Can I push one part with another in asm mode?

[RCFLY]

I just went through

http://www.alibre.com/company/news/news ... 09-tip.asp

And am curious if something like this is possible where the two items aren't always in contact with each other.

Thanks for reading

-RCfly

 

[DavidJ]

That's clever - how do you get to read December newsletter before it's visble here? Or do I have a browser caching problem that is stopping me see the newsletter this tip belongs to...

 

[RCFLY]

I got the link in an email yesterday afternoon! I didn't do anything james bond promise.

 

[Dcrouch9]

Got mine yesterday too!

 

[DavidJ]

I think the e-mails are usually spread over a few days - which explains why I haven't got mine yet. The tip appears to be part of the December newsletter, but when I look at the Alibre web site the November newsletter version still shows up.

Not really a problem, but a bit odd.

[EDIT - just worked it out, Alibre haven't updated the link from the company news page - it still points to the previous newsletter. I was able to find the December newsletter by editing the URL].

 

[Wing-Nut]

It must be spanned out because I got mine the other day too and was wondering the same thing as RCFLY.

 

[MilesH]

which explains why I haven't got mine yet.

You get one? I never get sent the newsletter..

 

[DavidJ]

Miles, I get them occasionally - by no means every month. When they do turn up it is usually several days after the newsletter has been on the web site.

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Can't you just register a new email? Hell do it a half dozen times and then your bound to get at least one.

 

[MilesH]

I gave up trying ages ago...... Anyway, it's good to see that stuff we post here make its way into it

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

If anyone wants I could forward it to them every time it comes. PM me if you want to set it up.

 

[Wing-Nut]

The News Letters will not come if you have a xxx@xxxxx.net address. You have to have a xxx@xxxx.com Address. I had this problem until I opened my website which is a .com address.

 

[cncrouterman]

Looks great, but how do you make it work in Motion?

 

[mikeschn]

Do you mean, like pushing one link with another? Like in this mov?

http://www.mikenchell.com/images2/motion.mov

Mike...

 

[wathavy4]

The roller follows the cam face only when precise placement is used, isn't it?

 

[HaroldL]

The roller follows the cam face only when precise placement is used, isn't it?

Toshi,
The roller follows the cam face because the defining sketch of the roller is Tangentially constrained to a projected edge of the cam. The roller is also created as a new part in the assembly.

H.
v12.0

 

[wathavy4]

Harold, I wonder if the assembly could be moved the same way as they did while the part is manually moved.
But it doesn't, right?

 

[HaroldL]

Toshi,
I had to go back and reread the tip. I just tried it and the roller will not follow the cam when continuously rotated manually. However, if you make small changes to the cam rotation the roller will follow. By using the Precise Placement Tool as suggested and holding the Return key down you esentially are making small rotational changes which are instantly updated.

Ideally, you could apply a tangent between the cam and roller in the assembly and have the roller follow while manually rotating the cam. Just as you asked.

H.
v12.0

 

[wathavy4]

However, if you make small changes to the cam rotation the roller will follow.

Oh! :shock:

You're genius.