Assembly - follow path

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Is it possible to have a cylindrical component follow a curved guide in Fusion 360 other than using contact sets? See attached screenshot.

Thankful for any answers.

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

you can try it with contact sets.  If your overall design is more complex than in that image, though, it is probably not going to work all that well - contact sets is very slow to compute.

Outside of contact sets, there is no great way to define this motion currently.  We are working on a solution that will help with this kind of joint, but unfortunately, it is not yet available.

[mango.freund]

hi @Anonymous , make too slide joints one about the other in 90 degree

mango

[TrippyLighting]

That will not create a motion of that small wheel along the curve/

[Anonymous]

A planar-motion joint with contact sets enabled worked fine for my application. I just needed to simulate the motion of a tilting gate for my Roomba garage project.

Thanks for your suggestions