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Announcing The Onsherpa
Hi everyone, since we've all interacted so much over the past many years, I thought this would be a good place to announce my new business venture.
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EvanReese
Re: ⚠️How to Simulate Assembly Rail Collisions
@Derek_Van_Allen_BD For a garage doors, you won't need collision detection, just a chain of revolute mates and tangent mates.
I learned this technique from @NeilCooke I believe.
Animate Garage Door
- In a part studio, create a single edge path by using the Fit spline tool set to Edges. This will let you create one continuous path.
Make sure the top edge extends well beyond the rail so that the helper parts have something to travel on. - In the assembly, use parallel mate to lock the first door panel to the rail.
- Use the tangent mate to make one corner of the panel tangent to the continuous path.
- Add the next panel to the previous one using a revolute, then tangent mate the loose end to the path.
- Once you are at the top, use helper surfaces (Pushers) as if they were more panels until you get to the flat portion of rail. The reason for this is because Onshape doesn't currently allow you to animate the tangent mate. This way, you can push the tangent object with a slider mate that is animated.
- Add a slider mate to the final pusher and set limits 0 to 10ft or however large your garage is.
Here is where you could add the collision technique if you want, but not really required since I know it's ~10ft. - Right click the slider mate → Animate.
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