Drawing working gears 1

[nickjb]

I occasionally draw gears, usually to be CNC'd from plastic. We have been using Camnetics Geartrax but having just upgraded SW have found it isn't compatible. Apparently it wont be compatible with the next version next time we upgrade either. I'm a bit loathed to keep buying it every time as I only use it occasionally. Are there any alternative methods, still giving a good tooth profile? I usually use Mod3 metric gears but it is nice to have a choice.

 

[ShaggyPE]

Lame option but... Do you have an option of keeping the old version of SolidWorks up and running to use solely for the gear generation. Then you can save the file and open it in in the newer version of SW?

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
Certified COSMOSWorks Designer Specialist
Certified SolidWorks Advanced Sheet Metal Specialist

 

[NL8]

Have you looked into toolbox? That may give you what you nee.d

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 

[TheTick]

http://esoxrepublic.com/blog/category/software/geartrax/

Don't get the idea that I wish to bash GearTrax. This was more an exploration into the geometry.

I have a gear model available. It's been used in real-life machines.

http://esoxrepublic.com/models/

Honesty may be the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

http://www.EsoxRepublic.com

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[fcsuper]

Tick comes to the rescue. Dang, you really are a super hero.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

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[handleman]

Hey, Tick, did you ever see my parametric equation driven involute spiral?

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[chrisnewzealand]

I use 3D content central to get a model then convert entities to get the teeth, this is for the laser cut parts I create