A roller bearing is defined between two bodies. When the user does modeling the roller bearing model, RecurDyn/Bearing should comply with the following rules:
• The journal or shaft part (Inner body) is set as a base body of roller bearing.
• The bearing part (Outer body) is set as an action body of roller bearing.
Figure 1 Base and action body of Roller Bearing
Figure 2 Roller Bearing Group icon of the Bearing group in the Toolkit tab
The user can create a bearing as follows.
• Point, WithDialog
• Point: Selects points on two bodies to define the location of the bearing.
• WithDialog: Modifies the property for the bearing with a dialog. The bearing is created with clicking OK. For more information, click here.
• Point, Direction, WithDialog
• Point: Selects points on two bodies to define the location of the bearing.
• Direction: Defines the direction for rotation of the bearing.
• WithDialog: Modifies the property for the bearing with a dialog. The bearing is created with clicking OK. For more information, click here.
• Body, Body, Point, WithDialog
• Body: Selects a base body as a shaft or journal.
• Body: Selects an action body as an outer body.
• Point: Selects points on two bodies to define the location of the bearing.
• WithDialog: Modifies the property for the bearing with a dialog. The bearing is created with clicking OK. For more information, click here.
• Body, Body, Point, Direction, WithDialog
• Body: Selects a base body as a shaft or journal.
• Body: Selects an action body as an outer body.
• Point: Selects points on two bodies to define the location of the bearing.
• Direction: Defines the direction for rotation of the bearing.
• WithDialog: Modifies the property for the bearing with a dialog. The bearing is created with clicking OK. For more information, click here.