The following enhancements were made to the Motion application at Release 2026 R1:
The Motion application now offers System Coupling with the Maxwell application, using a Motor EM Force object that supports both 2D and 3D designs. You can also specify the Maxwell application version to ensure solution consistency in Magnetic Field analysis.
Co-simulation between the Motion and Maxwell applications is also now supported, using the Magnetic object to define the groups of bodies that require magnetostatic analysis.
Output Controls have been updated to allow transfer of coordinate systems to the Motion standalone preprocessor, and enable or disable recording of EHD Bearing and Motor EM Force results.
The Joint Load Properties object now supports Point on Curve (PTCV) joints. PTCV joints also now support velocity and acceleration for sliding motion.
A new Export Motion Files dialog has been added to allow selective export of DFS, SSC and DFSXML files, as well as reference and post graphic files.
The Drivetrain Toolkit includes a Contact Damping Ratio property for Bearing objects, Gear Configuration for Planetary Gearsets without sun and ring gears, a range of Tolerance options for External Gearsets, a Tooth Pressure property for the Drivetrain Assembler, and a Gear Summary of the latest Gear Set specification including an Export button to save this as an HTML file.
The Links Toolkit now supports the use of Multibody Parts, includes a Synchronize Stiffness option for the Links Assembler to avoid errors due to the modification of the stiffness behavior during analysis, and an Engage option to provide manual control of the wrapping method for the Path object. Dummy contacts that are generated internally before cloning and are now no longer displayed in the Links Assembler tree.
For changes to the Motion solver, see the Motion Standalone Release Notes.