Lab #11
Assembly
1. Create Parts
2. Go to master assembly task
3. Create a new assembly (top left icon)
Here there is an assembly with
two subassemblies. There are
six icons that look like a tree.
There are (from left to right
and top to bottom), create
parent, create child, delete
child, replace a child, duplicate
a child, and create an empty.
The last is to create a
subassembly.
4. Put Parts into the assembly (can create sub assemblies)
5. To make it move (change task to Mechanism Design)
6. Select Constraints
From left to right:
revolve, universal
joint, cam-follower,
translational, sliding
(planar)joint, camcam, cylinder, fixed,
manage joints,
spherical, general,
coupler
7. Apply the appropriate joints.
8. Create a ground
9. Create a motion. “M” icon. Select the joint that the motion will be put on. Select the
type of motion and enter a function to drive the motion.
10. Next use animate software.