Is it possible to simulate hexagon shaft rotation in Pro/E?

Greetings:

I would like to simulate the rotation of an hexagon
shaft (with a minimal outside xsection dimension) inside an hexagon
housing (with a maximal inside xsection dimension) and get the angle
value the moment the shaft sharp edge touching one of the housing flat
edge. Can this be simulated on either Pro/E or Pro/Mechanica? If so,
how would you do this?

Any suggestion and help would be greatly appreciated.

 

It can be simulated with Mechanism Design, the current incarnation of the old
Mechanica Motion. If you have this option, you can do the following:

* In assembly mode, place your external hub. Fix this in position with a csys to
csys alignment.
* Assemble the running shaft, but don't use the standard assembly constraints;
select the page that says Connections. (Your hex geometry will have to have an
axis through the middle to use this function.)
* In Connections, align the axes of the two parts, then pick on a plane or other
limiter of lateral movement. You should be able to drag spin your "shaft" part.
* Now you are ready to go into Mechanism Design. Pick 'Applications>Mechanism'. To
make your mechanism move, it needs motive power, something to drive it. Look for
an icon that says Motors.
* When you've applied a motor, run an analysis, then do a playback, but with
global interference set so that it highlights/stops when the inside point hits the
outside flat. This will, of course, be at 30 degrees, half the 60 of the a hex
section.

David Janes

 

David,

Thank you so much for your help.

I follow your instruction up to the Applications > Mechanism. There
are 3 icons "Drag an Assembled Component", "Define Servo Motor" and
"Define Force Motor". By trial and error, I finally pick the "Define
Servo Motor", #Type "Joint Axis", #Select "Connection_1.axis_1, #Motion
type is set to Rotation (in degrees) by default, #Profile "Position"
"deg", #Magnitude "Ramp", #A = 1, #B=10, #Run the analysis - The inside
shaft rotate then stop, #Playback, #Result Set "Default",
#Interference, #Global Interference, #Options, #Include Quilts, #Stop
Playback, #Play Current Set, #Play - The shaft rotate then stop at
interference. Now, how can I get the angle value when the Outside
Shaft edge touching the inside Housing flat edge causing the playback
to stop?
For your information the shaft measures 0.436 across its flat edge and
the inside housing measure 0.45 across its flat edges and I am using
WF1 build 2003400 with Pro/Mechanica Release level 248 (824) date code
2003280.

 

David,

Never mind. I find a very simple way of doing this. Just assemble the
two part together using the standard constraint axis align, colinear
plane, make a constraint "edge on surface" between the outer edge shaft
with the inner flat edge housing. Finally, measure the angle between
the mating plane to get the exact value.

Thanks for your time and help.