connecting dc motor to assembly

hello in my model, i have assembly below. i have a dc motor (black object) which grey shaft is connected to. i want to connect a dc motor to my blocks, and give torque&rotational velocity of the motor. how can i do it? i used cylindirical joint between gray hub and shaft, i can give motion with wave blocks, but i just can give velocity not torque in that way. thank you for attention.

Answer 1

[Nathan Hardenberg]

First of all I would recommend a "Revolute Joint" instead of a "Cylindirical Joint". A cylindrical joint can also move linearly along the rotation axis, which is most likely not what you want. A revolute joint does only rotation.

Secondly, it is not possible to directly provide a velocity. But you can provide motion according to your desired velocity, because position s(t) is the integral of velocity v(t):

Simply integrate your desired velocity and you get the according position.

If you have a constant velocity you can also directly use a "Ramp"-Block and enter your velocity as the "Slope" value.

Revolute Joint Settings:

• Actuation > Torque > Automatically Computed
• Actuation > Motion > Provided by Input

Converter Settings:

• Filter input, derivatives calculated
• Second-order filtering

[Yasin]

Thank you for your help Nathan, but here my part does a translational motion as well. That's why it is not possible using revolute joint (only rotational movement) here. Also can I ask do you know a way giving motion with a DC motor (torque and velocity simultaneously) instead of joint inputs?

[Nathan Hardenberg]

Okay, the actuation works the same as in a revolute joint. But you should also define the movement/position of the linear movement in a similar way.

Providing torque and velocity simultaneously is not possible, since it does not make sense! Torque is a function of position/velocity and velocity is a function of torque. Think about it: If you supply a torque to an object, it will start to accelerate accordingly. And if you set a velocity it will always have that velocity.

The question now is which case you want and this depends on you usecase. Maybe tell a bit more on what you want to achive