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Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot
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Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot

Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot

(OP)
thread561-336586: constraining to a slot so the part can move between centers of the slot

There are many old threads out there asking if this can be done and I'm hoping that since 2014 NX has hopefully added this feature in some way but I'm coming up empty. I don't have license access but would this be something available in the Motion Application?

I'm currently using NX 11 Mach 1 Design and Simcenter Structures.

RE: Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot

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RE: Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot

This can be done in NX11 using a distance Constraint - you can set a range for the Distance from Max to Min

Look at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pjsrPPWUU
at 13:10

John Joyce
Manufacturing Engineer
Senior Aerospace CT
NX 10 & 11.0.1 Vericut 8.0.3

RE: Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot

(OP)
Thanks @joycejo! That's exactly what I needed!

RE: Assembly Constraints for Pin in a Slot

Here's an "NX Quick-Tip" video which explicitly covers the use of the "Driven Assembly Constraint".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPTpV6G5Wo&in...

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