A multi-part question:
1.) How do you recommend I model a rectangular spring?
2.) How do I apply the concept from the initial question and apply a curve to the spring?
3.) How do I mimic the properties of a spring in animation?
I have to make a spring for an engineering class I have yet me nor the teacher know how to make a rectangular spring.
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The part I've been describing uses .09 diameter wire and has about 54 coils in about 8 inches. The starting inside diameter is about .53" and the pitch is about .27" the ending inside diameter is .109" +/- .01 with a pitch of about .091".
Here are 2D drawings of similar parts, the last (NF3) is closest to what we need.
How can i Draw a SPRING around a circle ?
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The original Hand done drawing are attached in PDF version 6 format
As for Inventor I'm using 2012. It is the first time I have come across this sort of problem I thought of doing a single coil and creating a sub assemble of it around a construction line arc rad with each coil mated and rotated at an angle to the other but then thought that there must be an easier way of creating this spring.
Inventor 2013 Pro
how can i make each end of the spring flat.How best to cut the end sections so the wire is flat
Invenotr 2012
I use inventor 2011 and i want to create a spring animation. I followed this video step by step but when i constrain the upside and the downside of the spring to those plate objects i get an error.
this is the video i followed:
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I cant seem to find out how to assemble the spring to the rest of my item.
Will you be able to use the assembly if I do not provide the parts used(maximum 3 uploads)?
Can I use the spring generator to design a spring for me? I know my spring rate, my loads and my dimensions. I don't care how many active coils the spring has as long as it performs to the specifications I've calculated.
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I have attached the assembly and parts.
It doesn't have to perfect it's for a presentation.
IV2012 Product Design Suite
Windows XP Professional 32 Bit
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regarding obtaining the dimensions of a simple retangular prism?
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Does Adjust only work if the terminator is a solid surface instead of a plane?