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Is it possible to model a rubber tack in Solidworks?

BFassassin · 2010-04-16 11:57:26

Hey guys, Is it possible to model a rubber track that has fexibility so that it can be shown to animate in Solidworks? Im tring to model a robot with a rubber track and would like to show it moving and not just as a rigid part. Thanks

16-04-2010 12:57pm

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BFassassin

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Hey guys,
Is it possible to model a rubber track that has fexibility so that it can be shown to animate in Solidworks?

Im tring to model a robot with a rubber track and would like to show it moving and not just as a rigid part.

Thanks

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#2 20-04-2010 2:23pm

Offy

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I had to draw an assembly with moving springs before, the only way I could figure out how to made the springs compress was to right some code to do it. Perhaps there is another way but I dont know of any.

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