How to constrain the shaft

The shaft protrudes through a plate that has an opening to guide along
a path as it spins.
The shape of the path is irregular. How do I constrain the shaft of
the path.
Thank you
Michael

 

Hi Michael

your guidepath must be a spline, create a referencepoint (not a
sketchpoint) on the spline. Use along curve distance.
In the assembly constrain the point and the centeraxis of the shaft.


Have a look at my sample
http://www.construction-3d.com/misc/shaft.zip
or the Reference Point sample at Mike J. Wilsons website
http://www.mikejwilson.com/solidworks/solidworks_files.htm

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