Hey there,
i am trying to mate the following parts.
i want the wheel to stay tangent to all the inside faces of the bent plate. Already tried this with a cam mate, and path mate but it doesn't produce the right solution.
Is there a way to do this?
thanks in advance.
with kind regards JD
Have you defined it based on the surface of the solid? Sometimes it is easier to create a surface body that represents the surface of the part, this way a single coincident mate (a point on the OD of the wheel to that surface body) allows for motion like a path.
Do you need something like attached? Before I explain the method to do it, I would like to know as what is final purpose; i.e. just an animation for presentation or something else?
hey there Deepak,
that looks allright. It is not just an animation but need this mate for my construction, a roll-on/roll-off vessel. The uploaded file was just a temp file. In my assembly I made a path mate like Chris Michalski suggested. My problem here is that just a vertex on the OD is following the path and not the surface of the wheel. Would like to learn how you got your result.
I was able to get it to work with a pathmate. You just need to put your path in the center of the wheel, rather than using the outer edge.
Here's what I did:
Create a sketch on the front plane of Part4. Use "Offset Entities" and select each of the bottom edges and offset 150mm (radius of follower.) When you create the Path Mate, use the center point of your wheel as the Component Vertex, and use the SelectionManager on the path to select the entire Open Loop.
You might want to consider adding radius' to smooth out the profile as well.
that did the trick! didn't thought about the offset and the center of the wheel. The profile will have smooth edges, it's just a temp file.
Thanks a lot!
I was able to get it to work with a pathmate. You just need to put your path in the center of the wheel, rather than using the outer edge.
Here's what I did:
Create a sketch on the front plane of Part4. Use "Offset Entities" and select each of the bottom edges and offset 150mm (radius of follower.) When you create the Path Mate, use the center point of your wheel as the Component Vertex, and use the SelectionManager on the path to select the entire Open Loop.
You might want to consider adding radius' to smooth out the profile as well.