Chapter 4, Problem 4.62P

Write a computer program or use an equation solver such as Mathcad, Matlab, or TK Solver to calculate and plot the path of point P in Figure 3-29j as a function of the angle of input link 2 over the range $90°\le {\theta }_2\le 270°$ for the following link lengths:

$L_1=12,L_2=10,L_3=L_4=22,$ and $L_5=L_6=L_7=L_7=L_8=6.5$. Hint: To make the analysis convenient, use the mirror image of the figure putting $O_4$ to the right of $O_2$ on the positive x-axis.