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Procedurally generated mates for variable cable chain length?
david_riedell
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So I designed this cable chain to be 3D printed for a diy CNC I'm building.
I'm using a few assembly configuration variables to control the size of each of the chain links.
I'd like to use an integer configuration variable to determine how many links there are in my chain assembly. I can do that pretty easily with a linear pattern, but I want the links to be rotationally mated to each other with identical angular limits so that it functions properly. How can I tackle this without making each of these mates manually?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c6282c018f780bd775847628/w/3c437190b0b4b3f998082817/e/a9d7577fe7172d29eb348739?configuration=height=20.0;width=50.0
I'd like to use an integer configuration variable to determine how many links there are in my chain assembly. I can do that pretty easily with a linear pattern, but I want the links to be rotationally mated to each other with identical angular limits so that it functions properly. How can I tackle this without making each of these mates manually?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c6282c018f780bd775847628/w/3c437190b0b4b3f998082817/e/a9d7577fe7172d29eb348739?configuration=height=20.0;width=50.0
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I think I'll just insert the end pieces into my assembly and guesstimate how many individual links I'll need to print.