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Overview

This chapter teaches you how to import external system models designed in Easy5 into an Adams model. Importing an Easy5 model into Adams enables you to build, test, and refine your combined model using the 3D visualization and design features available in Adams View.

This feature is available only with Easy5 version 7.1 and later.

We assume that you:

■Read the previous chapter in this guide

■Know how to export Adams plant files

■Know how to use Adams Mechanism Blocks in Easy5

This chapter contains the following sections:

■Setting Up the Environment

■Step Three - Export Your Easy5 Model

■Step Four - Import the Exported Easy5 Model into Adams

■Step Five - Run a Simulation

This tutorial takes about 1 hour to complete.