Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
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Good afternoon, I have a plate and in the plate, I have a standard slot thru the plate. The slot has a radius at the top and the bottom of the slot. I have au-bolt going thru the slotand I have mated the u-bolt between the sides alright
using width, but I can not get the width to work with the top and bottom radiuses. Is there a way to use something like width only with the radiuses, so the u-bolt won't side thru the top or bottom of the slotted plate? Thanks you in advance for any ideas or assistance.
using width, but I can not get the width to work with the top and bottom radiuses. Is there a way to use something like width only with the radiuses, so the u-bolt won't side thru the top or bottom of the slotted plate? Thanks you in advance for any ideas or assistance.






RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-27-06)
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
This is why I always model my parts with the default planes going through the center of the part. Makes it easier to mate them in assemblies, especially if there are holes or slots.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-27-06)
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-27-06)
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Alternately, if at least one radius of the slot is concentric with one legs of the u-bolt in the configuration you're modelling, you could put a concentric mate on one leg of the bolt and the radius it is concentric with and be done with it.
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Good morning, thanks for the response. I am not sure about how to do the picture, but all it is is a u-bolt going throuogh a slot in a plate. The u-bolt is 1-1/2 " wide made out of .250 rod and the slot in the plate is about 3" long. So the u-bolt slides up and down the slot and if it is inportant, it hold a pipe in place. I have the u-bolt staying in the slot, but I can not position the u-bolt inside the slot, which places the pipes that run through the u-bolt. Is that kind of clear?
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
There are a million ways to do this, but I tend to use planes defined by feature geometry for things like this because it doesn't involve any numerical definition and preserves my geometry when changes are made. I'm sure there are those who won't agree that it's the most efficient way, but it works for simple assemblies fairly well.
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Can you not use a tangent mate between the U-bolt and the pipe it is clamping to?
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
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The u-bolt slides inside of the slot alright, I just need to lock the distance from the top down when I put it in an assembly, so it won't move. Does this make it look clearer?
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
Horizontal?
or ...
Vertical?
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate
RE: Mating a U-Bolt into a Sloted Plate