# Assemblies & Simulated Movement Function?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804 "2022-08-08T12:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ctc1111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@ctc1111](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ctc1111)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/1 "2022-08-08T12:36:00Z")

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I’m curious if there is any update on, or any plans for the implementation of an assemblies function that can simulate movement of something like a hinge?

I’ve done a search and come up with a few old threads on this, but with nothing recent I thought I’d ask again to get an idea of if this is imminent or still way off in the future.

I’ve got a project coming up where I’ll need to simulate movement of some unique hinge designs to ensure clearances will be met. Im trying to decide if I should hold out for the feature or if I’ll have to move to something like Fusion360 for this.

Thanks!

@Istvan

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/2 "2022-08-08T20:34:14Z")

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Adding a construction axis to the pivot point will do that.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/3 "2022-08-08T20:36:00Z")

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I found a video showing how to do it.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/8/8/887061ce577504636e077ab0703d33e91936babc.jpeg "Construction axes | Creating complex 3D bodies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhWE3hYujk)

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**Author:** ![jb7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@jb7](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jb7)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/4 "2022-08-09T23:15:59Z")

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Is there any chance that this could be made to work for more complex assemblies, such as linkages?

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**Author:** ![Karim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/46a35a/32.png) [@Karim](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Karim)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/5 "2022-08-10T01:32:50Z")

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You want something like sketch blocks to do that.

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**Author:** ![ctc1111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@ctc1111](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/ctc1111)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/6 "2022-08-10T02:32:41Z")

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Agreed - wondering if there is some kind of workaround for movement of more complex assemblies with multiple hinge points in motion simultaneously.

I’m working on a pantograph door hinge design, and verifying the geometry will work via simulated movement would be really beneficial.

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**Author:** ![jb7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@jb7](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jb7)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/7 "2022-08-12T23:28:43Z")

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You can animate 2d linkages in shapr3d already, I was wondering if it would be possible to develop a way to animate 3D bodies

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**Author:** ![RaptorPrinter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@RaptorPrinter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/RaptorPrinter)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/assemblies-simulated-movement-function/20804/8 "2022-08-16T15:59:03Z")

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It can but if you have a lot of hinges that depend on eachother it can get rather difficult to manage all of the construction axis after you’ve started moving them. Think of if you were making a transformers toy.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/f/ef8e6de916f32bfb4ded38b6779057f51843128b.jpeg)