Make a Spooling Rope Assembly in Solidworks

Make a spooling rope assembly in Solidworks that will simulate the raising and lowering of a suspended weight. Learn to use in-context modeling, rack and pinion mating, and path mates to create a really cool assembly! There's also a couple of cool assembly tricks along the way.

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0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Overview of the assembly
1:44 - Adding a helix to the drum
4:22 - Adding the rope component
4:56 - Aligning the rope component
6:08 - Modeling the initial rope geometry
9:46 - Aligning the hanging weight
10:54 - Adding the rack and pinion mate
12:54 - Extending the rope to the weight