animation and contact set

[williamej]

I have made a simple machine showing how a cam works. When i move the handle manually it works but when I animate the joint, it spins but the rod does not go up and down on the cam, but goes through the cam. When I go back to manual the rod goes up and down following the shape of the cam and work fine. It is a little jumpy but works. Please help. Thank you

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Please share the file.

File > export > save as f3d on local drive  > attach to post

günther

[williamej]

Thank you for your help

[jhackney1972]

You still need to attach your model.

[williamej]

Sorry i was trying to replay to the emails. Thank you for your help 

[g-andresen]

Hi,

file is empty > try again

günther

[williamej]

Let me know if this got to you. I am sorry, when I exported it got messed up. Again thank you for all your help.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

You should line up the cam and the follower for best results.  In this example, you do not want to use a Contact Set.  You should use Tangent Relationship found under the Assembly menu drop down.  I broke the link to the Cam component so I could return the model as a F3D file which is attached.  Choose the "Drive Me" joint, right click and chose Animate Relationships.

[williamej]

I tried to get Tangent Relationship to work before I tried contact sets and it would not work. Thank you for your help