gotchy Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I have a simple assembly that I made to try a principle. It is comprised of a base, with a fulcrum attached, attached to the fulcrum is a lever, which is also attached to a moveable round shaft in the center of the base which is in a hole. I am attempting to lift the end of the lever to see how the shaft moves in the hole so that I can determine the shape of the slot that is needed surrounding the pivot between the shaft and the lever. Right clicking on the lever does not give me the option to release the lever from being fixed. gotchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCAD Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Try right clicking on the parts in the tree. There should be an icon to make the parts that need move flexible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Supercad it would have an (f) next to it if it was fixed. My guess is an over defined mate set. It should have a concentric and coincident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCAD Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Correct. But it wouldn't have that if it was fully constrained. If the part has the (f) next to it, float the part and then use constraints. If the op is still around, maybe he can post the part so we can see what needs to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 True. I believe flexible and rigid only apply to sub assemblies. The picture appears to be all parts. We may never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveMadoka Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 There is a mate keeping you from moving the lever. (f) means Fixed (-) not fully constrained) - you can move it in at LEAST on axis The lack of anything before the name means fully constrained (ie:unmovable) Suppress mates on the lever one at a time until you find the culprit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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