Hose/Flexible Pipe Animation

[NareshJ]

Hi,

Do we have an option to create an animation for Hose/Flexible pipe in Creo? 

Appreciate for your response.

Thanks

Naresh 

[MikeBennett]

Hello @NareshJ 

Referring to CS63482, flexible components are not are not dynamically updated during Mechanism or Animation.  All solid bodies are considered rigid during the motion/animation and unable to change in shape or size.  Updating the shape and size of a component would require a regeneration but regeneration does not occur between analysis or animation frames.

Michael

[DM_11736106]

Hello 

Thank you for your response 

The animation for the hose is actually important to me as my project depends on this completely. Currently I am using Creo Design Essentials. Is there any way to animate this taking for reference of when we drag a pipe manually, where the motion of the pipe can be traced. Is it possible to do this? If not with the actual method but a sort of a fake method can also be ok which justifies around 75-80% of what i want to do!!

Please help me with this?

Thank you

[MikeBennett]

Hi @DM_11736106 

Your question is probably best if asked in its own post.  Using the Mechanism application, a trace curve or motion envelope could trace the path of a point or the space used by a model during an analysis playback.  Note that the previous response is repeated that this is the motion of a rigid body, not flexible.

motion envelope and trace curve -  CS37579

For a fake method, you could probably regenerate a model for each step and place a datum at an approximate location corresponding point.

Michael

[DM_11736106]

Hii @MikeBennett 

So for this solution, is there any reference material or any video where i can refer to?

Thank you

Dale