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Trying to animate how cables and/or hoses would move in a mechanism. I have a gimbal joint and a cable wrap design where I need to see how the cables and hoses would behave as the components move. two separate cases. The cables and hoses need to be moved by existing geometry.
I have a fairly complex mechanism for the gimbal with a universal joint that moves +/-50 in both axis which produces large excursions of the cooling hoses.
The cable wrap has +/-270 degree rotation that I need see as the hoses and cables are twisted around a pole.
The premium solution is fully animated flexing and a fall back solution would have the assemble moved in discrete increments and regenerated to see what's happening.
Below is a zip file of an animation showing the gimbal motion only with no cables or hoses modeled yet.
2006-11-14_075932_overall_view.zip
Trying to animate how cables and/or hoses would move in a mechanism. I have a gimbal joint and a cable wrap design where I need to see how the cables and hoses would behave as the components move. two separate cases. The cables and hoses need to be moved by existing geometry.
I have a fairly complex mechanism for the gimbal with a universal joint that moves +/-50 in both axis which produces large excursions of the cooling hoses.
The cable wrap has +/-270 degree rotation that I need see as the hoses and cables are twisted around a pole.
The premium solution is fully animated flexing and a fall back solution would have the assemble moved in discrete increments and regenerated to see what's happening.
Below is a zip file of an animation showing the gimbal motion only with no cables or hoses modeled yet.
2006-11-14_075932_overall_view.zip