Adding extended or compressed springs
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Posted by: brunoa ® 01/02/2008, 11:14:22 Author Profile eMail author Edit

How would I add a spring or spring clip to an assembly such that it constrained to the appropriate surfaces and deflected (extended or compressed) as it would be in real life?

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Posted by: vickers ® 02/16/2008, 05:53:41 Author Profile eMail author Edit

If you are using Pro Engineer there is an option called "Flexible Parts". it means, after insert the part in assy you have define it as flexible part and the upper and lower limit. then it will become flexible . and it will behave like real life product. (i havent tried this with variable pitch and conical kind of Coil springs) Vicks

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Posted by: satishs ® 02/08/2008, 02:22:09 Author Profile eMail author Edit

well, as far as i know, this can be called as a liitation on the part of cad software that it can not draw a helix or a spring. satish s.

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