Machine calculator

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been googling for machine modeling/simulation software for a couple of
days now with mostly bad luck. trying to do it with a spreadsheet and
some old physics books, but its getting fugly fast.

what i would like to do is be able to draw up a machine in cad, and have
some software calculate the inertia's, torques, deflection, weight,
whatever i can get...  basically i would like to be able to substitute
different materials/dimensions for the components and see the new
machine parameters.

everything i have found so far has been extremely tall dollar OEM
software..  preferred platform is Linux, but ill take what i can get.

there are just too many variables in this kind of stuff for a neophyte
like me to handle all at once.

any suggestions?


I down loaded a machine calculator a few months back from Kollomorgen web
site I think it was under engineering calculator or something like that and it
does some of what your asking and its free sorry I dont have the link but I
remember I found it when researching Kollomorgen servo stuff. Hope this helps


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