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Export your Autodesk® Inventor® assembly models in a format compatible with Simscape™ Multibody™ software

Enable the Simscape Multibody Link plug-in on your Autodesk Inventor installation to begin exporting your CAD assemblies. Get started with a robotic arm export example or read about the assembly constraints that you can export and the Simscape Multibody joint and constraint blocks that they map into. You must have the Simscape Multibody Link plug-in installed before continuing.

Functions

smlink_linkinvAdd Simscape Multibody Link to your Windows registry as an Autodesk Inventor plugin
smlink_unlinkinvRemove Simscape Multibody Link from your Windows registry as an Autodesk Inventor plugin

Topics

Enable Simscape Multibody Link Inventor Plug-In

The Simscape Multibody Link plug-in provides the primary interface for exporting CAD assemblies into Simscape Multibody models.

Export an Autodesk Inventor Robot Assembly Model

Generate an XML multibody description file for a robotic arm assembly.

Configure Simscape Multibody Link

This content refers to Simscape Multibody Link First Generation software.

Constraints and Joints

You create a CAD assembly by applying joints and constraints between parts.

Featured Examples

Joints

Joints

These CAD assemblies can be opened in Autodesk® Inventor® 2009 and higher.

Robot Arm

Robot Arm

This CAD assembly can be opened in Autodesk® Inventor® 2009 and higher.

Simscape Multibody Link Documentation

Support

Modeling Flexible Bodies with Simscape Multibody Software

Modeling Flexible Bodies with Simscape Multibody Software

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