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Assembling with Connections

You can assemble components together in an assembly by creating various types of Connections.  Connections can be used to create realistic mechanical joints between components. These joints will allow assembly components to move as a mechanism.

Connections can be created by selecting corresponding pairs of geometry from the component being assembled and an existing component.

A Pin connection allows a component to rotate, but not translate along the rotation axis.

 

Task 3-3. Begin assembling the CONNECTING_ROD with a Pin connection.

  1. Click Add component from the feature toolbar.
    • Select CONNECTING_ROD.PRT and click Open.
  2. Change the connection type fom User Defined to Pin in the dashboard.
    • Press and hold the middle mouse button to spin the assembly, and then select the cylindrical surfaces as shown in the following figure.
    • Notice this has defined the Axis Alignment for the Pin Connection.


Selecting Surfaces

  1. Click Saved View List from the main toolbar and select Standard Orientation.