The examples proposed were made with the LinkBranch version 2023.811.0 of Realthunder :
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PartDesign : Mechanics' favorite WB. Assembly 3 : my favorite assembly WB. |
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This example is an attempt at top-down design using one or more master sketches as well as the Assembly 3 WB.
The parts are deliberately simplified since this is only a proof of concept exercise. I also haven't shown the locking system.
I used the images and dimensions borrowed from the post https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=78962 from @ppemawm, whom I humbly thank for sharing all his magnificent articles.
However, since the goal is to compare top-down design possibilities between Assembly4 (work by @ppemawm) and Assembly3, I advise you to only read the details of the cited article after you have grasped the Assembly3 point of view.
I therefore defined a very simplified draft of the specifications in order to place it in a design context (school-type learning!). This example of specifications therefore provides:
- the dimensions of the half partition of the fuselage on which the components of the mechanism will be attached,
- the size of the unfolded mechanism,
- the dimensions of the wheel,
- the constraint that the folded mechanism must respect,
- a first study defines the skeleton of the mechanism on a master sketch. All dimensions are named
to allow reuse of them by expressions.
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