Are there free software and recommended books for mechanism design?

[koolraj09]

Hi guys,
Are there any free mechanism design software's. I want to test whether a mechanism would a given work or not. It's preferably a 4 bar mechanism. Also can you suggest any good books for theory of mechanism design?
Thank you in Advance.

 

[Danger]

I wish...
I must tell you the truth here. I'm using one of the most sophisticated home computers available (MacBook), and have even better design software on my old G3 Macs and the Lisa. I can draught stuff up in several different versions of Illustrator. When it comes down to figuring out whether or not something will work, however, I cut pieces out of cardboard and link them with thumbtacks. It it doesn't work there, it ain't going to work in a commercial environment.

 

[mechprog]

Software:http://gtrebaol.free.fr/doc/flash/four_bar/doc/"

Book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/0849391210/?tag=pfamazon01-20