COSMOS newbie! help

mrkoko · Oct 8, 2007

Ok, I'm am brand new to COSMOS works but have been using solidworks for about 5 years. I have designed a Hinge and now I would like to use COSMOS on the assembly of the hinge to help calculate how much weight it can hold. I tried goes through COSMOS putting bolt restraints on the hinge mounting holes, pin restraint on the hinge pin, I applied a shrink fit condition to one side of the hinge to pin connection, I applied a hinge restraint on the bores of each side of the hinge, I applied material properties to my parts and I applied a load on the end of the free hinge plate, but I can't get COSMOS to run with out errors. Is there something I am doing REALLY wrong ? Or does anyone have any suggestions for me ? Thanks!!!

jte · Oct 8, 2007

mrkoko-

I'd suggest you're overcomplicating it. Your profile doesn't indicate your background. Can you fill it out so we can get a better understanding of where you're coming from (i.e. BSME, experienced designer, mechanic...)?

jt

cbrn · Oct 9, 2007

Hi,
moreover: you don't tell us WHICH kind of errors you get. There can be plenty of different ones, and each one would indicate that something different is wrong...

mrkoko · Oct 9, 2007

Sorry, I will update my profile. I am a Engineering Technologist and work designing custom machines, mainly for the automotive industry. I had a feeling I was over complicating things which is why I wanted to know how others might set up COSMOS. I will run the study I did again and post the Errors.

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

COSMOS newbie! help

mrkoko

Mechanical

Recommended for you

jte

Mechanical

cbrn

Mechanical

mrkoko

Mechanical

Similar threads

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor