Tangent mate not working
Tangent mate not working
(OP)
This is strange. I've got a couple of "gears" (like cams) I'm working on--very wonky shapes whose profiles are best described with a spline (not elliptical, round, or regular). I'd like them to touch at their tangent points--think of an ear-shaped extrusion--the curved surfaces of which I'm trying to make tangent to one another (two of these cam/gears).
When in the mate dialog box I get either Parallel or Perpendicular as options--not tangent. Any ideas? I'm quite confident I've done this sort of thing before, even if the extruded curved surfaces were built from a spline. Perhaps I've got amnesia on how to do this?
And if that works, I'd like to create a gear or belt mate (if remotely possible) so I can move the cam/gears in relation to one another smoothly to test the motion they generate in my assembly.
Thanks,
When in the mate dialog box I get either Parallel or Perpendicular as options--not tangent. Any ideas? I'm quite confident I've done this sort of thing before, even if the extruded curved surfaces were built from a spline. Perhaps I've got amnesia on how to do this?
And if that works, I'd like to create a gear or belt mate (if remotely possible) so I can move the cam/gears in relation to one another smoothly to test the motion they generate in my assembly.
Thanks,
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.






RE: Tangent mate not working
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RE: Tangent mate not working
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Tangent mate not working
RE: Tangent mate not working
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
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RE: Tangent mate not working
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.