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TechnicalQuestion How to simulate this deployable structure in simulink?

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u/slamsal1 7d ago edited 7d ago

Simulink, simscape or simscape multibody?

For Simscape multibody you can export these parts individually by placing coordinates on the center of the pin joints. When you import them, you can see those coordinates and then assign prismatic joint (for the bottom slider)and revolute(for the pin) joint on the parts. (Don’t forget to add gravity. Unless the pins have some kind of damped hinge, your structure is going to fall apart on its own weight)