Assembly Alignment

[cmosen]

I am modelling a fishing reel for a CAD assignment at university and cannot figure out how to dimension the bail arm so that it lines up with both holes.

I have used a pin constraint to align it with the first hole shown in the second image but am unsure how to adjust the bail arms size so that it will fit into the second hole. I think I may need to use the 'Make Flexible' command but am unsure how to go about doing so.

 

[cmosen]

2nd image

 

[cmosen]

3rd image, sorry I didn't know how to add more than one image to the same post

 

[wesminster]

cmosen,

It doesn't look like you bail arm is even in the same plane. You could try to do a make flexible and point to the angle of the centerline to the second hole but depending on how you made your bail arm (looks like a sweep), you may not be able to pick the dimension to vary. What parts on your assembly are moveable? I'm not too familiar with fishing reels, sorry.

 

[mjcole]

Check out the Following link which is shown below the message area in each post.

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After uploading your file to Engineering.com just copy the text link from the line where it appears and click upload again to browse for your next file.

Your first picture

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...-9a61-4f84-84fc-0848daa311d9&file=upload1.jpg

Michael

 

[cmosen]

i managed to solve the problem by creating the part in the assembly so i could reference the centres of the holes etc.

 

[davidinindy]

Watch out doing that, because if you make a drawing of that part, and need to bring it up to print for production, it might not load since the assembly isn't loaded.

David

 

[jbeckhou]

Did you use the sweep command to draw that item?

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[PeterStock]

What you can do is create the part in the assembly, then redefine the part to remove the assembly references.

Peter Stockhausen
Senior Design Analyst (Checker)
Infotech Aerospace Services

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