In MotionStudy, the rotary motor doesn't rotate the assembled model

[sprashanth]

I have created a Wheel using Solidworks, basically an assembly of a wheel's rim with the wheel disc and bolts and nuts. I would like to make a simulation where the whole wheel rotates at a certain constant speed, say 50rpm. I went to motion study, and I chose the RotaryMotor and set constant speed of 50rpm & I selected the outer face of the rim for the motor and chose the time frame for the simulation as 10 seconds. But when I run the simulation, the wheel does not rotate at all. What could be the problem here?

 

[JMirisola]

Is the part fully constrained? I believe it has to be able to rotate about the axis to work.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[Theophilus]

Can you spin everything manually in the regular SolidWorks ViewPort? If not, (as Jeff hinted at above), you probably have something constrained too tightly to perform the simulation.



Jeff Mowry

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