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The Linkage simulator works great when there are a lot of links that all chain together into some interesting complex movement. But one place I didn’t do much work on is related to links that just sort of hang on and move with others. Look at the picture…
Continue readingIt’s really just a trammel thing that somehow got named after Archimedes. At least that’s one story I read. Archimedes Trammel in Action I had to add grid and element snapping for sliding connectors in the latest (not yet available) Linkage program. That was a tough feature to…
Continue readingA new update is available. There are a few changes, improvements, and fixes: Change to export motion path using the mechanism units (inches, mm). Experimental simulation cycle feature that runs half an actuator cycle or a full rotational cycle. This is still an experiment and has flaws. Fix…
Continue readingI just updated the Linkage page with Linkage 3.7.4. This version has a fix for a gear fastening bug that was in the last two versions. It also has three new samples generously donated by Andrew Hall; they are Stirling engine mechanisms. I’ll update the samples web page…
Continue readingThe startup problem is caused by a change in the Windows operating system and is affecting a bunch of software. There was already some slow code in a Microsoft library that handles scaling of images in the tool bar and this new Windows bug makes it much much…
Continue readingSomething in the recent versions is causing the startup process to be very slow. It could be that the toolbar icon resizing done by some Microsoft code is just way slow for my 4K display. but it could be something else too. I’m trying to figure it out…
Continue readingI just updated the Linkage version number to 3.7 to reflect a bunch of recent additions that add to the overall functionality of the software. You can download the latest version on the Linkage download page. This new version has the new grid size feature, the previously added…
Continue readingThe new version if Linkage is now available. 3.6.3 has some improvements and repairs: Fixed scaling issue for the popup element list in UHD displays. Change to allow pan and zoom during simulation. Fixed dimension lines to hide the line in the area behind the dimension text. Fixed…
Continue readingDownload Linkage 3.x here. Linkage 3.6 is now available. This new version has a background I mage feature that is “beta”.” This means it is being tested and you can use it if you want to give it a try. but it is possible that the new feature…
Continue readingThe Linkage software still has a problem with three-connection links. I have described the problem before but to be clear, I’ll describe it again: If a link is held in position by three other links, it cannot be simulated. There is no way to find the end position…
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