Gears

I need to model some gears in solidworks 2007

Can anyone point me to some howtos/help texts?



Thanks

 

http://www.esoxrepublic.com/models/

There is a gear model in my models stash.

 

You might want to search the news group. This has been covered before.
If you ask the question on someone can post an
example.

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Thanks I'll have a look at it

 

Ok,

I did some more searching on google and found a Engineering Drawing standard
PDF that showed how to draw a gear by hand so I am going to try that as
well. I will probably screw that up....But I will have some fun at doing
that.

 

The gear model in my model stash emulates the hand-drawing method for
involutes. That method is basically unwinding a string from a spool
and tracing the string's endpoint.

 

You can also try and have a hands on GearTrax.

GearTrax™ provides the designer with an easy to use tool for creating
solid models of drive components. Create spur, helical, straight bevel
and involute splines with true involute tooth profiles.

GearTrax™ is

* Intuitively easy to use for the designer with limited gear
experience.
* Powerful enough for the gear expert.
* Animation window shows the spur/helical gear mesh which updates
as the data is changed.

GearTrax is an add-in for SolidWorks, Solid Edge and AutoDesk
Inventor.

You can get a 10 days trail version of the same. Find more about
GearTrax on http://www.camnetics.com/

Deepak Gupta
SW2007 SP5.0
SW2008 SP4.0
http://gupta9665.wordpress.com/

 

For illustration purposes or for generating cam files to make gears? I have
one for bevel gears and one for spur gears, for illustration purposes. It
uses a design table to set up the gear specs.

Bob

 

I found an older Engineering text in pdf format and I was able to get the
information that I needed.

This was for illustration/reference only


Thanks