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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
September 24, 2015
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Drawer Assy Mechanism

  • September 24, 2015
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Creo 3, M040

I'm curious how folks are creating a drawer assy with the same drawer glide on each side.  I've created the glide with the proper mechanism constraints, assembled two glides into another assy and assembled the drawer to the inner part of the one drawer glide.  The drawer opens and closes, but the other glide does not move.  It's generally a cosmetic issue more than anything, but I'd like the drawer to operate properly.

Is there a simple way to tie the two drawer glides together?  I tried assembling one glide , then the drawer body and then the second glide, tying the outer to the ground body and the inner to the drawer body.  That just locked everything up so it wouldn't move.


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Best answer by TomU

Two ideas.

1.  Make sure you're only using mechanism connections, not placement constraints.

2.  Try creating a second connection set that ties just one surface or plane of the fist glide to the second glide.

Take a look at this thread and see if anything helps:  Problems with Mechanism Connections

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TomU23-Emerald IVAnswer
23-Emerald IV
September 24, 2015

Two ideas.

1.  Make sure you're only using mechanism connections, not placement constraints.

2.  Try creating a second connection set that ties just one surface or plane of the fist glide to the second glide.

Take a look at this thread and see if anything helps:  Problems with Mechanism Connections

dgschaefer21-Topaz IIAuthor
21-Topaz II
September 24, 2015

I used mechanism connections inside the drawer slide sub-assy, but assembled the slide sub-assys and the drawer tray with standard constraints.

TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
September 25, 2015

All I can say is that I've done this successfully with a gantry using 2 parallel drivers on the x-axis.

I couldn't explain how I got there to save my life.

But do try to create a new constraint set when you tie the "other end" of the slide to the moving drawer (the follower).

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