Spherical mate along curve?
Spherical mate along curve?
(OP)
So.. I have this ball in an assembly, and I want to have it roll between two steel plates that are equidistant from each other, both with an identical curve (imagine a piece of U-channel that is curved with a steel ball rolling along it).
Is this possible to model in SW to the point of animation? Is there some special mate I'm missing that would work well, like maybe the cam mate in some way?
I saw something similar on Mike Wilson's site, but I'm not sure how to implement it for this particular application.
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Thanks!
Is this possible to model in SW to the point of animation? Is there some special mate I'm missing that would work well, like maybe the cam mate in some way?
I saw something similar on Mike Wilson's site, but I'm not sure how to implement it for this particular application.
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Thanks!






RE: Spherical mate along curve?
I ended up drawing a spline in the channel, mating it equal distances from either side. I then extruded the sketch to be a surface, which worked well when I mated the origin of the cam follower to the surface.
RE: Spherical mate along curve?
If it must roll, that will be more difficult. Perhaps use some features within SW 2007 to create a belt relationship with a path and the ball can roll along your path, also limited with a distance mate or mated to a curve/segment.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Spherical mate along curve?
Thanks for the ideas so far...
RE: Spherical mate along curve?
Good luck.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.