Finding Root cause of Joint Conflicts

[dannyspitz]

Hi All, 

I've scoured the forum but cant find a particular thread that answers my problem.

I'm trying to create joints between three components, 2 revolutes between component 1 & 2 and 2 & 3 and an pin slot between 1& 3 but no matter the order i get a "this causes a conflict" message and th3 3rd joint wont create. Firstly, is there a way to dig deeper into how/why the the conflict is cause so i can understand if its my geomtry that just wont work together or some other root cause? Secondly, if there's no further info on the above can anyone suggest where i may be going wrong? Happy to provide models etc. 

Regards

Danny

[innovatenate]

Hi Danny,

Welcome to the Fusion 360 community! Do you mind posting a public link?

It is hard to tell what is happening, exactly from the screenshots. You can share a public link of the design?

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-differently/share-a-public-link-of-your-fusion-360-design/ba-p/...

Most of the time the conflict error message indicates that the solver is unable to successfully solve the created joint, due to the conflict of another joint. Sometimes this is related to the geometry and/or joints being impossible to "assemble" in the desired way. I'd be happy to take a closer look to see if I understand what is happening.

Thanks,

[dannyspitz]

Nathan, 

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. link is http://a360.co/1S6sEep

the pin on the blade should "revolute" through the hole in the actuator ring inline with the tab, when the actuator is rotated the blade closes/opens as it moves around and up/down in the slot.   

regards

Danny 

[innovatenate]

Try creating a cylindrical joint instead of a revolute joint. See the below screencast for more detail. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://autode.sk/1YsDhxb

Thanks,

[dannyspitz]

Brilliant! Thanks Natahn, it worked a treat. 

whats the theory behind selecting the mid point of the centre line of the holes? just so i understand for future refernece. 

regards, 

Danny