example that a test replays through the MCP server (the actuator follows the hinge with the stated stroke and the drive stops at the rod's limit); the skills index and docs/mcp.md list it.
A design with components and joints exports as a URDF robot description (file.export to .urdf, the MCP export tool, solidcraft-cli run --out, File > Export URDF...). It writes one binary STL per component in metres, links with mass, centre of mass and inertia from material density, and maps rigid, revolute, slider, cylindrical, pin-slot, planar and ball joints to URDF joints or short chains. Loops, broken joints and loose parts are reported as warnings. Options: mesh_prefix, effort, velocity. Docs in docs/urdf.md.
Corrects the modeling skill: an edge of the face a shell removes is rounded after the shell, a slot along Y is dimensioned horizontally, long shallow arcs measure to about 0.1%, and a boolean retry warning can hide wrong geometry when the volume does not match.
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