Is there a way to make a feature similar to a belt/chain where one of the entities is linear? I want to model a pully moving a lever.
Is there a way to make a feature similar to a belt/chain where one of the entities is linear? I want to model a pully moving a lever.
Are you talking about something like this? Are you wondering how to model the "chain" or just how to mate the motion of the pulley to the motion of the lever?
Hi,
Yes, that's almost exactly it, except for two minor differences:
I'm more interested in mating the two components than modeling the link itself.
Thanks
For simply mating the motions of the levers and pulleys you might be able to use gear mates. It might not be perfect but maybe it is close enough for your purposes.
If you are looking for a way to model the belt so that it updates dynamically as you move a lever, that will be very difficult. I think maybe the best you can do is draw it in context of the assembly with the ends tied to the levers. Then after you move the levers a rebuild would update the belt.
For simply mating the motions of the levers and pulleys you might be able to use gear mates. It might not be perfect but maybe it is close enough for your purposes.
If you are looking for a way to model the belt so that it updates dynamically as you move a lever, that will be very difficult. I think maybe the best you can do is draw it in context of the assembly with the ends tied to the levers. Then after you move the levers a rebuild would update the belt.