I'm trying to make a garage door track, but I can't assemble it correctly...

[jonYDM8U]

This is driving me insane.

I have a garage door track.  

In that track I have a wheel with an axle.

That track turns 90 degrees, but I can't seem to direct my wheel to follow the path of the track beyond a slider that is constrained to a single axis.  The wheel component will slide along the straight track, but as soon as the 90 degree 12" radius track is reached, it stops and won't follow the track.

I can get the wheel to slide back and forth in a straight track as a slider joint, but when it approaches the 90 degree turn, it just moves through it and continues on the same path.  If I create a contact set for the wheel to the track, when it gets to the 90 degree turn it just locks up.

How do I make a garage door that will open and close following the track path?

[OceanHydroAU]

If helps if you share your sketch so we can show you how to fix that (if it's not confidential).

[jonYDM8U]

Good point.

https://a360.co/2WBKr61

Wasn't sure how to do that.

[ben6SY27]

Hi @jonYDM8U  a long shot, but did you ever resolve this? I’m also trying to model a sliding garage door track. 
Cheers, Ben

[jonYDM8U]

I have not... :/.  But, I also stopped working on it.  

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@ben6SY27 wrote:

 I’m also trying to model a sliding garage door track. 

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@ben6SY27 

I suspect there is a technique in Fusion, but I would use Autodesk Inventor Professional >Dynamic Simulation for this.

Are you a student?

[ben6SY27]

Thanks for the suggestion - unfortunately I’m not a student and can’t justify spending that much on a one-off job for my home. 

I’ll try a few more things that I’ve seen people suggest with Fusion 360 before giving up 🙂

[ben6SY27]

Thanks for the reply - I knew it was a long shot! 🙂