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Joint Palette and Joint and Motion Tool Stacks

Ribbon menu → Connectors tab and Ribbon menu → Motions tab

(Classic) Build → Joints

(Classic) Main toolbox → Right-click Joints and Motion tool stacks

Displays tools for creating joints. The palette contains the entire library of joints while the tool stacks on the Main toolbox contain only subsets of the most commonly used joints.

Learn about Using Toolboxes, Tool Stacks, and Palettes. Also learn about:

■Types of Motion

■Overview of Constraints

Joint Toolstack	Motion Toolstack	Create Joints Palette (from Build Menu)

Icon	Link	Link
	Revolute Joint Tool	Planar Joint Tool
	Hooke/Universal Joint Tool	Gear Joint Tool
	Fixed Joint Tool	Rotational Motion Tool
	Translational Joint Tool	Single Point Motion Tool
	Constant-Velocity Joint Tool	Translational Motion Tool
	Point-Curve Constraint Tool	General Point Motion Tool
	Cylindrical Joint Tool	Parallel Axes Joint Tool
	Coupler Joint Tool	Perpendicular Axes Joint Tool
	2D Curve-Curve Constraint Tool	Orientation Joint Tool
	Spherical Joint Tool	Inplane Joint Tool
	Screw Joint Tool	Inline Joint Tool
	Create/Modify General Constraint
Construction or Settings Container	Contains options for creating the selected object. The options change depending on the type of object that you are creating. For example, when you create a link, Adams View lets you specify its width, length, and height before creating it. Then, as you create the link, these dimensions are set regardless of how you move the mouse. You can also define design variables or expressions for many values.