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Chris Tron replied to Chris Tron's discussion Restricting the max and min length of a spring

"Hi Daniel, I have now got it working. Thanks again."

Jul 10, 2012

Chris Tron replied to Chris Tron's discussion Restricting the max and min length of a spring

"Hi Daniel, Thanks for the reply! I tried out your suggestion (or I think i have tried it out) and it still does not seem to work. I'm sure that I am missing something; I've just started learning the…"

Jul 9, 2012

Daniel Piker replied to Chris Tron's discussion Restricting the max and min length of a spring

"Hi Chris, The way I would recommend to do this would be to actually use 2 springs for each member, one with a regular stiffness, and the other with a very high stiffness, and its LowerCutoff and RestLength both set to the max length you want to…"

Jul 9, 2012

Chris Tron replied to Chris Tron's discussion Restricting the max and min length of a spring

"I'm thinking my original post was a little vague... I'll explain a little further. I am building a truss system where each member of the truss will be a linear actuator. I will be using grasshopper, kanagroo and firefly. I ideally would…"

Jul 9, 2012

Chris Tron posted a discussion

Restricting the max and min length of a spring

I am wondering if there is any way that I could define the maximum and minimum length of a spring? When the spring compresses to a certain length it does not compress any further, and the same with when it is pulled.It seems like something that could potentially be defined somehow...Thanks,ChrisSee More

Jul 8, 2012

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Jul 8, 2012

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