What mate is applicable here? I have used the cam follower mate which makes the follower follow the surface. but how do i make my cam follower roll?
Thank you
What mate is applicable here? I have used the cam follower mate which makes the follower follow the surface. but how do i make my cam follower roll?
Thank you
Thanks
That's where I ended up too. perhaps that's as far as mates can take it.
I'm not sure if this will work becuase i did'nt try yet. Use motion study and increase the friction coefficient
Hi John,
This should work using the cam/follower mate, but in case you just can get it to work, there is a workaround. You can use a tangent mate between the two, but with the profile that creates the extrude for the came, select all of your sketch entities and do a fit spline on them. This way the tangent mate will always see a single face to make the follower tanget to.
Mark
Hi Mark,
I tried what you said, but the cam follower still slides not rolls.
I do not know if and where a setting is for friction coefficient.
here is where to set it.
Dear Jaja JoJo
I cant get the friction to show up in the that screen.
Can you give me more input on where to get that screen
I know its in motion study.
I see the contact icon, but when I click on it I don't get that option to enter friction.
Are you running SW premium? or some add on?
yap You can not control friction if you check material so unchecked it so that it will give you the option to control the friction see in the picture material is unchecked
Hi John,
Can you post file or image or example. This should work...
Mark
Hi John,
Yes, it is possible to make the cam follower roll on the cam surface. I created a youtube video and attached the models showing 2 ways to approach this solution. Hope this is helpful.
Thank you Mark, for your explanation.
Your video is absolutely clear.
Very nice!
So, I tried some things out, and I don't think that it is possible using ONLY mates.
I tried a combination of CAM and RACK AND PINION mates, and it works!, but only on the straight areas of the cam, if there are any. But once the Cam follower went around a corner, the rolling ceased and sliding started.