2d mechanical linkage simulation

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by socketcap, Mar 8, 2007.

  1. socketcap

    socketcap Guest

    Are their any other tutorials on Solidworks "SketchBlocks" beside the
    2 tutorials that are in Solidworks?

    I would like to model 2d mechanical linkages, however the tutorials in
    solidworks are not very helpful.

    I am using a friend's 2006 version.

    I did the 4 bar linkage tutorial and that worked out ok, and I then I
    tried simple "stick figure" 4 bar linkage of my own design and that
    worked out ok, but when I made my own blocks and added relations the
    resulting linkage would not move.

    Are there any books that are available on this subject alone?

    Is there any online info to help beginners on this subject?

    If I could get this 2d mechanical linkage modeling to work it would be
    most awesome :)

    Thanks in advance for any help in this matter.
     
    socketcap, Mar 8, 2007
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  2. Wayne Tiffany, Mar 8, 2007
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  3. socketcap

    socketcap Guest

    Wayne,

    Thank you for the link, perhaps with some more studying of the
    tutorials in Solidworks and that PowerPoint presentation I can
    eventually make it work.

    I have been searching a lot for more info and my guess is that because
    its so new maybe there are not many people using this yet.

    This feature would be an immense time saver for experimenting with
    different designs before committing the to the time for a 3d model.
     
    socketcap, Mar 9, 2007
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