@@nf794 Mostly Aesthetic for chain, but the basis for using the iMates and pattern capabilities as a general practice can be applied to many other areas if the need arises.
A great video,thank you. I am probably doing something wrong because Inventor does not allow me to select the workpoint for the second iMate angle constraint on link 2. It makes me select just the plane but not the point, putting the iMate constrain on the center of the link instead of the side.
What do I have to do, if I want a chain, which is not only connected to these points but to the hole inner space of one piece? This answer would end my one week of searching for asolution!
Hi, It's not something that I have tried, but in theory, yes you could, What you would have to do is create the path around the pipe by using a 3D sketch, and then using a 3D intersection which would place the 3D sketch on the pipe. Then you would place the work points on this path, rather than in space as I have done in the video. This should get the chain going around the pipe. Thanks
This is a very very good tutorial! Thank´s!
Works in 2020! So weird that yours is the only video for something like this!
This is such a good tutorial! Very easy to follow and comprehend what is happening. Top notch!
Thanks a ton for making our life easy.
Just used this for a chain link at work, thank you very much!
This still work in Inventor 18. Very nice lesson for iMates. Opens up a world of crazy new modeling ideas.
Really? Im thinking of astethic options but no real applications come to my mind
@@nf794 Mostly Aesthetic for chain, but the basis for using the iMates and pattern capabilities as a general practice can be applied to many other areas if the need arises.
A great video,thank you. I am probably doing something wrong because Inventor does not allow me to select the workpoint for the second iMate angle constraint on link 2. It makes me select just the plane but not the point, putting the iMate constrain on the center of the link instead of the side.
The second one is only for the plane, not the point.
Works in 2020. Thank you!
Helped me a lot! Cheers mate!
Helped a lot !!! Thanks
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thanks a lot man... u did an awesome job
Awesome. Thanks heaps!
Thank you good sir
What do I have to do, if I want a chain, which is not only connected to these points but to the hole inner space of one piece? This answer would end my one week of searching for asolution!
x and y axis
Can you make the chain follow a path now say around a pipe
Hi, It's not something that I have tried, but in theory, yes you could, What you would have to do is create the path around the pipe by using a 3D sketch, and then using a 3D intersection which would place the 3D sketch on the pipe. Then you would place the work points on this path, rather than in space as I have done in the video. This should get the chain going around the pipe. Thanks