Assembly CreateJointRackPinion

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Assembly CreateJointRackPinion

Menu location
Assembly → Create Rack and Pinion Joint
Workbenches
Assembly
Default shortcut
Q
Introduced in version
1.0
See also
None

Description

The Assembly CreateJointRackPinion tool creates a rack and pinion joint that couples the translation of a part of a slinding joint and the rotation of a part of a revolute joint.

Usage

  1. Optionally select two geometric entities of two different parts that have previously been used to define a Slider joint and a Revolute joint.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
    • Press the Create Rack and Pinion Joint button.
    • Select the Assembly → Create Rack and Pinion Joint option from the menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: Q.
  3. The Create Joint dialog opens in the Task panel listing the pre-selected entities.
  4. For further steps see Assembly CreateJointFixed.

Notes

  • Pitch radius refers to the pitch circle of the pinion. It is stored in DataDistance and is the basis to calculate the ratio between rotation and translation.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A RackPinion object is derived from an App FeaturePython object and inherits all its properties. See Assembly CreateJointFixed for additional properties.