The Simscape™ Multibody™ Link plug-in provides the primary interface for exporting CAD assemblies into Simscape Multibody models. The plug-in is compatible with three CAD applications: Autodesk Inventor®, Creo™ Parametric, and SolidWorks®. If you use a different CAD application, you can still export CAD assemblies using the Simscape Multibody Import XML schema.
Once you have downloaded and installed the Simscape
Multibody Link plug-in, you must enable it on your Autodesk
Inventor application. To do this, at the MATLAB® command prompt, enter smlink_linkinv
. A Simscape
Multibody Link menu appears in the Inventor menu when you start or open a CAD
assembly.
If your computer has more than one Inventor application, the smlink_linkinv
command
adds the Simscape
Multibody Link plug-in to all installations simultaneously.
However, you must select the Simscape
Multibody Link check box
in the Add-Ins dialog box individually for each installation you want
to export CAD from.
If you are updating your Simscape
Multibody Link version, you must disable the current version first. You do this by
entering smlink_unlinkinv
at the MATLAB command prompt. Then, after downloading and installing the new plug-in
version, follow the procedure for enabling the plug-in on your Inventor
application.