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Tangent Constraint is the 3rd one from the left (I think) To center the hardware inside the hole from the edges of the holes the dimension is .009 from both edges.

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Sounds good! I won't be able to test it until later but does the nut automatically goes onto the bolt? I tried mating the metal surface with the bolt / nut but it shows constraining error. Any suggestions? (I feel like there's an obvious thing that I'm doing wrong since I was able to put the nut & bolt together when there's no metal between them and I did it in PTC...)

Oh and do you know anything about dealing with wires and cables in Inventor? I'm trying to make the model as realistic as possible so... Wiring... Not excited about that... Yay...

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I have played with wiring with a not so fun experience. I ended up using the tool to route pneumatics tubing once. You can see here. I didn't do a very good job but it was a first time with the tool so, and I teach myself through trial and error... :D


to put the nut on you mate the centerline to centerline or mate around a radius. So click the rounded surface of the bolt then click the rounded inner surface of the nut and they should snap together, After that you mate surface to surface on the bolt and the nut and you should be complete. :D

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Well guys its here!!! My FTC CAD Library formated for Inventor 2012 is published here: http://ge.tt/5hscqpb?c

Some notes:

Every part I could find a suitable material for I have assigned it to most of the parts. This means if you want a weight estimate you can simply go to iProperties and figure out (roughly) how much your robot will weigh. It will also give you an accurate CG! You also might notice I added some eye candy to the gears just for some fun (I got really bored one day) :p

I tried to color most of the parts and I am working on sensors and basic legos. I have to convert all the parts from Pro-E :(

If you have any comments or suggestions It would be appreciated! I would love to improve and update this for you guys as parts are added and such! :D

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Thanks! I can finally stop using Pro/E... :rolleyes:

Oh and it turns out I had to mate both the nut and bolt to the surface they're in contacted with, then use insert to each other and to the hole. Otherwise it shows constraining error for some odd reason. :mad: But it's better than nothing.

I'm spoiled with all those center lines to line everything up but it doesn't have that for the axels... (I'm sure I knew how to line the axels to the delrin bearings before but I forgot) Any suggestions?

I guess I never have to worry about that with Tetrix since it has D shafts. :D