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cannot position rod between 3 rollers

xavier_thumxavier_thum Member Posts: 1
edited April 2017 in Community Support
Hi,
having problem finding a possibilty to position the rod between 3 rollers:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/41b3f80d53cacaa9f07789b6/w/d120735b5358f0213316e0be/e/19de9eece59803f8999eecb8

I have tried all possible comands. The construction represents an assembly of a linear guiding.

Thanks for help.

Answers

  • philip_thomasphilip_thomas Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,381
    edited April 2017
    Xavier - welcome to Onshape :)

    The mating strategy in Onshape uses high level mates.
    In most cases, you only need 1 mate between each pair of parts.
    A part has mate connection points to which are applied mate connectors. A mate defines the degrees of freedom that exist between any two parts (via the mate connector). There are many videos on the Onshape website that show how to mate and this is covered in the overview live training.

    Here is a public document showing how to mate this mechanism.
    You will see that if you update the shaft diameter, the assembly updates correctly.

    Please feel free to ask any questions

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5900f78074184210083019a8/w/0f9f9bd4e408aa3d7ac550dd/e/36b452848bf5b934813a62d4


    Philip Thomas - Onshape
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