Adaptiv Cable

[staale]

I’m working on a project where I need to make a cable that is adaptive to 4 wheels, where 2
of them is moving. Anyone got an idea on how to solve this on the best possible
manner.

See attachment.

[Daniela_Koloszko]

This is a large displacement analysis which  requires  Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) analisys. The best option in this case could be the usage of pulley elements.

[alessandro.gasso · Accepted solution]

Alternatively, please, find the assembly file attached.

If you move the wheels the cable adapts its shape to the new position.

The key point here is to create the cable within the assembly using the command Copy Objects to copy the wheels in the part with the options Body, Surface and Associative.

Then, create the cable sketch projecting the wheels geometries and use them as references in the sketch.

I hope you can find it useful.

In case, let me know if you need more details about the workflow I’ve followed.

Kind regards,

Alessandro

[staale]

Thanks alot for your help, I will check out this as soon as possible, I did a quic read on it, and it seem to be the "easiest" way to solve this. Thanks 🙂

[Dan_Margulius]

WOW You got two people from Autodesk Support to sketch 4 wheels and a line... 🙂

What happened guys? weak day at the office???

By the sketch and assembly attached above I think you need to take a look at the Design tab in Assembly

Dan

[Daniela_Koloszko]

Thank you for your post. I have already given this suggestion in my first post , recommending the usage of pulley/belt system in Inventor.  Alessandro suggested as well an interesting solution for this simulation.  It is up to the customer to choose which method suits best his needs.

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