How to use "range"

[tangtang]

Professor ,I have a component, I’ve made a part.I rotate Green,the Red work.
I want to know how to use" range" to limit other Links? Could you please help me? Thank you (255.6 KB)

[WilliamSmith]

There is an add-on posted recently to help with closed systems. Others can help you better. Attached is a example of using range(a,b,c) function as defined in the Help > Expressions Reference Guide.

Test Range Function.vcmx (38.4 KB)

[tangtang]

Thank you .I try but I still can’t solve the “red leg”. I will try to do it。

[WilliamSmith]

Does this help?

SasaHelper for modeling follower joints

Hi, Modeling closed loop kinematic chains can be a bit difficult. VC has helper functions called sasa-functions that help you solve mechanisms that form a triangle or a quadrilateral. Those functions require you to measure the triangle or quadrilateral effectively and for that I have created this add-on called SasaHelper. To use the add-on unzip it under your Documents\Visual Components\4.X\My Commands -folder. Add-on will add two buttons on Modeling tab. Sasa Helper is used for solving triang…

[tangtang]

I will try.Thank you.