Springs

[Wersan]

Has anyone ever created a spring and used relations to keep the spring from failing (hooks on the ends usually fail)when you change the pitch. So you can use the spring as a template to create others, without having to work through the failures. Is it possible?

 

[raedbenz]

hi man...u request is not applicable......changing the pitch means a total shange int spring charachteristics.......

 

[appinmi]

I have created a spring, "with hooks", that has relations so that you can change the length, spring diameter, wire size, and/or pitch that will not fail. If someone can tell me how to get the dimension symbols to show on the screen, instead of the dimensions, I will gladly post my method, with pictures, so you can view it.

 

[Zaki]

I THINK THERE IS NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL, WHY HOOKS FAIL?? WHAT METHOD U ADOPT, USE SWEEP FOR HOOK AND USE SPRIND END FACE (CIRCULAR) CENTER POINT FOR TRAJECTORY START POINT.

 

[jbuckl]

The model from the files area only 'fails' for me the first timeI convert it into metric sizes.After that its fine.


jbuckl

 

[megaladon]

I have created a spring, "with hooks", that has relations so that you can change the length, spring diameter, wire size, and/or pitch that will not fail. If someone can tell me how to get the dimension symbols to show on the screen, instead of the dimensions, I will gladly post my method, with pictures, so you can view it.

are you asking how to show "A" for dia "B" for pitch?


if so edit a feature with these dims highlight dim /right click dim /properties replace the @D with @S and in the name type in the "A"

 

[appinmi]

No, that is not what I wanted. In older versions of Proe, you could "switch dimensions", and all dimensions on the screen would toggle between their dimension and their symbol name.

 

[jbuckl]

click >info >switch dims

 

[appinmi]

Thank you very much