How do I make something rotate when another component gets pushed.

[williamgleith]

I have a hard time explaining it, but here's what's supposed to happen. I have a rod with screw-like track, and a cam that has corresponding threads. What should happen, is when the rod gets pushed through, it rotates the cam. The rod does not rotate, and the cam does not slide. I am not sure how to make that happen, so any help would be great!

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Assemble > Motion link, between the two joints.

Rod moves, and Cam rotates at correct ratio.

eg, rod moves (track length) and you want (track angle) to match it.  
Not checked file yet.

Might help….

[williamgleith]

Okay, looks like it works! Thank you so much!