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7-Bedrock
February 6, 2015
Question

Turnbuckle with symmetric slider constraint

  • February 6, 2015
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Hi,

I have assembled a turnbuckle and I have placed the two spindles with 'slider' constraints. However, I would like both spindles to move symmetrically related to the body of the turnbuckle when one spindle is dragged. I thought that it was possible to create a relation that would make the distance from the body of the turnbuckle to the spindle half of the extension.

Does anyone have experience with this?

Regards

Niels

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    1 reply

    Patriot_1776
    22-Sapphire II
    February 6, 2015

    2 helical sweeps, one left-hand, one right-hand, with cylinder and planar constraints on the center, and slider and slot constraints on the ends.

    17-Peridot
    February 7, 2015

    Rack and pinion gear relation in mechanism.

    Patriot_1776
    22-Sapphire II
    February 9, 2015

    That would work, but then the turnbuckle center wouldn't turn, would it? Mybe I'm trying to be too fancy.....