gears

[yayaya25]

Anyone know some quick steps to make a gear and gear threads?

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

You could use the 10 day trial of GearTrax from

http://www.camnetics.com/Download.htm

 

[sorg]

This may help.

http://www.abraxis.com/niceguy/work/modellibrary.htm

I use it all the time.

 

[dgowans]

sorg,

You don't by chance have a copy of that gear model that you can post elsewhere, do you? I can download the model but get an error when trying to open it in SWX 2006 and 2007.

 

[macduff]

Ditto CBL's comment. I used Gear Trax and loved it! It's got all the standard types of gearing & splines and meets all the industry standards. It even allows you to modify the values for your desired designs. It's pretty inexpensive too!

Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 2.2
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000

 

[dumtisdumtis]

Did you try Toolbox? It's at right of the Solidworks screen.
If it's not visible, you can add it by following Tools-->Add-Ins from the menu.
Once Toolbox placed at right, you can simply create parts by right clicking and selecting "create part" option.

 

[PDMAdmin]

I'm with CBL and macduff... if you do a fair amount of gear design, GearTrax is a very handy tool.

 

[sorg]

Send me a private message. I will send you a file this evening. I am not the owner.