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I've created a rough rack and pinion using the pattern generator around a cylinder and rectangle and combined the teeth to each using the combine/join command. So far so good.
Now I would just like to get the gear to spin when i move it along the rack but I'm stuck. I've tried doing an as-built-joint/slider and I can slide the gear along the rack, then tried adding a contact set so the gear teeth would mesh, but this just makes the gear stop sliding as the gear won't rotate and the contact prevents sliding at all. I tried adding a joint origin the the center of the pinion, but i just can't get the pinion to spin when I try and slide it along the rack and if it won't spin, it won't move. What am I missing? Thanks.
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