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[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

It's not so much what is essential/non-essential, it's more about how much detail is needed;

You probably mean how many points to use to define the involute. The involute can have a few points like 5 or 6, or many points like 20 or 30. You'll get basically the same tooth form if the CAD software and/or waterjet blends the points together into a single curve. It sounds like the problem you had was too many points along the involute and the waterjet stopped / started before each point.

If anyone is interested in the math, I posted a spreadsheet in CD Media that creates a file to import gears into Pro/E. (It only does full fillet gears - sorry but flat root gears are against my religion.)

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Tom Ore

You probably mean how many points to use to define the involute. The involute can have a few points like 5 or 6, or many points like 20 or 30. You'll get basically the same tooth form if the CAD software and/or waterjet blends the points together into a single curve. It sounds like the problem you had was too many points along the involute and the waterjet stopped / started before each point.

If anyone is interested in the math, I posted a spreadsheet in CD Media that creates a file to import gears into Pro/E. (It only does full fillet gears - sorry but flat root gears are against my religion.)

I'd be interested to give this a try, could you have it export the data in .txt for Solidworks?

Or into something else that more CAD packages can read?

Thanks,

-RC

[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by R.C.

I'd be interested to give this a try, could you have it export the data in .txt for Solidworks?

Or into something else that more CAD packages can read?

Thanks,

-RC

It would be easy to modify if you can tell me exactly what the file format needs to be.

[EDIT] Actually, Solidworks may be able to read the IBL file - I found a reference to it in their online help. Give it a try and let me know if it works.