What software is available that does a good job of drawing gear teeth in 2D and/or 3D - either a CAD package with the capability built-in, or an add-in that is used with an existing CAD package?
I design my gears by means of Solid Works 2001 Plus with Add-in Mech-Soft. The gear-model has a real involute flank and this is sufficient to me to be happy.
Regards
how can i draw the specific gear.
data given is module,reference profile,profile,pressure angle,number of teeth,pcd,tooth depth,center distance,no of teeth in mating gear
kbt,
The profile of the gerotor can be calculated. It is a nice mathematical/geometry problem. It uses the conjugate profile creating method.
Then the x, y coordinates can be then transfered into many CAD software.
gearguru,
thanks, do you know any method or machine for gerotor grinding. As you know gerotors are usually made from powder metal but it is not enough hard for my product.
kbt,
I am sorry, I do not have experience with manufacturing these beasts. But I think that the CNC, if you give them enough precalculated coordinates, can do the job.
Ask in the manufacturing forum (I believe that you already did)...
I played with the calculations when we checked the profile of the supplied rotors, made from powder metal.
Excel and some math did the job.
gearguru
Guys,
We just had a guy take a course with
Ray Drago and he mentioned that you
could download his program and use
it for 30 days. I ran thru some sample
problems and was impressed. It even
draws gears in mesh and you can rotate
them. Quite impressive.
The price is right as well as I am
certain you will agree when you see it.
It actually draws the correct trochoidal
fillets.
Hi Guys
UTS has just started shipping thier new Integrated Gear Software. The suite includes the creation of accurate DXF and IGES files for internal and external gears. It also plots the teeth rolling through mesh. Check it out at