Joints

[Thegreatrandino]

Screencast at https://autode.sk/35VcpeH

Had trouble creating a title for this post.

I've got a rod with an indirect revolute joint on one end. On the the end there is a pin that contact another rod with a indirect revolue joint on the other end.  What I want is when the rod with the pen move up (translates along the z axis) it should drive the other rod up. When the other rod moves down (translates along the Z axis) it contact the pin and drive the rod downward (translates along the z axis)

I used a contact set between the pin and the rod, but it only works in one directions. From my research, contact should not be the first choice due to the computational resources required.

I tried a slider, but the pin and rod would separate.

I thought of the Pin and slot, but I don have a lot, I have a face, and the pin doesn't rotate.

How do I model this joint?

Thanks in advanced

[MoshiurRashid]

Try cylindrical joints. It gives you 2 dof.

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

It is a Pin Slot, with Custom Slider Direction, as highlighted.

Pin slot Joint disc both align to the pin within the sketches of the components.

Bar without the solid pin, is selected first in the Joint set up.

Dummy file attached.

Might help....

[Thegreatrandino]

PERFECT! That's exactly what I intended.

So, I guess I know more than I give myself credit for, until I try to duplicate your model.

What two components did you choose for the revolute joint Rev15?

 (Component1 then Component2 ?) I never would thought of that!

What two components did you choose for the revolute joint Rev16

 (Component2  then Component1 ?)

For the PinSlot

Select Component1 first and select the center of the projected pin (I didn't know you select from a sketch)

Select Component2 second and select the same joint disk.

Now, how did you"ground" your model. 

On mind, nothing moves?

Thanks

[Thegreatrandino]

Update

Upon further investigation I see you drew a sketch of single line as a "skeleton" and uses the endpoint as the pivots of you joints. Genius! How did you come up with that methodology?

I think mine works now

Thanks again

[davebYYPCU]

Pleased your going again, 

it was a dummy file to show the Pin Slot.  I simulated where your hinges are.  That trick, is that the file when empty is your first component, so a sketch in top level was all I needed, for the bar pivots.

There are some regular gurus in here, I picked it up from them over time, but it would not come up in a search, I reckon.....

Might help....

[Thegreatrandino]

Thanks again.