Translating and Rotating an Object

rorythornton
rorythornton Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello

 

I am trying to simulate the pushing force required to deflect a spherical magnet away from a fixed disc magnet. I have already run a simulation of it, please see below:

 

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  • The arrows indicate the magnetic field directions that I have applied to each magnet
  • The direction of deflection is indicated with the red arrow

 

However, during the physical experiment for this, the spherical magnet rotates as it deflects (So its south pole is pointing towards the static disc magnet). At maximum deflection, the spherical magnet deflected 90 degrees upwards (so the arrows on the picture above would be pointing in the positive z direction).

 

My question is:

  • How can I add a rotation or a mechanical set that allows the spherical magnet to rotate about its x-axis centreline while it translates?
  • For my translation, I have done 20 steps of 1mm to get it from 0-20mm deflection
  • So for rotation, I guess I would want to do 20 steps of 4.5 degrees, but I only know how to translate objects about a fixed point, not a moving one

 

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

 

Many Thanks

 

Rory

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  • asoualmi
    asoualmi
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2020

    Hi,

    Unfortunately, it is not possible to use both movement in Flux. You can use just one: rotation/translation.

    Best regards.

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