MechAnalyzer® is a 3D model based software developed for effective teaching and learning Mechanisms related courses. It is an evolving product developed in Mechatronics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, under the guidance of Prof. S.K. Saha. It is freely available for academic usage.

​We would like to term this as "Priceless Software" as it has immense value for a zero cost. Similar to MechAnalyzer, another software developed by us to teach and learn Robotics is named RoboAnalyzer®. Visit the RoboAnalyzer homepage here.​

Announcements

• MechAnalyzer Team (through FITT, IIT Delhi) has entered into an exclusive license agreement (India and International) with SVR Infotech (Pune) for the Sales and Support of MechAnalyzer (after Version 6). Please contact SVR Infotech for further details.

• ​Recursive Dynamic Simulator (ReDySim) has now User Friendly GUI in MATLAB. More details here.

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Study of various planar and spatial linkages is covered in Mechanism Design, which is a basic course taught in the curriculum of Mechanical Engineering. Students learn the kinematic and dynamic equations to analyze different types of mechanisms. A computer-based approach to solve these equations becomes imminent when the number of equations increases and also for a quick and better understanding through visualization. Currently, there are many commercially available software which can help students in this matter. Unfortunately, considerable amount of time is required to train students in order to use them.​

​MechAnalyzer is a free software developed to simulate and analyze the mechanisms that are already preloaded in it, hence, reducing the time and effort required to get started with it. The software has been developed in C# and uses OpenGL/OpenTK for visualization.
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It is a software under active development. Screenshots of the current version are available below. All the versions that have been released so far are listed in the Downloads page. ​

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Features

• 6 Modules
• ​Core (Default) Module
  • ​20 different mechanisms, as well as their variants and inversions.
  • Detailed diagram of each mechanism, controls to easily change link lengths and other input parameters, 3D models.
  • Coupler curves, and kinematic analysis plots for each mechanism.
• VAD, IC & SFA Module
  • Graphical methods of kinematic analysis and force analysis of various mechanisms.
  • ​Velocity and acceleration diagrams of different mechanisms.
  • Perform kinematic analysis of several mechanisms by the instantaneous centres method.
    
  • Perform static force analysis of several mechanisms.
    
• Cam Module: ​Dedicated to teaching and learning about the cam and follower mechanism.
• Gear Profile Module: To teach about the different gear profile curves.​
• Gear Meshing Module
  • ​Animate meshing involute gears.
  • Learn and demonstrate gear terminology.
    
  • Solve basic textbook problems for gears and gear trains.
    
• Mechanisms Explorer
  • ​Explore the history and individuals associated with Mechanism Theory.
    
  • Extensive literature recommendations.
    
  • ​Links and resources related to each mechanism in MechAnalyzer.
    
• More features to come…

We are constantly working to improve MechAnalyzer by adding more modules and making it more effective to use and learn. Try MechAnalyzer by downloading here. Its video tutorials can be found here.

We would love to hear your valuable feedback in making MechAnalyzer better and better.

If you have any suggestions, please use this online form or send it to us.

Mechanisms in MechAnalyzer Core Module

Kinematic analysis plots and detailed diagram of Peaucellier's Linkage in MechAnayzer

Literature Recommendations in the Mechanisms Explorer module