Thread: Drawing sprockets in Inventor
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Re: Drawing sprockets in Inventor
I make my sprockets on AutoCAD using the dimensioning formulas from the Machinery's Handbook. One thing that I did that made it so much easier was to make an Excel page using the formulas, requiring me to only input the pitch (0.25 for #25 and 0.375 for #35), and the number of teeth. Then I follow the layout for the sprocket dimensions as shown in your page.

I'm sure their is a faster way in Inventor or AutoCAD, but that is how I layout sprockets.
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