Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
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I have created the cam and the rollers and then proceeded to try and use mates to constrain the rollers to follow the cam.
No joy!
Anyone else had luck this sort of thing?
No joy!
Anyone else had luck this sort of thing?






RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
Is there some reason a simple surface to surface tangent mate won't work?
Remember...
"If you don't use your head,
your going to have to use your feet."
RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
The extruded surface allows mating and the tangent contact of the cam and the roller to be cintinual.
Let me know how it works for your application.
Jay
RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
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RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
Lots of good stuff to try here.
I'll take another turn at it with all your suggestions and let you know the results.
RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
Sorry bout the absent info.
Jay
RE: Need to make rollers follow a multicurved cam surface
The only thing squirrely about these is that they sometimes flip to the wrong side of the cam when dragging the cam around. After all there are two possible geometrically correct soulutions to this mate.
Just watch out and be ready with the undo button.