Trying to mate to a sweep
Trying to mate to a sweep
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Hi,
Im trying to simulate the movement of a tapping head following a 3D sweep that ive drawn of a coil to see if there is any interference between the tapping head and the coil as it curves around the coil.
Im having trouble finding a good way to mate the two parts in order for me to drag the head along the coil and see how it interacts with the coil.
Id appreciate any help,
Thanks, Andrew
Im trying to simulate the movement of a tapping head following a 3D sweep that ive drawn of a coil to see if there is any interference between the tapping head and the coil as it curves around the coil.
Im having trouble finding a good way to mate the two parts in order for me to drag the head along the coil and see how it interacts with the coil.
Id appreciate any help,
Thanks, Andrew






RE: Trying to mate to a sweep
Show your sweep guide curve or copy it so you can see it. Create a point in a sketch within your tapping head part. (I'm not sure what direction your carving out material, so you'll need to make your sketch point where the point of contact of your tapping head will be according to your guide curve of your coil.) Mate the sketch point of the tapping head to the guide curve of your coil to constrain it to follow the curve. You'll also need to constrain your tapping head with at least one other mate--to keep the head vertical, or whatever you need--and that should do it.
The placement of your point in the tapping head sketch will be important.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
RE: Trying to mate to a sweep
I tried what you said but I cant seem to mate the point sketched inside my tapping head to any curved part of the guide curve of the coil.
Any thoughts?
RE: Trying to mate to a sweep
If you can CTRL-select the point and the guide curve, you should be able to make a coincident mate.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
RE: Trying to mate to a sweep
When I try to mate the point with one of the curved sections, I get a message saying that I am unable to mate this selection with my point. It wont let me select the curve. However it will let me mate with any straight line on the cuve.
RE: Trying to mate to a sweep
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