Friday, April 4, 2008

Solidworks Asssembly Animation of Chain on Path

This is a demo on how to make a part follow a predetermined path. In this case it is similar to a bicycle chain path. Use a surface extrude for the path and then that part can be hidden in the assembly and nobody will ever know it was there. Super!!

4 comments:

Joel and Suzy said...

Hey there, good posts. When you are creating a chain on a path I understood how you used the cam mates, very helpful, so I can now get one chain link to follow the path. But how did you get the whole chain to follow the path. If you have any tips on how to get a chain and sprocket to work together properly that would be extremely helpful.
Thanks,
Joel
Joelf223@hotmail.com

Jaxon said...

Ya, how to make the whole chain running on sprocket?
Thanks.
Jakserene@msn.com

victoria said...

Hi,
This video tutorial got me thinking about camera sleds and I was wondering, how they manage to make sharp turns with the camera using the camera sled without it going all over the place. Either the sled is turning or there is some setting with the camera I can't figure out.
I am currently trying to do a first person view of someone walking through a layout and I can't seem to figure out how to get the cameras to turn accurately. Right now it looks disconnected or like a drunk is holding the camera.

In the help section the example is called moving through enclosed space.

- Victoria

vcat2k@gmail.com

Pearu said...

Good posts. But how did you get the whole chain to follow the path. If you have any tips on how to get a chain and sprocket to work together properly that would be extremely helpful.

Thanks,
Pearu
pearu1@hot.ee