bobgaggle
Well-Known Member
I've had to do a few gas springs on some set pieces and I'm wondering if there's an easy way to figure out placement. Is there some sort of equation, given stroke length, compressed length etc? I've been doing my figuring in CAD, playing with placement but it seems like a sloppy way to go about it. Example:
Black rectangles are the hinged pieces, Magenta is the spring with the ends and compressed length marked with the points. The circles trace the path of the spring. If they overlap, the placement won't work because it will be compressed beyond its capacity. This takes a lot of fiddling to figure out in CAD, is there an easier way?
Black rectangles are the hinged pieces, Magenta is the spring with the ends and compressed length marked with the points. The circles trace the path of the spring. If they overlap, the placement won't work because it will be compressed beyond its capacity. This takes a lot of fiddling to figure out in CAD, is there an easier way?