Can I Limit a Lever to Multiple Positions

jon_woellhaf

I have a lever that pivots on one end, and am able to set its min and max angle.

Is there a way to limit the lever to three or more positions, rather than just the end two?

In other words, can I make it so animation of the lever will cause it to jump between positions, rather than smoothly move between the limits?

mahir

I am not aware of a method to do this directly. Maybe once assembly configurations are implemented this will be an option. In the meantime, you could use construction surfaces/parts and a modified Geneva mechanism to convert constant rotation of one component into an intermittent rotation of another. Check out this example.
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/37155#Comment_37162

mahir

If all you're looking for is an animation, you can also manually capture frames and stitch them together into a video using something like GifCam.