» I need to model a flexible material that is will be used in an assembly.In
» the assembly the material will be wrapped around a core like paper towels
» are wrapped around the cardboard tube. The hard part is that I need to be
» able to Animate the Assembly showing the material un-rolling and
» re-rolling like a tape measure. Can anyone explain the best way to
» accomplish this task in Solidworks.
»
» Thanks
» JR

I've done similar animations is SW. Mine was a spring and the coils expanded as the distance was increased. I used equations to change the pitch and length of a spiral curve. Then I produced each frame and captured each image. I then merged the images using photoshop.

I used animator to change the view and location of components, then when geometry needed to change it was frame by frame.

Have parts recompute their shapes during an animation is possible, at least from what I know.