using arrangements or constraints to drive sequence?
using arrangements or constraints to drive sequence?
(OP)
Hey Everyone ...
I have an assembly that is a set of linkages and sliders and a shock ----> think suspension set-up.
i have 3 arrangements made: 1) full extension; 2) 30% of shock travel; 3) full compression (65mm)
all these arrangements are driven 100% by a distance constraint in the assembly (0*65 / .3*65 / 1X65)
i am trying to figure out how to create a sequence (animation) from these arrangements ... hence the title of the thread.
can i drive the motion of the sequence between specific arrangements?
i know that you can extract arrangements during a sequence ... but my request is sort of the other way around
can i drive the motion of the sequence with actual assembly constraints?
aka: can i stroke the shock and see the kinematic of my suspension move??
thanks everyone
geoff
NX 9.0.3.4
I have an assembly that is a set of linkages and sliders and a shock ----> think suspension set-up.
i have 3 arrangements made: 1) full extension; 2) 30% of shock travel; 3) full compression (65mm)
all these arrangements are driven 100% by a distance constraint in the assembly (0*65 / .3*65 / 1X65)
i am trying to figure out how to create a sequence (animation) from these arrangements ... hence the title of the thread.
can i drive the motion of the sequence between specific arrangements?
i know that you can extract arrangements during a sequence ... but my request is sort of the other way around
can i drive the motion of the sequence with actual assembly constraints?
aka: can i stroke the shock and see the kinematic of my suspension move??
thanks everyone
geoff
NX 9.0.3.4





RE: using arrangements or constraints to drive sequence?
I don't believe there's a way to drive animation from arrangements, but given that your arrangements are 100% driven by an expression anyway, I'd suggest checking out the "Animation" function for this. You can use expressions (including expression-driven constraints) to do some really nice motion.
See this thread for some more details:
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=411167
Does that help?
Taylor Anderson
NX Product Manager, Knowledge Reuse and NX Design
Product Engineering Software
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
(Phoenix, Arizona)