How to get a linear motor to act tangentially to a cylinder

[amrbekhit]

Hello all,

I am trying to apply a linear motor to the highlighted part in the image below:

As you can see, selecting the outside surface of the cylinder creates a linear motor which acts along the cylinder's axis. However, I need the motor to act in such a way that the cylinder is pushed along the slot shown in the model. The only other parts of the cylinder that I can select are the two faces at the ends and their corresponding edges. How can I go about doing this?

Thanks

--Amr

 

[TheTick]

Make a dummy part that is mated and oriented the way you need, then apply the motor to that.

 

[MadMango]

You can also try to add a sketch in the slot and mate your pin axis to that.

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[amrbekhit]

Thanks for both your posts - it's all working now.

--Amr