Iteraction between link and component

Hello everyone,

I am trying to model a mechanism where a screw is pushed by a link.
The link is working fine and set up properly. But, unfortunately the screw is not interacting with the link or the link is not interacting with the screw. The screw is positioned directly on the link at the beginning of the simulation and I placed the screw there with the alignment tool. So what I am looking fo now is a way to have an interaction between the link and the screw, but the screw cannot be part of the link since it will be picked up by a robot in my simulation later.

Does anyone have an idea on how to solve this issue.

Best regards

maru

Model the screw as a separate component and then use the attach command to attach it to the link you want the screw to follow.

https://help.visualcomponents.com/4.9/Premium/en/English/3D%20Operations/Attaching_components.htm

Robot can still grab your screw during simulation even though such things are usually modeled using dynamic components which only exist during simulation.

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Hey TSy,

as always thank you very much for your help. Actually, this time I already did the exact same thing. But, instead of attaching my screw to the link, I attached it to the parent of the link, thus, when link moves the screw staied in place. Now I changed it and everything goes fine.

Thnaks a lot

maru