When you create an assembly, you are defining the original—or
nominal—configuration of the model. For mechanisms the nominal configuration is based on the engineering connections in the model. In particular, the values assigned to controlled constraints in an engineering connection determine the relative distance or angle between two components of the model. When you simulate a mechanism, you are changing the values for the controlled constraints. The options in the Apply to Nominal toolbar control whether or not these changes are permanent:
You must select the appropriate mode before closing the Simulation Player. If you select Nominal Mode, you must subsequently perform a PLM Update to update the affected engineering connections with the new controlled constraint values.
You cannot modify the nominal position of mechanisms defined on subproducts in the specification tree. Therefore, the Nominal Mode is not available in the following situations:
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