Can Mechanism help me ?

[behnam]

Hi, I'm having a problem.


In very simplyfied case,the problem is asfollow:


The rotor is rolling on the plate along X-Axis. I want to copy the rotor tips on the plate. ( the red curve will be copy on the plate).<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />


Is there any way to do it in Mechanism, for example: by defining a contact point between rotor tip and the plate and map the pathwhen the rotor is rolling.


Is any other way to do it, by ProM


Tanks


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[SW]

Are you saying you want to the red line to be "un-rolled" so that it
lies on the plate? If this is the case, the line is a helix and so just
a straight line when mapped onto a flat surface. Its maximum X
dimension (as shown on your image) is equal to the arc length between
the rotor tip start point and end point, and the maximum Y dimension
(the horizontal dimension on your image) is the rotor face width.



You could just use a relation in Pro/ to make the line associative.



I'm not sure if I've got your question right, but I hope this helps.



Sam

 

[behnam]

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Tanks for your answer. You have right in this case the un-rolled line is straight But as I told "the figure shows a very simplified case"<O></O>


The real "rotor" is conical and will rotate "roll"around "join point".


The helix (shows in the figure) in "un-rolled" form vill not be a straight.


The helix shows as red in the figure<O></O>


/benny


Hi








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[puppet]

ive not done this but i beleive it will work.



1) set up ur mechanism with a rack n pinion setup

2) run it

3) mechanism ---> trace curve.

paper part is the rack(table/flat item)

edge = your edge

and select your analysis



send me the files.. i would love to test this out.