Tutorial: Enabling motion using joints and contact sets

This tutorial leads you through the process of assembling the components of a Geneva drive. When assembled, you can move the components to visualize the motion of the gear mechanism.

In this tutorial, you:

• Apply a rigid group to all the components in the rotor subassembly.
• Add a revolute joint to position the rotor subassembly within the frame subassembly.
• Enable contact sets, then create a contact set between the wheel of the cross subsassembly and the pin of the rotor subassembly.

Assembled Geneva drive with working gear mechanism

Prerequisites

• The Design workspace is active.

• The GenevaDrive design file is open.

  1. If necessary, click Show Data Panel . The Data Panel appears at the left side of the program window.
  2. Under Samples, double-click Basic Training > 06 - Assemblies > GenevaDrive.
  3. Close the Data Panel.