Every point in view
ASOMmini shows the position of a point, the velocity of a link and more as a diagram over time. You see the path of the point directly on the model.
ASOMmini · for a quick start
Understand and design linkages – quickly and easily
Do you need to quickly design a four-bar linkage or adapt an existing six-bar linkage to new requirements? With ASOMmini, you get usable results in conceptual design in a short time – with motion and forces in real time.
Your benefits
The quick way into kinematics
For pure linkages: with ASOMmini, you get results quickly without lengthy onboarding.
For your design engineers
Modeled in a few clicks
You build the kinematic chain from links and joints in one go.
Everything in real time
Motion, forces and diagrams respond immediately to every change.
Forces with friction
Drive, manual and joint forces, optionally with friction in the joints.
Design cam plates
The contour results from the motion you specify.
For your company
Validate concepts at the design stage
Motion and forces are settled before the first part is manufactured.
Your data stays with you
ASOMmini runs locally on your computers, with no cloud. For activation, only license data is sent to our license server in Germany – and, if you wish, activation works entirely offline.
Direct from the developer
ASOMmini is developed in Germany. Introduction, consulting and support come directly from info-key – with 26 years of kinematics know-how.
Model and move
From four-bar to multi-bar linkage in a few clicks
You connect links and joints into a kinematic chain in one go. Drives set the system in motion, and you shape the motion profile directly in the diagram.
- Revolute and prismatic joints, fixed and floating bearings
- Motion profiles made of segments with smooth transitions
- DXF drawings as templates, optionally moving with the component
Calculate forces
See forces while you design
At every point in time during the motion, ASOMmini calculates the required drive and manual forces as well as the forces in all joints – including weight, springs and friction.
- Joint and bearing forces as vectors directly on the model
- Springs with custom characteristic curves, loads with custom time curves
- Manual force exactly where a person moves the system
Forces are calculated kinetostatically.
Video: Four-bar linkage with manual force (1:25)
Analyze and present
Measure, compare, convince
Trajectories, the instantaneous center and the fixed and moving centrodes make the motion visible, while diagrams show displacement, velocity, acceleration and forces over the entire motion sequence. With DXF sketches of your components, this quickly becomes a vivid presentation.
- Measure angles and distances at any point
- Derive cam plates from the desired motion
- Export diagram values as text
More features
Even more in ASOMmini
Motion and manual force together
The drive follows a motion profile made of segments, such as raising, holding and lowering. The manual force element shows the required force over the entire sequence.
Examples
ASOMmini in action
See in just a few minutes how ASOMmini solves typical tasks – from a furniture fitting to an excavator arm.
2:41
Kitchen cabinet flap
Set the tension springs on a six-bar hinge so that a 2–8 kg flap opens by itself from about 15–20°. ASOMmini shows the manual force curve.
0:42
Excavator arm
Three linear drives, one per degree of freedom, move the boom, stick and bucket. Their motion profiles are coordinated with one another.
1:56
Chebyshev straight-line linkage
A Chebyshev four-bar linkage guides a point along an almost straight line: with a coupler length of 20 cm, the straight section lies within a corridor of about 1 mm.
You will find more examples in our example overview.
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ASOMmini or ASOMv10?
Need more? Then ASOMv10 is the right choice.
Both calculate motion and forces in real time. ASOMv10 offers syntheses, load cases, additional linkage elements and interfaces, while ASOMmini, for its part, offers cam plates from a specified motion.
ASOMmini for a quick start
- Links, revolute and prismatic joints
- Forces with friction and springs
- Cam plates and DXF import
ASOMv10 for complex concepts
- Syntheses for one-bar, four-bar and six-bar linkages as well as slider-cranks
- Gears, belt transmissions, racks and curved guides
- Load case comparison, scripts and COM interface
Get to know ASOMmini
We present ASOMmini to you in an online meeting without obligation and answer your questions. You do not need any training: every license comes with a personal introduction to ASOMmini, usually two to four hours.