shift1313 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Is there any way to model interaction between components in the assembly environment? In a motion study I know you can add contact relationships, but im looking for something in the assembly environment. I know about interference detection, but its not really what im looking for. Here is an example. In Inventor I can turn components into Contact Sets and either manually move them or drive contraints to see how they intersact. Simple mates in the assembly environment(gears for instance) only simulate a mathematical relationship and not actual contact between teeth. While the motion study will do what I would like, I would still like to manually move components and have them move other components. Hopefully that made sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 F1 on Search tab search the terms Physical Dynamics. Done with the Move Component tool Options set to Physical Dynamics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thanks JD, that was what i was looking for. I played with it a bit but my practice assembly is a helical gearset so not the most friendly. It seems to work with sensitivity kicked up but still appears "labored". Could be my computer though. It works much better with a simple example of boxes on a plane. Is this only available while using move/rotate components? It appears that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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