Mating Gears or cogs!!!

[valintine]

Does anybody know, if it is even possible, how to make gears or cogs, so that they are in a correct mesh, and is it possible to create a mate which alows rotation of one gear and the one mated to it responds by rotating to maintain the correct mesh?

I was thinking a marco might work but I have not been able to make this work!

Any help would be great even if it is just to say that this is not possible!

Thanks in advance

Valintine.

 

[crjones]

If you are using SW05 look under advanced mates. You'll find gear mates.

 

[valintine]

Sorry I should have said, I am only using SW01!

 

[ctopher]

Time to upgrade. There are so many more advanced features in 05 vs 01. Otherwise, use mates/write a macro/find a macro.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1

 

[valintine]

I thought that might be the general reply!

Thanks for your help.