Linking the Piston Mechanisms

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Link the first piston and cylinder between the arms.

The piston mechanisms are no longer nested blocks. Each piston and its accompanying cylinder are separate blocks with a relation.

  1. Drag Piston-1 adjacent to Upper Arm-1, and then click in the graphics area to clear selection.

  1. Click Add Relations (Dimensions/Relations toolbar).

  2. Click Zoom to Area (View toolbar), zoom in to Piston-1.

  3. Clear the view tool, and then select the centers of the arcs for Selected Entities.

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