Newbie question - trying to mock up an operable panel
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I just started using SP (have been a long time SketchUp user). I'm trying to model a design for an operable panel (sort of like a garage door - it is supposed to pivot and raise up). The attached file shows it with SP stuff in it as well.
What is supposed to happen (I think) is that when you start SP and use the hand to push on the panel at the bottom (where the X is drawn) that will cause the panel to move out and upward. What happens in SP though is that the pivots go through the tracks (just as if the tracks were not there). But they don't immediately go through -- it's like the tracks work for a while, and then they "break". Also, the tracks on one side seem to work better than on the other, but everything is the same on both sides (I think). What is happening here?
I have defined the tracks as static objects. The pivots were initially just cylinders, but I added hinges to see if that would help (it did not).
Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks.
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