Step 6A1.1: Add a Tool and a Slide-Joint

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Step 6A1.1: Add a Tool and a Slide-Joint

Summary of this Step

1.Add a Part - we will rename it to Tool-Part.

2.Sketch the shape of the Tool - to practice using the Part-Editor.

3.Add a Slide-Joint between a Line in the Tool-Part and a Line in the Base-Part.

Video (Step 6A.1 Only)

Video: Add Tool-Part

tog_minusAdd the Tool-Part and a sketch-loop.

STEP 1: Add a new Mechanism-Editor to the Front-Plane

GST-Icon-AddMechanism

1.File menu > New

2.Model-Editor: Model toolbar > Add Mechanism

 

3.Model-Editor: Click the Front Plane

4.Click OK-tiny-11-15 in the Command-Manager.
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STEP 2: Add the Tool-Part

GST-Icon-AddPart

1.Click Kinematic-elements toolbar > Add Part

or

1.Press the INSERT key on your keyboard

2.Drag in the graphic-area - mouse-button-down, drag, mouse-button-up

When you release your mouse-button, the Part is in the graphic-area
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STEP 3: Edit the Tool-Part and add a sketch-loop

1.Mechanism-Editor: Edit the Tool-Part

2.Part-Editor: Edit the Length of the CAD-Line | ( Double-click the dimension ); enter 100mm

3.Part-Editor: Geometry toolbar > Add Line × 5 + Add Arc × 1 as a sketch-loop (remember - drag 2 times to add an Arc)

4.Part-Editor: Constraints toolbar > Add Horizontal × 3 ; Add Vertical × 2 | Click the Lines

5.Part-Editor: Constraints toolbar > Add Coincident | Click the center-Point of the Arc, and the start-Point of the CAD-Line

6.Part-Editor: Constraints toolbar > Add Dimensions | - See image - the sketch-elements should become fully constrained | Exit the Part-Editor

tog_minusAdd a Slide-Joint
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STEP 1: Add a Line to the Base-Part (See the image above)

1.Mechanism-Editor: Edit the Base-Part

2.Part-Editor: Geometry toolbar > Add Line  | In the graphic-area: Mouse-button-down, drag from Left to Right (>>>), mouse-button-up

When we drag from left to right, the start-Point is on the left, and the Positive-Direction is from left to right - this will also be the positive direction of the Slide-Joint and the Slider.

3.Part-Editor: Constraints toolbar > Add Horizontal | Click the Line

4.Part-Editor: Geometry toolbar> Add Dimension × 3 : the length of the Line; the distance between the X-axis and the start-Point of the Line; and the distance between the Y-axis and the start-Point of the Line

5.Exit the Part-Editor
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STEP 2: Add a Slide-Joint between Tool-Part and Base-Part.

GST-Icon-AddSlideJoint

1.Click Kinematic-elements toolbar > Add Slide-Joint

2.Mechanism-Editor: Click the CAD-LineRed-14-1b along the center of the Part

3.Mechanism-Editor: Click the LineRed-14-2 in the Base-Part

Note: The derived-name for a Part that slides is a sliding-Part.

Save your Mechanism (CTRL+S)
tog_minusThe SYMBOL for a Slide-Joint
The Symbol for a Slide-Joint

The Symbol for a Slide-Joint

The complete symbol for the Slide-Joint is:

A narrow-rectangle and a wide-rectangle.

Red-14-1b Narrow rectangle : length of the Line in the Base-Part (a slide-rail ? )

Red-14-2 Wide rectangle : length of the CAD-Line in the Tool-Part ( a slide-block ? )

Red-14-3 a small arrowhead : it is the Positive-Direction of the Slide-Joint.

The Positive-Direction is from the start-Point to the end-Point of the Line in the Base-Part and the CAD-Line in the Part.