2 Replies Latest reply on May 25, 2015 12:25 PM by Tiago Sousa

i have an assembly in which I need to place the center part at an angle related to the two outside parts, how to I apply an angle to an entire assembly ?

Tiago Sousa May 22, 2015 4:35 PM

the attachement is a production line. in the center is the main line and on the outsides are the outside rollers. They are not fully defined yet and I am sure you guys will find my creation terrible, but thas what i was able to do with my limited knoledge. please feel free to give me as much construction feedback as you want.

but what main reason im here is the following:

i want to leave both outside creations flat, while applying an angle to the center table ? if you are looking from the side the center table is going to be 7.5 inches lower then the outside in the end, and 11 inches higher in the beginning of the line. so i need to angle the whole center assembly in relation to the outside. I have no idea on how to do that. please advise.

table with bunks and base support and roller.SLDASM.zip 209.1 KB

Re: i have an assembly in which I need to place the center part at an angle related to the two outside parts, how to I apply an angle to an entire assembly ?

Alex Henry May 24, 2015 8:52 PM (in response to Tiago Sousa)

Hi Tiago,

I opened your assembly but only in design review mode due to not having any of the parts/sub-assemblies.

Not knowing how you created this I can only answer based on assumptions.
I would do this in three main steps - In your assembly you need to create an angled plane so that you can mate the centre assembly to it . This can be done in your existing asssembly

1) Firstly create a sketch - sorry it's in metric but you'll get the gist...this sketch can define the leg height at each end and a driven dimension for the angle (or make it driving).

2) Add an axis - Exit the sketch and select a point and a plane perpendicular to the intended axis (I used the default FRONT- using Insert> Reference geometry

(how to insert reference geometry)

3) Now add a plane using Insert> Reference Geometry, but this time, select the axis and the line.

The final result with sketch, axis and plane showing

From there you can add mates to it. I created the assembly in 2015 - ping me if you need it and I'll send you the file
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  Tiago Sousa May 25, 2015 12:25 PM (in response to Alex Henry)
  
  thanks you sooooo much for your reply Alex, that was great. i have the 2014-2015 version currrently. if you could send me the file that would be great. maybe save it as an earlier version ?
  
  let me attach all the parts here so you can open the whole project if you want. maybe that will change your approach or what not.
  again, thank you sooo much for your time.
  
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