Tooth profile?

[skinnystudent]

I'm attempting to create a 2D drawing of a bicycle chainwheel to import to Mastercam. I've been told that AutoCAD has predrawn tooth profiles that I can just import, rather than having to draw up my own. Is this true, and if so, where can I find it?

 

[borgunit]

AutoCAD Mechanical has this sort of thing but I think with plain AutoCAD, you will have to find some blocks or programs that create these.

"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right "
.. Henry Ford

 

[diamondjim]

You might try the following:

;GEAR.LSP - This program generates involute curve profile.
;Program 10-14-90
;USER INPUTS ARE:
; Number of Teeth Diametral Pitch
; Pressure Angle Arc Tooth Thickness (TT x DP)
; Addendum Dedendum
; Fillet Radius
(defun c:gear ()
(setq numt (getint "Number of Teeth:<24> "))
(if (= numt nil)
(setq numt 24))
(setq diap (getreal "Diametral Pitch:<1.00> "))
(if (= diap nil)
(setq diap 1.000))
(setq prsa (getreal "Pressure Angle:<20.0> "))
(if (= prsa nil)
(setq prsa 20.0))
(setq adum (getreal "Addendum:<1.0000> "))
(if (= adum nil)
(setq adum 1.0000))
(setq ddum (getreal "Dedendum:<1.1571> "))
(if (= ddum nil)
(setq ddum 1.1571))
(setq tt (getreal "Arc Tooth Thickness :<1.5708> "))
(if (= tt nil)
(setq tt 1.5708))
(setvar "orthomode" 0)
(setvar "coords" 1)
;START CALCULATIONS
;
(setq pnts 19) ;determines involute curve accuracy
(setq prsa (/ (* prsa pi) 180.0)) ;pressure angle to radians
(setq pitr (/ numt (* diap 2.0))) ;calc pitch radius
(setq irad (- pitr ddum)) ;calc inside radius
(setq orad (+ pitr adum)) ;calc outer radius
(setq basr (* pitr (cos prsa))) ;calc base radius of gear
(setq z (- (expt orad 2.0) (expt basr 2.0))) ;three lines of
(setq x (sqrt z)) ;code to make
(setq paodd (atan (/ x basr))) ;an arccosine
(setq incr (/ paodd pnts))
(setq p 0.0)
(setq tt (* diap (/ tt numt)))
(GRAPHSCR)
(setq p2 '(0 0)) ;Center of Gear
(setq x2 (CADR p2))
(setq y2 (CAR p2))
(setq y5 (+ y2 basr))
(setq y6 (+ y2 irad))
(setq p6 (list x2 y6))
(setq p5 (list x2 y5))
(setq pz1 (polar p2 1.95 (* basr 0.9)))
(setq pz2 (polar p2 1.35 (* orad 1.5)))
(COMMAND "CIRCLE" P2 pitr) ;place pitch circle
(COMMAND "CIRCLE" P2 basr) ;place base circle
(COMMAND "CIRCLE" P2 irad) ;place inside circle
(COMMAND "ZOOM" "w" pz1 pz2) ;Window for drawing curve
(setq s (ssadd))
(setq le (entlast))
;
;begin a loop for placement of coordinate pairs
;the command pline will be used to generate a polyline whose
;vertices will be computed by a standard involute curve formula
;
(setq test 0)
(COMMAND "PLINE" p5)
(setq p (+ incr p))
(while (> pnts 0)
(setq e1 (sin p))
(setq e2 (cos p))
(setq e (/ e1 e2))
(setq j (- e p))
(setq x1 (* (/ (sin j) (cos p)) basr))
(setq y1 (* (/ (cos j) (cos p)) basr))
(setq x3 (+ x2 x1))
(setq y3 (+ y2 y1))
(setq p3 (list x3 y3))
(COMMAND p3)
(setq p (+ incr p))
(setq pnts (- pnts 1))
(if (/= test 1)
(PROGN
(setq hyp (sqrt (+ (expt x1 2) (expt y1 2))))
(if (> hyp irad)
(progn
(setq pint p3)
(setq test 1)))))
)
(COMMAND "")
(initget "Y y N n")
(setq ans Y)
(if (/= ans "N")
(PROGN
(setq pz3 (polar p2 (* pi 1.25) (* orad 1.6)))
(setq pz4 (polar p2 (* pi 0.25) (* orad 1.6)))
(setq ang13 (/ (sin prsa) (cos prsa)))
(setq ang11 (- ang13 prsa))
(setq x11 (* (sin ang11) pitr))
(setq y11 (* (cos ang11) pitr))
(setq p11 (list x11 y11))
(setq ang (angle p2 p11))
(setq angi (- ang tt))
(setq p12 (polar p2 angi (/ ORAD 0.8)))
(setq beta (angle p2 p3))
(setq ang2 (- (* angi 2.0) beta))
(setq p15 (polar p2 ang2 orad))
(setq adj1 (- ang2 j))
(setq adj2 (+ adj1 (/ (* pi 2.0) numt)))
(setq adj3 (+ adj2 0.3))
(setq p22 (polar p2 adj3 basr))
(setq p17 (polar p2 adj2 irad))
(setq p18 (polar p2 adj2 basr))
(setq angr (* (+ ang11 tt) (/ 180.0 pi)))
(setq p21 (polar p2 ang2 (/ orad 0.8)))
(setq angm (+ angi (/ pi numt)))
(setq p19 (polar p2 angm irad))
(setq p20 (polar p2 angm (+ irad filr)))
(COMMAND "ARC" p15 "c" p2 p3)
(COMMAND "MIRROR" "W" p22 p21 "" p2 p12 "")
(COMMAND "ROTATE" "w" pz3 pz4 "" p2 angr)
(while (setq le (entnext le))
(ssadd le s)
)
(COMMAND "ARRAY" s "" "p" p2 numt "" "")
) )
(Prompt "\nDone! ")
(princ)
)

 

[pardal]

the chain thoot it is not a involute profile.
It is arc and lines.

Did you have , at least one thoot profile?

If so please send me such drawing or you can draw all the wheel by polar array .









Pardal

 

[skinnystudent]

My problem isn't that I can't array it, the problem is that I'm having a hard time creating an accurate profile of a single tooth to array. One of my friends told me that there was a predrawn profile somewhere in AutoCAD but he neglected to tell me where.

 

[pardal]

see at

http://www.cadalog.com

search for sprockets.

Are you a Student?

Doing a home work?



Pardal