Compressing Springs in Assemblies?
Compressing Springs in Assemblies?
(OP)
I'm currently working on a couple assemblies in Inventor 5.3 that involve the compression of springs. To simplify the assembly for discriptive proposes I basically have a spring mounted vertically between two horizontal plates. What I would like to occur is that as the plates move together the spring should compress. Is this actually possible in Inventor? Or am I out of luck on this?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated,
Thx
-Edgewise
Any comments would be greatly appreciated,
Thx
-Edgewise





RE: Compressing Springs in Assemblies?
JKG
RE: Compressing Springs in Assemblies?
Thanks again for the help.
-Edgewise
RE: Compressing Springs in Assemblies?
I can't seem to find the spring file on the cbliss website? Any chance you could point me to the direct link where you found the spring files you needed? I need to use a spring in a ratchet assembly and I need it to function in a contact set for testing the interaction of the other parts.
If you know where I can download an entire ratchet mechanism that would be good too.
Thanks -
RE: Compressing Springs in Assemblies?
Sean Dotson, PE
RND Automation & Engineering
www.rndautomation.com