Attempting to simulate a chain or conveyor system within SOLIDWORKS has traditionally been a challenge. As a precursor to working with the Chain Component Pattern in SOLIDWORKS, you may want to apply some advanced mechanical mates to the path and components of your conveyor to ensure that you have control over all of the components in your conveyor system during a dynamic drag operation. In this way you can interact completely with your conveyor design, once the Chain Component Pattern has been used to populate the design.
Have a look at the following video to see how the Rack / Pinion mate can be used to drive the gear, based upon the movement of the link:
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