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"Flexing" plastic latches and living hinges 1

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davidinindy

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Jun 9, 2004
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I have an assembly for a container that consists of to halves. I want to be able to open and close it using physical dynamics to check clearances, however in order to get past the latch, I have to turn physical dynamics off, then close it just past the latches, then turn it back on.
Is there a way to either make the latches flex, like they will do in the actual part, or to make solidworks just ignore the latches so I can check the interlocking lip of the container.
On another note, is there a way to make a living hinge that will act like it's supposed to in solidworks?
 
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davidinindy,
Give the hinge part an angle control. Then create configurations with different angles. We do this for our hinges in an assembly, which is not a living hinge.


Bradley
 
We use gear mates in the advanced options of 'mates' to check rotor mesh to have things move relative to each other. You could also establish a mate along the edge of two halves fix one half and use the rotate command in assemblies to move it around the edge mate.
 
This may be a good application for a multibody part. Model the moving psrts as bodies separate from the main body. Control the moving body positon with a Move/Copy, connect the bodies with a loft for the living hinge, and then Combine into a final single body.

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Anytime I have seen a living hinge was with a thin Sketch profile controlled by an Angular dimension. You can change that dimension right there in the part and do a rebuild to get the model to update. I have found this to work the best so far.

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