Solidworks movable mates. 2

[dimitp]

Hi. I have a question about a mate in an assembly.

I have a bolt cutter that I want to be movable as you can see in pic 1jpg. I want to be able to pull on one handle to open the jaws. How do I do that?
How do I prevent what has happen in pic broken.jpg?
1.jpg:

broken.jpg:

 

[JMirisola]

Take a look at limit mates to control how far you can move the handles. That should, at least, help to lessen the frequency of the handles flipping like that.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWE
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[Brad805]

I think a max/min angle mate will work, but I suspect there must be a logical stop point on the handles too.

 

[dimitp]

Thank you guys, i will try this as soon as i can. I will let you know what happens.