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Constraint Problem - Inventor Pro 2011

Constraint Problem - Inventor Pro 2011

Constraint Problem - Inventor Pro 2011

(OP)
Hi All,

I thought I had posted before but it does not seem to be here.  If it doea turn up opologies in advance for any duplication.

What I have is a disk to which I want to place at right angles a steel plate (refer attached).  So far I have managed to get the steel plate at the correct starting point about which it revolves quite freely.  I need to stop the free movement and have it at an angle of 77° off the vertical but cannot get it to stick.

Any ideas - what am I not doing right?

Best Rgds,
Dave R.

RE: Constraint Problem - Inventor Pro 2011

Of course an assembly without parts is useless.
This should have been covered in training (actually - just common sense).
An assembly file *.iam is simply a record of hyperlinks to individual part files *.ipt , assembly constraints and a bit more.

I would use assembly constraints representative of the real world assemlby process to place the parts relative to each other.

If you can't figure it out attach the parts here.

RE: Constraint Problem - Inventor Pro 2011

Don't forget about using origin planes for constraints.

RE: Constraint Problem - Inventor Pro 2011

(OP)
Hi rollupswx & mcgyvr,

Got it!!

Place the part where you want it, like my assembly shows, then ground it so it does not move.  I new it had to be something simple like that but sometimes the fog is too dense, like my brain, to see it.

Thanks again.

Best Rgds,
Dave R.

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