Help with A2Plus. Crankshaft, Connecting Rod and Piston Restrictions and Movements

[dcapeletti]

Hi, I'm trying to make a crankshaft system, connecting rod and gate or piston. The idea is to apply restrictions in such a way that when the crankshaft rotates upwards, there is an elevation of the gate. This with the restrictions that the model already has works properly.

But the problem is that when the crankshaft rotates, the connecting rod is lifted vertically, which also moves the piston or gate sideways.
In practice, the gate should move vertically but not sideways and the connecting rod should take an angle. Attached is a video recording to show what's going on. https://peertube.video/videos/watch/507 ... f02edb4d04

I hope you can help me on the restriction I must apply to achieve the movement of a crankshaft, connecting rod and gate or piston.

Thanks

[kbwbe]

Hi, I'm trying to make a crankshaft system, connecting rod and gate or piston. The idea is to apply restrictions in such a way that when the crankshaft rotates upwards, there is an elevation of the gate. This with the restrictions that the model already has works properly.

But the problem is that when the crankshaft rotates, the connecting rod is lifted vertically, which also moves the piston or gate sideways.
In practice, the gate should move vertically but not sideways and the connecting rod should take an angle. Attached is a video recording to show what's going on. https://peertube.video/videos/watch/507 ... f02edb4d04

I hope you can help me on the restriction I must apply to achieve the movement of a crankshaft, connecting rod and gate or piston.

Thanks

Your piston is not guided in X-direction in space. Do a new file and create a cube. Import this cube to your assembly (important). Place the import biside your piston and set the "fixedPosition" property of the cube to "True". Do a planeCoincident constraint between the dummy cube. Now the piston is guided. If you do not want to see the cube, make it invisible. Constraints still work.

[dcapeletti]

Hello, thank you very much for your help, now it worked as expected.

Now what I would like to achieve is an animation. For example when I change the crankshaft angle using the python API with this command:

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App.ActiveDocument.Cigue__al_001.Placement = App.Placement(App.Vector(0,0,0), App.Rotation(-90,0,0), App.Vector(0,0,0)) 

A2Plus automatically resolves the constraints. Maybe there is an A2plus API that allows you to solve the constraints.

Thanks

[dcapeletti]

Hello, thank you very much for your help, now it worked as expected.

Now what I would like to achieve is an animation. For example when I change the crankshaft angle using the python API with this command:

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App.ActiveDocument.Cigue__al_001.Placement = App.Placement(App.Vector(0,0,0), App.Rotation(-90,0,0), App.Vector(0,0,0)) 

A2Plus automatically resolves the constraints. Maybe there is an A2plus API that allows you to solve the constraints.

Thanks

Solved:

In python console:

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App.ActiveDocument.Cigue__al_001.Placement = App.Placement(App.Vector(0,0,0), App.Rotation(0,0,0), App.Vector(0,0,0)) 

from a2p_solversystem import SolverSystem
solver  = SolverSystem()
solver.solveSystem(App.ActiveDocument)

Sample video https://peertube.video/videos/watch/6f0 ... 06eb4f0d81