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Sliding and rolling: contour on contour
Two contours of any shape slide or roll precisely on each other. Unlike the circle example, the moving part is also freely shaped here.
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Sliding and rolling: circle on contour
A circular shape slides on a contour of any shape – or rolls along it. ASOM simulates both cases precisely.
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The task
Motion along a free-form contour
A circular shape is to slide along a contour of any shape and, in the second case, roll along it.
What ASOM shows here
- Sliding: a circular shape slides along a contour of any shape.
- Rolling: the circular shape rolls along the contour.
- Some components that create the necessary kinematic constraints are hidden in the video.
Your benefits
More than joints and straight rails
In ASOM, you model sliding and rolling motions on free-form contours just as you model joints and straight rails.
Free-form contours
Spline rails reproduce curved contours, including closed ones, for example for curved guides. More on contours
Check guides early
You see how a part moves along a curved guide as early as the conceptual design stage.
Personal support
We will be happy to show you in detail how to build such models.
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