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How to remove rotational degrees of freedom in an assembly for rods connected by a ball mate
david_beaven
Member Posts: 3 ✭
So this is mostly constrained but the 4 rods can rotate. Not sure how to fix this.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9700f1052eade11e8eadf6ee/w/2250f0f1a1f623da42203c25/e/f933c2192a2b854bade0b8bf
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https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9700f1052eade11e8eadf6ee/w/2250f0f1a1f623da42203c25/e/f933c2192a2b854bade0b8bf
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GWS50
Member Posts: 422 PRO
In the real world the rods would rotate so perhaps you might need to model it with universal joints at the ends of the rods.
Alternatively....and this is a cheat and can trip you up when producing the item,,,,,I sometimes model a tiny flat into the bar and set that to be parallel to another fixed face. Not ideal, but gets a quick solution.0
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Alternatively....and this is a cheat and can trip you up when producing the item,,,,,I sometimes model a tiny flat into the bar and set that to be parallel to another fixed face. Not ideal, but gets a quick solution.