<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Navigation: Getting Started Tutorials - MechDesigner > Tutorial 6: Cams: Flat, Barrel, Globoidal, 'Slot' > 6A1: Rotating Cam & Cam-Roller Follower > Step 6A.5: Add the Cam-Shaft |
Before we can do Add 2D-Cam, we must add the Cam-Shaft.
The Cam-Shaft is a Part that rotates at constant-angular velocity. See Tutorial 1.
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Notes: In Step 6A.3, we added a Line The Point, at the left of the Line, is to locate the Pin-Joint and center of the Cam-Shaft. We must specify the angle between the Line in the Base-Part and a Line in the Cam-Shaft with a Motion-Dimension FB. See also Tutorial 1, Step 5 |
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STEP 1: Add the Part for the Cam-Shaft It is possible to add a Pin-Joint as we add the Part. 1.Click Kinematic elements toolbar: Add Part. Before you mouse-button-down to add the Part : 2.Mechanism-Editor: Hover above the Point 3.Mechanism-Editor Mouse-button-down, ... drag, ... mouse-button up. The Part and the Pin-Joint are added when you mouse-button-up. |
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STEP 2: Add the Motion-Dimension FB 1.Click Kinematic FB toolbar > Add Motion-Dimension FB 2.Mechanism-Editor: Click the Pin-Joint 3.Mechanism-Editor: Click the Line 4.Mechanism-Editor: Click the Line 5.Right-click The Motion-Dimension FB shows next to your mouse-pointer. The Cam-Shaft is now a Green Part |
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STEP 3: Edit the start angle of the Cam-Shaft We will edit the angle of the Cam-Shaft so it is horizontal when the MMA is at 0. 1.Mechanism-Editor: Double-click the Motion-Dimension FB 2.Motion-Dimension dialog-box > Right-click the Base-Value in the data box to show the Zero/Round menu | Click Zero 3.Click The Cam-Shaft is now horizontal when the MMA = 0. |
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STEP 4: Connect the Line-Motion FB to the Motion-Dimension FB 1.Mechanism-Editor: Hover above the output-connect of the Linear-Motion FB , mouse-button-down, drag, and to the input-connector of the Motion-Dimension FB, mouse button up. STEP 5: Run toolbar > Cycle - or use the ALT+C key combination.
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