How to get a linear motor to act tangentially to a cylinder
How to get a linear motor to act tangentially to a cylinder
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Hello all,
I am trying to apply a linear motor to the highlighted part in the image below:

As you can see, selecting the outside surface of the cylinder creates a linear motor which acts along the cylinder's axis. However, I need the motor to act in such a way that the cylinder is pushed along the slot shown in the model. The only other parts of the cylinder that I can select are the two faces at the ends and their corresponding edges. How can I go about doing this?
Thanks
--Amr
I am trying to apply a linear motor to the highlighted part in the image below:

As you can see, selecting the outside surface of the cylinder creates a linear motor which acts along the cylinder's axis. However, I need the motor to act in such a way that the cylinder is pushed along the slot shown in the model. The only other parts of the cylinder that I can select are the two faces at the ends and their corresponding edges. How can I go about doing this?
Thanks
--Amr






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