mattador04 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I need help constraining the geometry sown. If the pieces of metal were at 90, i could use a mate with an offset distance.... BUT in this case, things are weird. PLEASE HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 You can constrain them at an angle. Question though. How would you constrain them in reality? And do they stay at a fixed angle or move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattador04 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Weld. Cannot constrain at an angle because as the two assemblies slide against one another at the miter, they remain at the same angle to one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattador04 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Sorry, fixed to answer your question. It is a horizontal band on a building that is taking a corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 If its a metal part I would just define the sheet metal in an .ipt and they wont move. If I understand you they are parts in an assembly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattador04 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Yes, it is an assembly (.iam) file, and yes, I have made sheet metal .ipt's that are placed in the IAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Even if they are sliding you should be able to constrain at an angle. Ill have to try and do a test to see. If you need the motion between them you can apply a joint and tell it exactly which degrees of freedom it has. For the angle between faces you can then dictate what angle range(same min and max) between the faces. Its easier in reality if there is a face or something that it can coincide with but you can fake it with DoF and angle limits. Anything else special about the motion between them for when i get a chance to test it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 mattador, i got a chance to play around with this and you can use the Constraint like i mentioned. You can add whatever other constraints or joints you need and then use the Angle Type to keep them at a certain angle. Let me know if that isn't the case for you. It doesn't keep the parts from sliding along their miter joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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