Can parts be 'adaptive'?

Oct 23, 2007 4 Replies

If I have a link part in a second level assembly that has free rotate, is there a way to align it to another linkage part in the higher up assembly?



Also, is ther a way that I can make the part 'adaptively' stretch to fit based on assembly constraints?



Aaron Friedamn ARF Designs


No.

SolidWorks doesn't do that.

Now go back to Inventor.

Daisy.

"Aaron R. Friedman" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@enews4.newsguy.com:

Yes.

Look into flexible subassemblies and in-context relations.

You sound like a new user coming from Inventor. Go ahead and work through the tutorials so you know the SW vocabulary and way of doing things.

Yes, I have 6 year experience with inventor, but I also have 4 years experience with Solidworks. I just never had to do lower assy level mating or 'adaptive' things before in Solidworks.

One of the tricky things about working in 2 CAD systems is learning and remembering the vocabulary. I knew I could do the flexible assembly thing,because I didn't know what it was called, I couldn't find it in help.

Thanks for the pointer.

So, what does Solidworks call 'adaptive' (stretch to fit)?

Aaron Friedman ARf Designs

Dale Dunn wrote:

Duh!...'in-context'...sorry

Aar> Yes, I have 6 year experience with inventor, but I also have 4 years

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