If only. If only you had another hour, another day, another week to finish a design project. Then you could be sure you had truly optimized the trade-offs between physical and engineering requirements, manufacturability and cost. But the truth is, you don't need more time. You need Analytix 3.2.

This mower was designed in Analytix.

Analytix is a sophisticated mechanism design-and-analysis software package for the PC that puts you, the engineer, back in control of the creative process.

By automating tedious, error-prone number-crunching analysis and giving you the instant visual feedback you need to do something more satisfying--improve your design.

"If you ask me, the real power of Analytix is that it lets you see the results of modifications to mechanisms--from trace paths to reaction forces--almost instantaneously. And quickly guides you to optimum designs. Without having to work through complex calculations or drafting techniques first." -- Seid Waddel, Mechanical Engineer, Medrad, Inc.

"To me, time is money, and to be able to grab software like this off the shelf, and go right into that part of the design and use it is incredible. Analytix is very easy to use. Very friendly." -- Don Varner, Mechanical Engineer, Masco Technology Vehicle Operations

But suppose you d on't get the results you'd envisioned. No problem. With Analytix, you can change any dimension on your design and get updated velocity and acceleration information automatically and instantly. Without having to reprogram or modify your equations of motion. Analytix is so quick and easy to use, you'll even have time to explore entirely new design options and still meet or beat your project schedule.

"As I use Analytix more and more, I'm able to get more creative in some of the models that I use. We were originally just looking for a mechanism solver, but we found that what we ended up with was also a tolerance analysis solver. It's done everything we wanted and then some." -- Jack Henne, Senior Project Manager, Stanley Engineered Components

Analytix is designed with the understanding that your job involves a lot more than engineering alternative designs. You've got meetings to attend, vendors to talk to, and other responsibilities vying for your time. So when you do sit down to design, the last thing you want to have to do is pull out a 400-page software manual to relearn a program. Thanks to a unique parametric sketching interface, Analytix 3.2 is like using paper and pencil. Only easier. Because when you make modifications, you don't have to redraw the entire design.

"Analytix made our last project successful. There is no way I could have iterated through the series of mechanisms I did to get it to happen. Without Analytix I would have to lay it all out or try it on fully automated CAD. That would have taken six weeks. With Analytix it took about a week." -- Paul Shewan, Design Engineer, Morgan Engineering

What's more, Analytix is as flexible as it is intuitive. It's the only parametric simulation software to offer a built-in interactive calculator. It lets you write equations that drive your design or use simulation outputs. Now you can ea sily model stepper motors, electromagnetic or hydraulic forces, or any other entity that can be defined with an equation. You can also parametrically plot graphs or tables of any of your design variables, such as forces, accelerations, distances, or moments.

Parametric Sketching-2D

Patented Variational Geometry engine, with auto-dimensioning

Mechanical Model Inputs

	Distance and angle values, velocities, and accelerations
	Tolerances on input distances and angles
	Applied forces and moments, springs, dampers, actuators
	Masses and moments of inertia

Mechanical Model Outputs

	Geometric position, velocity, acceleration
	Reaction forces
	Shear force and bending moments
	Stress and deflection in trusses
	Tolerance stack-up, sensitivity, trace, zones, absolute or statistical

Simulation and Analysis Tools

	Animation, point trace, envelope
	Equation calculator and iterative equation solver
	Graphs and tables of output parameters

Data Exchange

	DXF input and output
	Windows Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), Cut & Paste

Units

SI, fps, ips, and user-defined unit systems supported

Optional Add-on Products

	Dynamix software for forward dynamic simulation
	Analytix/Cams for designing cams that can drive an Analytix model

System Requirements

	Pentium class PC running Microsoft Windows 95 or later
	8 MB available RAM, 10 MB available disk space