Assembly with sprocket and roller chain

daniel_shookowsky

I've seen how to make a sprocket and how to make a roller chain, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to mate them together.  Any ideas? This is what I'm working from https://cad.onshape.com/documents/589cc0e1d978e50f89e0076e/w/56ae83654d21984b922d005c/e/44603515dae689c366c4393e

TimRice

Since Onshape does not support intermittent contact of mates you will not be able to create an assembly that rotates with just the sprockets. However, you could use some dummy scaffolding parts along with the tangent mate to create a working assembly with a bit more work. If you are looking for just a static representation you could try mating one link to each of the sprockets using the tangent mate and then using cylindrical mates to link all of the links together. It really depends on your design intent!

TimRice

Since Onshape does not support intermittent contact of mates you will not be able to create an assembly that rotates with just the sprockets. However, you could use some dummy scaffolding parts along with the tangent mate to create a working assembly with a bit more work. If you are looking for just a static representation you could try mating one link to each of the sprockets using the tangent mate and then using cylindrical mates to link all of the links together. It really depends on your design intent!