Living Hinge / Spinal Bend

[dgschaefer]

WF4+



We are in the need of creating a living hinge component and I remember
the spinal bend technique discussed here:



http://www.prousercarolinas.org/tips/new_page_31.htm



Design Central
Columbus, Ohio


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[bokm9606]

perhaps model as parts:

*grounded linkage of hinge

*dynamic portion of part

*hinge area itself.

Assemble parts together in as-molded and hinged conditions.

Create the "as molded" part via merging the 3 parts together from the assembly in the flat state.

just a thought

[TomD.inPDX]

We've been having this discussion in PlanetPTC. A nice tutorial video as well...

http://communities.ptc.com/message/187708#187708