sliding assembly

[senthil_2403]

can u tell me anyone how to do the sheet that slides on the radius curve.

 

[SRINIVASANIYER1]

Can you elaborate a little? A picture or a sketch would
help.

 

[senthil_2403]

here i attached the pictureView attachment 4533

 

[wamarler]

Perhaps a cam & follower mechanism?

 

[SRINIVASANIYER1]

Your picture does not give clarity with respect to the mechanism requirement. To describe the mechanism you need to define the following...
1. Fixed component
2. Moving component
3. Mechanism constraint between the moving and fixed component.


Regards

 

[senthil_2403]

View attachment 4553

 

[senthil_2403]

PLEASE ADVISE WHICH ASSEMBLY CONSTRAINT I HAVE TO CONSIDER FOR THE ABOVE

 

[wamarler]

Senthil, what you're asking for can be done in Wildfire 5.0 as a "belted" mechanism. I've never made one, so you'll have to read up on it yourself.

Prior to WF5 this kind of thing has to be faked with a slot-follower mechanism. See here for an example: http://www.ptc.com/cs/cs_25/howto/apm11043/apm11043.htm . In your case you would need to define the "tread" to be so small that a string of links joined (using pin mechanisms) appears to be a single deformable piece of material (ie, a piece of paper bending, or a piece of plastic, etc).

 

[wamarler]

I hear SolidWorks does this kind of thing "much better" but I haven't played with it.