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Trying a Clock Ratchet and Wheel assembly with motion

Can you get the parts to move with say a tangent mate of some sort, I have tried it with a tangent mate but will only move within one tooth

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  • john_mcclaryjohn_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 3,935 PRO
    you have to create another path for the pawl to follow. Because the ratchet is constantly moving clockwise at a certain rate, that means the pawl is actually "jumping" for a moment and not tangent to the ratchet.

    Because your ratchet face is cut back sharply, then the ratchet would need to reverse direction for a moment in order to maintain tangency with the pawl.

    That make sense?
  • paul_yeomanspaul_yeomans Member Posts: 5 EDU
    Hi
    I have tried a number of fixes like fillets on teeth to give tangent profile plus 1 deg cut back and using just the vertex point on pawl obviously using tangent mate it seems to only go 1 deg in a loop - would you have to have a path like attached and make phantom part? not too sure of profile needed
  • paul_yeomanspaul_yeomans Member Posts: 5 EDU
    Hi
    I have tried a number of fixes like fillets on teeth to give tangent profile plus 1 deg cut back and using just the vertex point on pawl obviously using tangent mate it seems to only go 1 deg in a loop - would you have to have a path like attached and make phantom part?
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