Rotating Cam with a Cam-Roller Follower
To add a 2D-Cam, we select two elements:
•Part - which is the Part for the Cam - we can call the Cam-Part.
•Profile/Extrusion - which we can call the Cam-Profile.
Objective
•To model a Cam mechanism that is frequently used in packaging machines.
•To introduce Inverse-Kinematics.
Summary of this Tutorial
•Model a kinematic-chain with three Parts: a Part for the tooling, and two Parts with three Joints (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®.
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