Transmit rotational motion of a swinging door to a shaft rotation in Simscape multibody?

Hi! I am making a school project involving converting the swinging motion of a swing door to a one way rotation of a generator shaft.

This is how i intend it to work. A spur gear (mounted to a vertical shaft) is meshed with an internal gear placed horizontally at the top of the door. When the door is opened, the spur gear follows a circular path and meshes with the internal gear thus rotating the vertical shaft it is connected to. How can i do this in simscape multibody?

I made my assembly in autodesk inventor, but the drive constraints that i used to do this weren't accepted in simscape multibody. So i figure i should just directly assemble it in matlab.

I attached the zip file of my assembly. Ill appreciate any help. Thank you!

Answer 1

[Juan Sagarduy]

Hello Joben

Indeed. It is best to assemble the pieces in Simscape Multibody procent n this case. The common gear constraint is the element you need to use for the swinging door mechanism.

https://se.mathworks.com/help/physmod/sm/ref/commongearconstraint.html

Good Luck / Juan