Hi,
I would like to configure 2 states for an assembly, e.g. the slide below. How do I configure an open state and a closed state?
thx
Slider's configuration
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It is two components with a controlling slider joint. The configuration is two states, one at full slide joint limit and the other at the beginning position.
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@mac_ito - right click the joint in the timeline, and select configure-
you'll be presented with options for what can be configured for that joint. once you make a selection, it will appear in the configuration table-
@laughingcreek yes thank you, but maybe I'm too tired but I don't understand the reasoning in the case of a slider
In your case you probably have Side Joint Limits on your linear bearing so you would do as @laughingcreek shows but select the Minimum and Maximum values to include in the Configuration table. Then create a second configuration with the reverse values. This is shown in the screen capture.
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I managed to get what I wanted with the different values in the maximum box, That being said, I don’t know if this is how we should proceed.
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so when I replied before i was just thinking of rigid joints. didn't really grok the question. sorry.
you could do this by configuring the "rest" position. it's not a particularly satisfying way because for some reason when you change configurations you have to drag a component a bit to get it to take effect. and revert position puts everything back to zero till you slightly drag something again. weird.
you can also drive all the joints you want to configure a bit, and do a "capture position" . when you configure the capture position there will be selections to configure each of the joint values that where changed by dragging them-
which may be a more intuitive way to set things.
attached are configured files for each approach.
After several tests I am still surprised that we cannot just control the side of the slider, as is done simply in other CAD software.
Being forced to play with the minimum maximum values is not the most intuitive thing. And playing with the maximum value does not work compared to what I said previously.
The "rest" feature seems the easiest to put in place but it does not seem compatible with the motions link, @laughingcreek right?
The best if there is a configuration that uses motion link is to activate it only for the configuration concerned otherwise it can cause problems with other joints.
