I have a mechanism with a cylinder at the entrance, connecting rods in pivot links, and a clamp at the outlet of this mechanism. I would like to know what force is available to the gripper according to the input force given by the cylinder?
It looks like the Schradder clamp (I've already seen a few tutorials), but this is not kinematics but statics.
Do you have any clues please to do this with Catia V5 (parts and linkages are ok, but then put a force in the input and find the force at the end of the mechanism, I don't know how to do it)..
On Catia, I don't have the answer. But if you know how to do kinematics, it is enough, a priori, to take the force in the desired position of the gripper.
On the other hand, if you have a diagram of your mechanism, it seems to be the kind of problem that can be easily managed by hand.