Coupling Engineering Connection

The coupling engineering connection is made of two engineering connections in order to couple their displacements.

Three kinds of coupling exist:

  • Gear to couple two engineering connections containing only one angle constraint each.
  • Cable to couple two engineering connections containing only one offset constraint each.
  • Rack to couple an engineering connection containing only one offset constraint and an engineering connection containing only one angle constraint.

Related Topics
Selectable Geometries from Constraint Definition
Available Constraints from Selected Geometries

The two engineering connections involved in the coupling engineering connection must comply with the following rules:

  • Each engineering connection must contain either one offset or one angle constraint.
  • The offset or angle constraint in the engineering connection must be set in Controlled constraint mode.
  • At least one of the two values of constraints in engineering connections must be unset.
Important:

The direction (offset constraint) or orientation (angle constraint) in the coupling engineering connection depends on the way you are designing the constraints in the two engineering connections. If the relation is not correct, you can invert the relation by changing the ratio sign in the coupling engineering connection.