Meshing Sliprings Explicitly

Meshing Sliprings Explicitly

To tackle some of the problems with "radiused" sliprings described above PRIMER allows explicit meshing of belts through sliprings, in fact through arbitrary geometry.

It is easy to define both the position and the shape of the belt path making feeding of the belt through the slot of a slipring simple. This allows for more realistic meshes in which form-finding can tighten the belt correctly against the actual slipring geometry and the belt itself can adopt a more realistic shape.

Here is a view of a D-Ring fitted this way showing how the mesh can skew more realistically through the buckle, and also pull over to one side if required.

This is the most realistic method of modelling sliprings in PRIMER .

The Adjust feature in the Explicit Slipring Panel allows effortless path definition through the slot of shoulder and pelvis sliprings.