Thread: Chain..... How you do it properly?
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Re: Chain..... How you do it properly?
I tried to make chain that would move right using some already made chain (came in 2 parts that had to be contrained together repeatidly). While I could get the chain to stay together on it's own, it would break once I tried to constrain it to a gear. Because of the way gears are made (not just in and out, I think it is called involute) there is no "center" in the gaps to place the chain, only possible centers (there's about 3 "center" points to constrain to). My chain was either slack, broke (how does Inventor do that?), or Inventor was yelling at me for breaking it. Therefore, the most obvious route doesn't work.
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