A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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patdesse
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A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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Hello all

This is probably a dumb question, but is there any way to avoid overlapping objects when moving them with A2Plus ?

For example, if I move an object body that starts overlapping a second object body, I would want the second one to start moving using its own constraints.

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Pat
patdesse
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Re: A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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Hello all

well, should be impossible I guess...
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Re: A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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what you want is multi body dynamics simulations, I think there are some ongoing efforts to implement that but it's unlikely to be in the form of a a2+ constraint, I don't even know if any of them are trying to get it working with a2+
patdesse
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Re: A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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Thanks for your answer.
Do you know another tool to simulate that (within or without FreeCAD) ?
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Re: A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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patdesse wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:11 pm is there any way to avoid overlapping objects when moving them with A2Plus ?
Hi patdesse, Are you looking for a ‘limit’ constraint? An example might be: if you have a pin in a slot, the limit constraint would allow the pin to slide from one end of the slot to the other end of the slot but would stop it from going beyond the slot. If this is what you are looking for, I do not know of a limit constraint in A2+.
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Re: A2Plus Constraint to avoid objects overlapping

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Hi Dan Miel, thanks for your answer
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