AutoCAD Inventor :: Show Spring Flexing Back And Forth
Jan 2, 2013
I would like to animate the model so that it moves like a whip antenna.
I would like to show the spring flexing back and forth with everything above the spring moving side to side as spring moves.
I have tried several ways to do this but have not had any luck. I haven't done a lot of animation.
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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Oct 30, 2013
how to design and simulate a extension spring (not compression spring) in Autodesk Inventor 2012.
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May 31, 2013
How do i get the spring to have a compressed look with flat end....i try different settings but not able to have the spring rings to touch for a compressed look.
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Apr 6, 2012
I created a spring but when I try to assemble it with constraints it appears to lack a centerline.
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May 2, 2012
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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Aug 8, 2012
I can't make a spring moving according to other parts' behaviour. I use Inventor 12. by the way I sent two photos (scanned by Microsoft Security Essentials-no problem), the spring in the photos was made by design accelerators-as compression spring. I want from spring to move with the other parts but it doesn't. For instance when I pull the blue part down, blue part, and the spring go the into of each other.
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Jan 13, 2004
I have cut out a spiral from top on a cylinder, now I want to make a nice finish. And cutting with a conical spring profile is the way to do it.
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Aug 5, 2012
How can i draw a SPRING around a circle ? like Attachment picture. (not in the Sketch) in the Part Modeling.
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May 29, 2013
Inventor offers us several options to design a coil of constant pitch with a tapering diameter. However, I am unable to create a coil with a taper and a changing pitch at the same time.
We are using Inventor 2013. I would like to produce similar parts as the attached 2D drawings in 3D, only with a changing pitch (distance between revolutions) per revolution. Can it be done? There is software for the CNC spring manufacturing machines to produce such parts. Therefore the proper inputs to produce these effectively and efficiently, are available somewhere.
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.
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Jul 30, 2012
How can i Draw a SPRING around a circle ?
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Jul 2, 2013
I have a piece of steel that I need to flex. It is a piece of blue tempered spring steel pressed against the corner of a brass pressure transfer. The opposite end of the transfer is tangentlly constrained to a latching mechanism. When the latching mechanism is lifted, the transfer rotates slightly around a screw (made invisible) and the spring is flexed. When the latch is released, the spring returns the latch to the closed position. I have several other assemblies that use the same principal, but some with just a piece of mild steel used as a cover as well as a spring.
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Jul 19, 2012
Is there a way to create a Coiled spring of 26 coils on an arc radius of 3.781inchs arc length of spring is 13.706inc
The major dia of the spring is 3/8 inch with the wire dia is NOT given
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
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Oct 14, 2011
how can i make each end of the spring flat.How best to cut the end sections so the wire is flat
Invenotr 2012
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Jul 24, 2013
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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Nov 25, 2013
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)?
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Jun 17, 2013
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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Sep 23, 2012
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?
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Dec 3, 2010
I have a unique part that needs to be generated in IV. It is a sping that follows a curved path (see attachment). I do have complete information, just need to draw it in.
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Jan 28, 2013
I'm designing a hinged cover for something right now that will use a pair of gas extension springs for assisted opening. I'm currently working to figure out how much force it will take to open the cover using different values of spring - it's available in 50, 100, 150, 200, etc., lb versions.
I've tried running simulations using a force applied to the moving end of the gas spring, and I've trued running simulations using a spring joint applied between the fixed and and the moving end of the gas spring, and I'm getting dramatically different results between the two. For instance, using a 200 lb force shows me that I need about 25 extra lbs of force applied to the handle of the cover to open it, where when I use that same 200 lbs on a spring joint, I need 50-75 lbs to keep the cover closed, because it will open on its own.
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Nov 13, 2013
I want to insert a spring in an assembly, and for that i will make a spring with the coil command. if i will squeese it between surfaces, will it resemble a spring? will the bindings come closer (i hope they are called bindings, otherwise tell me how they are called)?
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May 23, 2013
I need a conical spring that can change in pitch as it tapers. Basically the spring starts in a compression style and tapers down to an expasion style. The CNC spring machines are capable to produce it, but am I able to, through Inventor? If not when will we have this feature capability?
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Mar 17, 2012
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Oct 4, 2011
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Aug 22, 2013
I have currently made a nested family for a basketball system and have a problem when i flex my elevation. As you can see my bracing that the Red arrow is pointing to is not flexing properly.. However when I edit the family its in, I have it constrained and it flexes no problem.
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Dec 16, 2012
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Picture attached of the intro.
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Apr 21, 2011
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