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simple animation

sudhishjoseph

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Hello,


I want to make a simple animation of a product or a plate that is constrained on another plate(by offset and align).Is it possible. Is animation possible only if there is a mechanism. I want to show a product falling out of a set of mould plate. Pls guide.


Thanks


sudhish
 
yeah its easy.



1) constrain your object falling out of the mould so that it can only move up and down.

2) make a driver plane-to-plane, pick direction, then velocity of item.

3) run simulation.

4) play simulation and record it







if u need more detail let me know
 
The constraint types must be mechanism ones, so you would need to use a cylinder and planar constraint.


Using 'standard' mate/aligh etc., you can creat snapshots, but in the animation, the parts positions won't change.


I made this mistake and have seen other post the same probelm.


Bear in mind if you have an assembly on a drawing, and want it to always to show the same assembly position every time, use an assembly method with aregen method.


If you can do this sucessfully, mechanism and top-down desigh with skeletons is awsome!


Regards


Dave
 

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