pic: Solidworks Blue Nitrile Tread Appearance File

[nathannfm]

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[z_beeblebrox]

Thank you.

In the past, I modified the knurling appearance for blue nitrile which looked... somewhat questionable.

[cadandcookies]

Next, a bump-map...

[Gregor]

Nathan I thought you learned your lesson with three bolts in the wheel.

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Nathan I thought you learned your lesson with three bolts in the wheel.

Has anyone actually had problems with that for reasonable-grade steel bolts (as opposed to crappy stainless ones)? For some reason, I'm having a hard time seeing 3 grade-8 steel bolts failing in that manner.

[evand4567]

Any way we can get this for inventor? Could you include an image file so one can be made for inventor?

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by evand4567

Any way we can get this for inventor? Could you include an image file so one can be made for inventor?

Here is the image I used http://i.imgur.com/WfBfA7v.jpg I distorted it so the grid is perfectly square and will pattern well.
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[AdamHeard]

This is a very expensive wheel configuration!

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

This is a very expensive wheel configuration!

I just realized we have a bunch of inch thick aluminium plate in the shop that we are never gonna use for anything, I guess we could CNC our own. We have never tried anything like that as all we have in that department is a table top mill. COTS is nice, but I guess it's worth a shot if it could save us a few $100 over the entire robot.

[mplanchard]

Beautiful render. Thank you for sharing your SolidWorks image.
Marie

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by nathannfm

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Wait, is it just me, or does "minimum pulley diameter: 63m" (<- other units on page are metric as well) seem a little off?
I want to see what a 63m pulley looks like. do they exist?

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

Wait, is it just me, or does "minimum pulley diameter: 63m" (<- other units on page are metric as well) seem a little off?
I want to see what a 63m pulley looks like. do they exist?

I think they are missing a second "m".
McMaster says it is 2.5in which is ~63mm

[Or 2230]

The appearence doesn't really work in solidworks 2013...
I went to appearence-> advanced-> add file-> tread p2m.
Am i doing it wrong?

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by Or 2230

The appearence doesn't really work in solidworks 2013...
I went to appearence-> advanced-> add file-> tread p2m.
Am i doing it wrong?

What do you mean by "doesn't really"? I find that after I do that, if I go to the "mapping" tab and change "automatic" to "surface" It looks better. If it's not loading the file at all it might be because I generated the file in SolidWorks 2014-2015. Your team should probably upgrade anyway. Here is the form to fill out to get this years version http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=91132550276

Alternatively you can use the image file http://i.imgur.com/WfBfA7v.jpg to create your own.

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Nathan I thought you learned your lesson with three bolts in the wheel.

lol in this application you could use 1 bolt, it's simply keeping the 2 wheels next to each other on the hex shaft which is taking all the torque. But yes 3 in shear, never again.