Joe_Elding Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thats a bit of coursework ive had to do for my engineering design module, basically one of the tasks im struggling with is the animation of the jaws opening and shutting. The shaft is mated to the base of the vice as a screw so when it turns clockwise it should move forward, but when i attach the motor in motion study nothing happens. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thats a bit of coursework ive had to do for my engineering design module, basically one of the tasks im struggling with is the animation of the jaws opening and shutting. The shaft is mated to the base of the vice as a screw so when it turns clockwise it should move forward, but when i attach the motor in motion study nothing happens. any ideas? If you manually manipulate the jaw does the system work as it should? You'll need plenty more mates in place I think if it is only the screw mate you've used... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Elding Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 If i move the jaw the shaft spins as it should but the handle does crazy things, it spins but not on the same axis as the shaft so doesnt stay connected to it...Ok, Ive just sorted out the handle problem, if i move the jaw in and out everything spins correctly, its just the animation now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 If I were you I'd go back to basics and mock up a couple of components to check the theory and then go back to the more complex assembly. I'd hazard a guess that problems with mates (such as the concentricity (is that a word?) of the axes) could be causing the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 if i move the jaw in and out everything spins correctly, its just the animation now. So it's working now, but not when you animate it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Have you set the body for the motor to act against? (I'm pretty sure that's an option on there, I don't have the motion study section of Solidworks on my laptop anymore, only modeling, so can't check it). Also what's the problem with '11022472 MOVING JAW'? I'm guessing you've sorted out whatever it's errors are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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