ABSTRACT
As noted in Section 1.5, dimensional synthesis is a category in kinematic synthesis where the objective is to calculate the mechanism dimensions required to achieve a prescribed mechanism motion sequence [1].* The calculated mechanism dimensions include link lengths, link positions (also called “rigid-body” positions), and joint coordinates.† The parameters pertaining to the prescribed mechanism motion sequence include link positions, path points, and displacement angles. In contrast to kinematic analysis-where mechanism dimensions are known and the resulting mechanism motion sequence is calculated-in dimensional synthesis, the mechanism motion sequence is known and the mechanism dimensions are calculated (Figure 5.1) [2].
