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Add Joints

The Follower is designed to slide through a portion of the Guide component.
However, to hold the Follower Roller against the Cam, specify a spring between
the Follower and Guide components. Dynamic Simulation has a joint for
doing that and more, the Spring/Damper/Jack joint.
1 On the ribbon, click Dynamic Simulation tab
Joint and in the list, select Spring / Damper / Jack joint.
2 On the Guide component, select the hole profile where the follower
passes through the Guide (1).
3 Select the edge profile where the spring will contact the follower.
The result is a spring joint in the browser and a graphic representation
of a spring. The representation is deformable and has action-reaction
forces, but does not have mass.
4 In the browser, in the Force Joints folder, right-click the Spring joint and
click Properties.
5 In the main section of the dialog box, set:
Stiffness = 2.500 N/mm
Free Length = 42 mm
Joint panel Insert
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