Hi!
I am trying to make a Barrel Cam and follower assembly. Currently I am using wrap and then deboss to create the cam profile. Whenever I try to mate the follower to the inner profile of the cam, the follower ends up crooked at certain points along the cam. If I try to mate anything else to the cam, it locks in the highest or lowest position. Does anybody have any ideas as to what I'm doing incorrectly?
Thank you for the link, I can see why my original method was not working. When following the tutorial though, I am unable to extrude from the base of the cylinder to the surface and get the error "The end face cannot terminate the extruded features"
Thanks!
Keep in mind that this was written 11 yrs ago.
Hi, I realise this is an old thread but i was wondering if anybody has the tutorial linked to in this post? It seems the link no longer works but i am desperate to understand how to solve the same problem as the O.P. Any other help is much appreciated. This is driving me crazy.
TIA.
Laura
I added a *.sldprt file above done more recently.
I haven't had time to re-write the tutorial.
Honestly, I would create a sketch path on the cam and put a sketch point on the cam follower. Then make them coincident. Then mate parallel, etc.
The Cam mate tends to be "wonky" at times.
I think getting the correct profile might be a bit more complex than what you did.
Here is a more involved solution.
http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/DSG322/SolidWorks%20Tutorials/SolidWorks%20Tutorial%2011.pdf
I suspect with later versions there is now an easier way with Sweep - Cut, but not sure as I haven't tried.
The key is that you need the centerline path that the tool would follow. Then offset this 3D surface (which is slightly different geometry than offsetting a 2D sketch and wrapping).
This represents a cylindrical tool following the curve around the cylinder.
If you tried Sweep, you would have to make the same accommodation (sweeping a rectangle is not the same as sweeping a cylinder).