Hello there,
I'm working on 2010 premium at school and am trying to animate my rube goldberg device. I'm new to this, and so is my teacher, so im not all the way sure what to do.
I've tried adding gravity and various contact points but it seems SW either ignores the contact points it behaves very oddly as parts will go off in different directions. Could someone explain what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
Cody w
A rube goldberg is basically just a device that takes a lot of componets to accomplish a simple thing. for example, turning on a light.
I have a ball that I am trying to make roll down a spiral ramp. In my actual assembly, this doesnt do anything when I try. So I isolated the two componets and it behaved oddly.(see video)
any advice?
And here is a picture of my assembly
Thank you so much for your help!!!
Ah! I would call that a Heath Robinson device. Different cultures have different expressions.
It sems that you are guillotining a rope to drop a weight on a push button switch.
I have no experience of simulating ropes, but it is a commonly asked question here so you could search the archive if you need help for that.
I don't have the add in to view Flash so I can't see the motion. However if your problem is the ball passing through solids like a ghost passing through a closed door, then try reducing the value of gravity. If that helps, then your solution lies in the Contact property manager. Start by reducing the sampling interval so that SW can push back on the ball before it gets right through the solid by which time it is too late and the ball will go straight on till morning. There are more complex settings too.
Animated GIF format displays in web pages without the need for add ins.
hi Cody, do you know what kind of educational license that you guys have? i would try turning on tools > addins > solidworks motion. the basic motion contact solver is ok but not great. the solidworks motion one is better. that is likely what is causing you trouble.
if you could post your video captured with something like jing, taht might help us better understand what is going on.
john's comments about the ropes is interesting. i see them in your model. how arey ou handlign them? springs?
I figured that there was a teacher out there who did not know what he was on about.
Etiquette in this forum is to show us a screen capture (.png format) of what you have achieved so far, so that we know you are not just a troll, and we will be enthused to help.
I suppose you are talking about what I call Rubic's Cube, and I know nothing about its mechanism, but you will need to in order to simulate its motion.
Gravity and Contact do not come into it. I suggest that one point of the mechanism be mated coincident with the SW Origin and Fixed against translation and rotation. Then you can Mate the other components to each other and rotate any component.