rb1
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2008
- Location
- AB, Canada
Looking to simulate motion. This is a centrifugal advance mechanism, whereas the blue plate will swing out as RPM increases, thereby moving the grey center plate. Up until now, I have only been able to either eyeball the contact faces and tediously measure the movement of the center cam vs outward travel of the blue plate... or complete an assembly and measure the real world results.
Can anyone suggest an add-on within the Alibre family, or even another program that would accomplish this? Fusion 360? To be clear, I would continue constraining similar to how I am now, but then adding the constraint of the rubbing face for the blue plate to contact face on the grey center cam, so that I can move the blue plate thru its travel, and simulate the grey cam movements with different profiles on either of these parts.
Images show the travel thru operation, which I place by eye.
thank you!
Can anyone suggest an add-on within the Alibre family, or even another program that would accomplish this? Fusion 360? To be clear, I would continue constraining similar to how I am now, but then adding the constraint of the rubbing face for the blue plate to contact face on the grey center cam, so that I can move the blue plate thru its travel, and simulate the grey cam movements with different profiles on either of these parts.
Images show the travel thru operation, which I place by eye.
thank you!