ZoltecRules
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This is my first How-To and something I'm not ENTIRELY sure will work in all cases, but I thought I should take a shot.
Alot of us use spherical rod ends aka heim jointsin Mechanism by creating a simple Ball connection between the center of Ball and Body spheres of the two joints, however this causes problems since it doesn't allow for any limitation on how far the rod end can misalign:
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A simple way to prevent this limitation involves creating a cam connection between the two parts:
1. Create a Ball connection between the two parts in standard mode.
2. Open up Mechanism and go to Drag mode. Move the Ball part so it is relatively close to the inside of the edge as shown:
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3. Open up the Cam Connections and create a new one using two references. The first reference will be the ball surface:
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NOTE: Make sure the arrow is pointing outwards. If not, Flip it.
4. The second reference will be inside edge of the body:
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Note: Make sure the arrow is point INWARDS. If not, again flip it.
5. Go to the properties tab and Enable Liftoff. Complete the defenition/
6. Go to Drag mode again and try to move the rod end. You'll see that it is limited to the two surfaces touching each other.
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I hope this has been helpful. Please respond with your comment and questions!
Matt
Alot of us use spherical rod ends aka heim jointsin Mechanism by creating a simple Ball connection between the center of Ball and Body spheres of the two joints, however this causes problems since it doesn't allow for any limitation on how far the rod end can misalign:
View attachment 2361
A simple way to prevent this limitation involves creating a cam connection between the two parts:
1. Create a Ball connection between the two parts in standard mode.
2. Open up Mechanism and go to Drag mode. Move the Ball part so it is relatively close to the inside of the edge as shown:
View attachment 2362
3. Open up the Cam Connections and create a new one using two references. The first reference will be the ball surface:
View attachment 2363
NOTE: Make sure the arrow is pointing outwards. If not, Flip it.
4. The second reference will be inside edge of the body:
View attachment 2364
Note: Make sure the arrow is point INWARDS. If not, again flip it.
5. Go to the properties tab and Enable Liftoff. Complete the defenition/
6. Go to Drag mode again and try to move the rod end. You'll see that it is limited to the two surfaces touching each other.
View attachment 2365
I hope this has been helpful. Please respond with your comment and questions!
Matt