using arrangements or constraints to drive sequence?

[geoffraynak]

Hey Everyone ...
I have an assembly that is a set of linkages and sliders and a shock ----> think suspension set-up.

i have 3 arrangements made: 1) full extension; 2) 30% of shock travel; 3) full compression (65mm)

all these arrangements are driven 100% by a distance constraint in the assembly (0*65 / .3*65 / 1X65)

i am trying to figure out how to create a sequence (animation) from these arrangements ... hence the title of the thread.

[highlight #FCE94F]can i drive the motion of the sequence between specific arrangements?
[/highlight]i know that you can extract arrangements during a sequence ... but my request is sort of the other way around

[highlight #FCE94F]can i drive the motion of the sequence with actual assembly constraints?
[/highlight]aka: can i stroke the shock and see the kinematic of my suspension move??

thanks everyone
geoff
NX 9.0.3.4

 

[TaylorAnderson]

Geoff --

I don't believe there's a way to drive animation from arrangements, but given that your arrangements are 100% driven by an expression anyway, I'd suggest checking out the "Animation" function for this. You can use expressions (including expression-driven constraints) to do some really nice motion.

See this thread for some more details:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=411167[/url]

Does that help?

Taylor Anderson
NX Product Manager, Knowledge Reuse and NX Design
Product Engineering Software
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
(Phoenix, Arizona)