Creating the Input Shaft
Before you create the general part for the input shaft, you must create a single hardpoint to locate the input shaft, followed by two construction frames:
■A construction frame with the same location as the hardpoint and with the z-axis pointing to the rolling axis of the input shaft.
■Another construction frame at the end of the input shaft and with the z-axis pointing to the previous construction frame.
For a review of creating hardpoints, construction frames, and general parts, see Creating Propshaft Parts.
To create the hardpoint:
1. Create a hardpoint with the following specifications:
■Hardpoint Name: input_shaft
■Type: single
■Location: 0, 0, 0
2. Select OK.
To create the construction frames:
1. Create the first construction frame:
■Construction Frame: input_shaft
■Type: single
■Location Dependency: Delta location from coordinate
■Coordinate Reference: hps_input_shaft
■Location: 0, 0, 0
■Location in: local
■Orientation Dependency: User entered values
■Orient using: Euler Angles
■Euler Angles: 0, -90, 0
2. Select Apply.
3. Create the second construction frame using the same specifications used for the first construction frame, except for:
■Construction Frame: input_shaft_end
■Coordinate Reference: cfs_input_shaft
■Location: 0, 0, 200
■Orientation Dependency: Orient axis to point
■Coordinate Reference: cfs_input_shaft
■Axis: Z
4. Select OK.
To create the input shaft general part:
1. Use the General Part Wizard to create the input shaft general part:
■General Part Name: input_shaft
■Type: single
■Geometry Type: Link
■Coordinate Reference # 1: cfs_input_shaft
■Coordinate Reference # 2: cfs_input_shaft_end
■Radius: 10
■Color: dark gray
2. Select OK.