MDX - open belt

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
July 22, 2014
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Hi all,

I can't find any way to modelize an open belt.

I would like to do so to simulate an echain carrying cables on my machine.

I tried to do it with relations but this would work only after regenerating and would not move on the fly as I move the other moving components I defined with MDX.

Any solution ?

Thank you

Eric

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TomD.inPDX

17-Peridot

Hello Cire and welcome to the forum.

I don't think you will find a way to have this work and have the simulation do as you want. It is truly a lacking function that you cannot regenerate a part during the animation. Only a few things update during animation, but geometry is not one of them.

However, you might be able to trick the system. I might suggest "telescoping rods" that have linear motion ties to them. As the model moves, the rods mesh inside each other on one side, and pull apart on the other. This will limit edge display and may cause graphic artifacts, but it is the only way I can see simulating this.