what are the another option to replace spherical joint?

Hi, I am unable to lift a load (four bar linkages) with spherical joint in simmechanics with hydraulic actuation. actually my body which i want to operate with simhydraulic is not connected in the same plane. so, i have used ball joint (in simmechanics which is actually a spherical joint). please help. Thanks

Answer 1

[Divyanshu]

Hi @sanjeev kumar,

Although it depends on the complete workflow and the end goal you are trying to achieve. However a possible alternative for spherical joint can be gimbal joint.

You can execute the following command in MATLAB command prompt to get more details about gimbal joint:

>>web(fullfile(docroot,'/physmod/sm/ref/gimbaljoint.html'))

I hope this helps!