https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Limit-motion-of-mechanism-sliding-joint-in-global-space/m-p/626756#M1002 <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">I have a mechanism in Creo where a sliding joint rotates about a pint joint. I need to constrain the motion of the sliding joint to never extend past some plane in the assembly. However since the sliding joint is rotating, the motion limits along its translation axis will not work.</P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">&nbsp;</P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="79g13v5sglm31.png" style="width: 399px;"><img src="https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19335iEB5060D7A14530CB/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="79g13v5sglm31.png" alt="79g13v5sglm31.png" /></span></P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">&nbsp;</P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">The screenshot shows how the sliding joint is set up to rotate about another pin joint. I would like to constrain the sliding joint's motion so that the "limited pin joint" never crosses below the fat dashed red line, making its motion follow the light dashed line. How is this possible?</P> Sun, 15 Sep 2019 14:57:05 GMT pgs2 2019-09-15T14:57:05Z https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Limit-motion-of-mechanism-sliding-joint-in-global-space/m-p/626756#M1002 <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">I have a mechanism in Creo where a sliding joint rotates about a pint joint. I need to constrain the motion of the sliding joint to never extend past some plane in the assembly. However since the sliding joint is rotating, the motion limits along its translation axis will not work.</P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">&nbsp;</P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="79g13v5sglm31.png" style="width: 399px;"><img src="https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19335iEB5060D7A14530CB/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="79g13v5sglm31.png" alt="79g13v5sglm31.png" /></span></P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">&nbsp;</P> <P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">The screenshot shows how the sliding joint is set up to rotate about another pin joint. I would like to constrain the sliding joint's motion so that the "limited pin joint" never crosses below the fat dashed red line, making its motion follow the light dashed line. How is this possible?</P> Sun, 15 Sep 2019 14:57:05 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Limit-motion-of-mechanism-sliding-joint-in-global-space/m-p/626756#M1002 pgs2 2019-09-15T14:57:05Z https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Limit-motion-of-mechanism-sliding-joint-in-global-space/m-p/626765#M1003 <P>Use point on line (slot) connection.</P> Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:26:33 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Limit-motion-of-mechanism-sliding-joint-in-global-space/m-p/626765#M1003 pausob 2019-09-15T23:26:33Z