Slot or Slider Constraint
Slot or Slider Constraint
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I'm having some trouble working out what constraint to use and how to apply it to a simple mechanism. I have not used Mechanisms a lot and and don't know how to define the feature I have modelled.
Attached is a screen shot.
What I would like to do is add a contraint to the slot, about the hole in the lower step which will allow a pin to travel up the slot in the link bar before folding the upper step in vertical and parellel to the lower step.
Hope that makes sense.
Do I need to be using a slot, a slider or what to allow linar motion and rotation along the slot? How do I apply the relavant constrain, do I need a sketched curve, and axis running parallel to the slot or what?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Attached is a screen shot.
What I would like to do is add a contraint to the slot, about the hole in the lower step which will allow a pin to travel up the slot in the link bar before folding the upper step in vertical and parellel to the lower step.
Hope that makes sense.
Do I need to be using a slot, a slider or what to allow linar motion and rotation along the slot? How do I apply the relavant constrain, do I need a sketched curve, and axis running parallel to the slot or what?
Thanks in advance for the help.





RE: Slot or Slider Constraint
The upper step will havwe a stop which will prevent it from going past horizontal.
The lower step overlaps the upper step and the link bar fits between the two.
Cheers.
RE: Slot or Slider Constraint
Now Ihave another problem, I can't drag the mechanism with the 'drag components' handle as I get the message in the dashboard "You may not drag a model belonging to the ground body."
What does this mean and how to get around it?
Cheers.
RE: Slot or Slider Constraint
Sorry if I am off on this one, but I hope I was of help.
-AAFuni