Tutorial : Creating Screw Joints in CATIA

Rahul

17 Jun, 2014 01:16 PM

Ok So here we will discuss how to create a screw joint.

1. Step 1:

   Click the arrow within the Revolute Joint icon. or Undock the Kinematics Joints toolbar.

2. Step 2:

   Select the Screw Joint icon. The Joint Creation: Screw Joint dialog box is displayed.

3. Step 3:

   Click New Mechanism. The Mechanism Creation dialog box is displayed.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Here is the joint creation Dialog box.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Select Line 1 either in the geometry area or in the specification tree. In our example, select the screw cylinder axis as shown below:

   The current selection field is automatically updated.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Select Line 2, the Part2 Block axis.

7. Step 7:

   Enter 10 in the pitch field and select the Length driven check box.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Click Ok to end the Universal joint creation.

9. Step 9:

   Create a Fixed constraint on the cylinder block (Part 2).

10. Step 10:

    Double-click Mechanism1 or click the Simulation with Commands icon.