SOLIDWORKS How to Model a Flex Cable in an Assembly
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Learn how to model a flex cable at the assembly level of a design using in context modelling techniques such that the cable is able to adapt/reshape itself to the position of the moving components to which it is attached in SOLIDWORKS. Quick Tip presented by Miguel de Villa of GoEngineer.
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Thanks so much. Well explained and you didn't wiz by the commands. It was easy and clear for a very useful tool.
This, by far, is the best lesson in the history of humanity.
@XzzVttll
5 жыл бұрын
maybe if you are 10 yo. this is the same principle as for the moving spring
@PerpetualWane
2 ай бұрын
@@XzzVttlldont be rude, we’re learning
@XzzVttll
2 ай бұрын
@@PerpetualWane it's incredible how incompetent you are to learn on you own. This is text book from tutorials in sw
@PerpetualWane
2 ай бұрын
@@XzzVttll this is the tutorial!
@XzzVttll
2 ай бұрын
@@PerpetualWane it's a tutorial for a 10yo kid as I stated before
Muy buen explicado! Gracias.- Can you do a belt conveyor with motion study?
good stuff..
Thanks
Thanks you very much, it did help me absolitely
how would you do the same for a cable that runs around a pulley?
Thanks, so helpfull. Need to desing and model hyd.hoses for telescopic chute with multiple cylidenders. This makes it straightforward.
@goengineer
4 жыл бұрын
We are so glad it was helpful.
Guys at work have been using the sheet metal feature for flex cables 😂. One advantage though is that you can have an installed and a flat configuration for 2d drawings.
Could you do a motion analysis for this? and see if the belt is actually moving.
@allanpennington
Жыл бұрын
I want to know the answer to this too. What about a cable drum or winch?
Hi, I loved the the video. Just had a little question Can we make it an automated motion? Meaning making a video out of this demonstrating the motion shown above. or maybe having it automatically rebuild without me telling it? Thanks again.
@motoxjosh29
4 ай бұрын
you can try this with the new flexible part mode and have it auto refresh!
Nice, but does this work in 3D, e.g., with a round cable that flexes in more than 1 direction like the FLAT Flex cable you show?
@goengineer
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed! Instead of creating a 2D sketch as shown in the video, you could absolutely create a 3D sketch instead and use 3D sketch entities(Lines and Arcs) to define said path, such as we do in Routing, and use the Sweep function with a round cross section. However, 3D Sketch entities typically require a bit more work than 2D Sketch entities to properly constrain and dimension, so you need to take that into account as well.
Nice
@goengineer
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
will it update automatically if it was not fixed?
@nsizwazonkecedricknkosi8443
3 жыл бұрын
questions is, can you use this for a spring?
@goengineer
3 жыл бұрын
We have the virtual part fixed in place because the overall shape is determined by the sketches and their in-context references to the other components in the assembly and their positions at the assembly level. While yes, we can unfix/float the cable to move it to new locations, the design intent behind these in context references of the cable may cause it to break/error out when attempting to rebuild in a new position where those in-context references may not solve in the same way.
No, this is not the way, constraints are wrong.