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How to animate a compliant mechanism in Assembly
vikram_koli595
Member Posts: 31 EDU
Hello everyone, I have been using compliant mechanisms in my designs recently and have found that they are very useful. I need some way to look at how the mechanism will bend. I think a simulator might be better at this but I'm not sure. Help would be appreciated! Thanks
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alnis
Member, Developers Posts: 449 EDU
You'll want to use an external simulator for this.
In Onshape, Part Studios define the geometry of parts while Assemblies define how parts move relative to each other (so bending a part within an assembly is not possible, only inside the Part Studio). Plus, compliant mechanisms are pretty challenging to simulate.
Unfortunately, I don't have experience with simulating compliant mechanisms, so I am not sure which software to recommend.Student at University of Washington | Get in touch: contact@alnis.dev | My personal site: https://alnis.dev0
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In Onshape, Part Studios define the geometry of parts while Assemblies define how parts move relative to each other (so bending a part within an assembly is not possible, only inside the Part Studio). Plus, compliant mechanisms are pretty challenging to simulate.
Unfortunately, I don't have experience with simulating compliant mechanisms, so I am not sure which software to recommend.
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