1. Bevel Gear Exercise
This is an introductory exercise to get the user familiar with the joint coupler option

2. Bevel Gear Exercise Bevel_Gears.sldasm Define Moving and Ground Parts
(There are no ground parts in this model)
This is an introductory exercise to get the user familiar with the joint coupler option
Bevel_Gears.sldasm

3. Select Ground as 2nd Part
Bevel Gear Exercise
Add Revolute Joint 2
Select Ground as 2nd Part 1
Select Gear as 1st Part
Ground parts are Non moving or Stationary
Select Edge for Location 3

4. Select Ground as 2nd Part
Bevel Gear Exercise
Add Revolute Joint
Select Ground as 2nd Part
Select Gear as 1st Part 1 2
Ground parts are Non moving or Stationary
The Attach option can be used to fix parts together without the user defining the joint.
Select Edge for Location 3

5. Select Ground as 2nd Part
Bevel Gear Exercise
Add Revolute Joint
Select Ground as 2nd Part 1
Select Gear as 1st Part 2
Ground parts are Non moving or Stationary
The Attach option can be used to fix parts together without the user defining the joint. 3
Select Edge for Location

6. Bevel Gear Exercise Add Joint Motion on 20Bevel5
All Joints by default are free to rotate. To represent and attached motor or actuator, we impose control over the joint motion.
All motions are a characteristic of the joint and hence defined under joint properties.
Note that the icon for the joint in the Browser now has red arrows on it because a motion input has been defined.

7. Bevel Gear Exercise Add Joint Coupler
Define Joint Coupler between 20Bevel5 and 40 Bevel1 (Joint 1 and Joint 3)
Define Joint Coupler between 40 Bevel1 and 20Bevel4 (Joint 3 and Joint 2)
Sign convention of the joint coupler is based on the right hand rule. The small arrows shown on the revolute joints indicate the positive rotation direction for the first part in the joint with respect to the second part. The sign of the values seen above may then differ from what is needed for your model, because your revolute joints may have a different positive rotation.

8. Bevel Gear Exercise Run Simulation
Press calculator button to run simulation
Set frames to 250
For this exercise, we are going to change the default simulation parameters to 1 second end time and 250 frames.

9. Couplers
Allows the proportional movement of one joint with respect to another.
Can link:
Rotational - Rotational
Rotational - Translational
Translational - Translational
Available for combinations of Revolute, Cylindrical, and Translational joints
One joint can be linked to multiple joints provided they do not conflict with motion generators or other couplers
Couplers are primarily used for representing gears without taking into account losses