MODEL LIVING HINGE 2

[troy06]

Using Wildfire 2.0,I have modeled a plastic part with a body and lid.They are connected by a living hinge,so I want to make a family table of the part both "opened" and "closed".Can soemone give me some helpful tips?

 

[cadcamguy]

here's a write up that was done a few revs back

http://www.profilesmagazine.com/p15/tips_spinal.html

 

[bigfuss]

Troy06,

Any luck with the living hinge design. I too am using Wildfire 2.0 and haven't had any luck creating a living hinge with family table.

 

[troy06]

the spinal bend worked great and I was able to have an open and closed lid using a family table

 

[bigfuss]

Troy06

- Spinal Bend ? Is this in the Standard ProE module or are you using Surfacing? I don't have Surfacing so I can't check. If in the standard module - is it a Warp feature? Spine tool? or Bend tool?

 

[cadcamguy]

bigfuss

check under;

Insert>Advanced> then you should have a number of other features including Spinal Bend

you may have to have in your config.pro

allow_anatomic_features yes

..but not sure for spinal bend