Creating Cable Joints

You can create a cable joint to combine the translational motion of two prismatic joints.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Joints

Define the Properties

  1. From the Mechanism section of the action bar, click Joint .
  2. In the dialog box, select Cable from the list of joint types.
  3. In the Definition section of the dialog box, select the two rod connections between which to create the joint.
    1. Click the field next to Rod 1 joint and select the first joint in the work area.
    2. Click the field next to Rod 2 joint and select the second joint in the work area.
    The name of the two joints appear in the corresponding fields.
  4. To create a new joint:
    1. Click Create new joint .

      Tip: You can also click and select Create new joint.

    2. In the dialog box, define a new joint. For more information, see Creating Joints.
    3. Click OK.
    The new joint appears in the tree and in the field.
  5. Specify a value for the gear ratio in Gear ratio v_1/v_2.
  6. Enter a value for the position offset of the rod joint.
  7. Enter a value for the angle offset of the shaft joint.
  8. Click .
    In the tree, the joint appears under the Joints node.

Edit the Joint

  1. To edit a joint, in the tree, do one of the following:
    • Double-click a joint.
    • Click a joint and select Edit Feature on the context toolbar.
  2. In the dialog box, edit the joint parameters.
  3. Click .