Chizz Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 hi there i am putting together an engine on autodesk inventor 2010, and want to anamate the engine i have managed to make the piston assembly move. my problem is i have a cam which moves a leaf spring and i am not sure show to make the spring bend where it should as inventor does not know it is a spring. any help would be great i have attached a word doc with some pictures. thanks Chizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Ferral Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Sounds like a job for Adaptive parts! Check out this article: http://inthemachine-autodesk.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/make-it-adaptive.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Have you examined the adaptive leaf spring in the Scissors example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chizz Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 ah ok thanks for your help i will look into that and see if i get anywhere. many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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