Mate chain
Mate chain
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Hello, I want to make chain. I've made one piece of the chain. And that part must be copied and mate at the back of the previous piece. I've tried a linear pattern, but then are the mates not fixed. Wat is the simplest way to do a thing like that?






RE: Mate chain
RE: Mate chain
RE: Mate chain
RE: Mate chain
Extrude a surface that represents the path your chain makes. Mate the pieces of your chain such that their centers (holes or pegs) lie on this extruded surface. Create concentric mates among the links. (Only every other link needs to have centers mated to your surface, since the concentric mates will constrain the links to their proper places.)
If you use the Fit Spline tool in your extruded sketch to create your surface, you can also get your links to move around the surface by dragging them (because you will then have a true single surface instead of a surface made up of arcs and flats).
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Mate chain
RE: Mate chain
Rule 1: Don't design something you don't make at your company. To show for a chain, make an extruded belt like part and use that instead.
Rule 2: Don't over design your parts.
Rule 3: See Rule 1 and 2
However if you want to bad enough, look at using either a sketch driven pattern, or a curve driven pattern.
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Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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RE: Mate chain
RE: Mate chain
You can make the sprockets move, but just let the chain/belt just like it is.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
www.scottjbaugh.com
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RE: Mate chain
You don't say what version you're running if it's 2007 have you looked at belt and chain in sketching and assembly sections of help?
Dennis
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.0
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RE: Mate chain
RE: Mate chain
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Mate chain
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Mate chain
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Mate chain
To do so would probably require a special kind of part--or maybe a fake part--that would appear to bend or roll along the path. Maybe it could be done with moving decals? Tough problem to solve.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Mate chain
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