rhader Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 how would I go about making something revolve around an axis? or a line? like a door for instance... this is the aircraft Cargo Door I have sketched out... just want to make some images from it and dont want to have to skew it out of position every time I take a different angle of it open or closed.... Quote
JD Mather Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 (edited) If you have it properly mated you should be able to simply drag along remaining DOF or change an angle relation for various positions. Are we talking sldprt or sldasm environment? Can you attach the assembly here? Edited August 22, 2011 by JD Mather Quote
rhader Posted August 22, 2011 Author Posted August 22, 2011 I guess I was referring to the 'hinge' constraint... I cant seem to get it to function ofr me or even apply.. I can constrain the assembly to have only one direction of movement and i can drag ita orund which is sufficient for my purposes but I would like to be able to give it constraints for opening and closing etc... Quote
Radzha Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 In this case I believe solution would be to make configuratios. one with closed doors and other with open. I have seen hinge constrint only in SW simulation. Haven't seen it anywhere else though. Quote
rhader Posted August 23, 2011 Author Posted August 23, 2011 it woul dbe nice to be able to make a video of the door opening and closing... I will be adding an actualy hinge assembly o it that would be nice to show the movemenmt of it.... any thoughts? Quote
shift1313 Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 http://www.mymlcservices.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=306&video_id=283 here is a video i made on how to use the hinge constraint. basically it adds a coincident and concentric mate and allows you to put angle stops. Typically something like this aircraft door would be stopped by some sort of linkage. Are you going to model the entire hinge mechanism? Quote
rhader Posted August 23, 2011 Author Posted August 23, 2011 awesome video! thx. yes thats the plan... we are designing the hinge mechanism basically so it would be nice to model the movement of the actual mechanism as well... Quote
shift1313 Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Here is another video i made that might help. http://www.mymlcservices.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=306&video_id=249 you can probably skip ahead to 3:45 or so in the video. This will help when you design the actual hinge mechanism because you can use paths to determine motion in a slot. Quote
rhader Posted August 24, 2011 Author Posted August 24, 2011 thx again! those videos are great! I have been using 'iGetit' a bit but not as useful as the ones you sent me.! Quote
shift1313 Posted August 24, 2011 Posted August 24, 2011 thx again!those videos are great! I have been using 'iGetit' a bit but not as useful as the ones you sent me.! no problem. Let me know if you get stuck with anything. I have a small overview of the hinge mate on my site as well. http://www.solidworkslessons.info/#!__assemblies-advanced-mates Quote
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