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mkeller1-Visitor
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May 29, 2015
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Mechanism connection for helical surface?

  • May 29, 2015
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Is there any way to make a Mechanism connection for a helical surface? I have two cams that twist when contacting each other due to helical surface geometry on each, but I cant make a cam connection between them. I also cant use 3d point connection because there isn't a round surface. Is there anyway to connect the two surfaces in the mechanism application?

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
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May 30, 2015

I have gone through great pains to emulate the motion I wished Creo would do for me.

You might be able to generate trace curves or intersects that you constrain your cam to.

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mkeller1-VisitorAuthor
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June 1, 2015

Okay,thats what I had in mind but I am not sure how to go about doing that. Do you have any tips for making a circular curve that follows a helical surface?

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gkoch1-Visitor
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June 9, 2015

Do you mean a helical curve? (can be done when intersecting helical surface with a cylinder through same axis)

Or a circle projected onto helical surface? (can be done by projecting a sketched curve onto the surfaces)

Or something else?

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