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Re: Assistance With Tread

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Originally Posted by matt111
wow screws are really hard. u probably know this but u can use the cheap inventor "threads" to texture if the constaints wont work. or u could do a presentation and tweak the screws to move up and spin at the same time.
he means treads. As in tank treads.

And to answer your question, I don't think that Invento can even DO treads. All the objects you can add motion constraints to move or rotate, but do not deform. A tread must be constantly changing its shape to move around, unlike a wheel, gear, sprokect, rotating arm, pneumatic cylinder, etc. that only have to MOVE.

So I would say model it and put it on, and then move the wheels that drive the tread and tell your team to pretend that the tread is moving also.
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