How to simulate cylinders

In this section you will find some videos how to create cylinders that always have to extend or align other objects, depending on their size and weight. Use this link Project Files to download the twin projects used in the video guides for demonstration.

Push-off and stopper cylinders

This video shows how to model push-off and stopper cylinders which always extend completely.

Alignment cylinders

This video shows how to model an alignment cylinder which align other objects depending on their size and weight.

Pivoting cylinder

This video shows how rotary joint cylinders can be modeled. The video presents two variants: In the first variant, the positions of all objects in the kinematic chain are determined by the force of the piston. In the second variant, the system is controlled based on a predefined position.