Deadwood Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Can Solidworks create and simulate forces on a flexible cable/rope? It would be quite usefull when designing a winch, bicycle brakes/gear shifter, hoisting system, etc. I use Autodesk Inventor Pro 2009 and it seems it lacks this ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 i believe you are in the same boat. They have no problem simulating a flexible cable but im not sure about using it as part of a mechanical assembly to transmit forces. Ill do some digging in my help files tomorrow at work(dont have SW at home). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miki002 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 i have same problem, i need some simple cable that connects 2 sliders and passes trough a smaal reel or something. basicly want to make one slider to move the other via cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 In the motion simulation there is an action/reaction force but i havent played with this much. There are ways you can apply forces to each object to have them move but at this time i dont know if there is a way to transmit. But if you have a properly constrained assembly where the rope has some relations with the pulley and the sliders i imagine it would move it all. Again i dont know this for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick_timmerman Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Why would you have a flexible rope in a calculation of a winch etc. This would make the calculation extremely heavy. This is even in Ansys an impossible option. Just make an estimation about which load case would be the most extreme and calculate that load case. I've worked on a side loader arm for quite a while and there were only 10 of endlessly positions interesting enough to calculate. So don't make it difficult for yourselve, estimate and calculate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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