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The ratchet pawl is a mechanism that allows motion in one direction but does not allow it in another direction. It consists of a Ratchet that has teeth and a pivoting pawl. The teeth are uniform but they are asymmetrical.
i have seen many posts about animating a pawl and rachet in dynamic simulation,
so i have just geven a try
It works in Dynamic Simulation
Here is the Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuA1bD8vtCE
here are the Files
http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/54933807/file.html
The file size limit has been increased to 5Meg here.
Please zip and attach the files here (my anti-virus blocks the site you linked).
files
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