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Linear rails / carriages in assembly
Hi,
I have an assembly containing a linear rail / carriage pair, they are mated with a slider mate.
I want to add two of these sub assemblies into the main assembly, parallel to each other.
What do I need to do to make the carriages track each other?
Thank you.
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A Planar mate would do it. Or a Fastened with an offset.
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Thank you.
I tried the fastened mates approach but that stopped either carriage from sliding?
The planar mate works perfectly!
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What would make them track each other in the physical assembly? Would there be, e.g., a gantry connecting the carriages? Fastening that to both would achieve the desired result. Alternately, planar mates.
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A Planar mate would do it. Or a Fastened with an offset.
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Thank you.
I tried the fastened mates approach but that stopped either carriage from sliding?
The planar mate works perfectly!
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Where did you place the fasten mates? - Scotty
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Hi,
I placed them at one top corner of each of the carriages and at the bottom matching corners of the gantry profile.
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Perhaps you need to offset the mate connectors you're using for the fasten mates.
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Thank you - I’ll try that.
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