6A1: Rotating Cam & Cam-Roller Follower

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Rotating Cam with a Cam-Roller Follower

To add a 2D-Cam, we must select two elements:

Part - which becomes the Cam-Part.

Profile/Extrusion - which becomes the Cam-Follower - shape

•	To model a Cam-Mechanism that is frequently used in packaging machines.

•	To introduce Inverse-Kinematics.

➢	Model a kinematic-chain with three Parts: a Part for the tooling, to which we join a Dyad that includes the Part for the Cam-Follower.

➢	Add a Cam-Roller to the Cam-Follower Part.

➢	Model a different kinematic-chain that is the Cam-Part. This is a rotating-Part, or a Cam-Shaft.

➢	Add the 2D-Cam to the Cam-Part, and export the Cam-Coordinates to SolidWorks®.

➢	Step 6A.1 Add a Slide-Joint for the Tool

➢	Step 6A.2: Add the Tool Motion

➢	Step 6A.3: Add the Transforming-Mechanism

➢	Step 6A.4: Add the Cam-Follower Roller (+ Profile)

➢	Step 6A.5: Add the cam-shaft

➢	Step 6A.6: Add the 2D-Cam

➢	Step 6A.7: Add the Polyline and Cam-Profile [not needed to get Cam-Coordinates]

➢	Step 6A.8: Get the 2D-Cam Coordinate Data

➢	Step 6A.9: Export the Data to SolidWorks®

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