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Re: 2D/3D Gear Design
I, too, have been unsuccessful in finding a macro or free plug-in to create any gear you need.
What I've found to work best barring that is to search SDP-SI (www.sdp-si.com) for the gear I need (if it's standard) and use their models. The models they have available for download often include one or two modeled teeth which you can then revolve around the gear and make a complete model. Also, remember that unless you're doing this for rendering purposes, it's a lot less taxing on your hardware to model gears without teeth and makes mating them much easier. |
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Re: 2D/3D Gear Design
Something else you can do is with a little know how, find a drawing like what is mentioned above and then tweak it with Inventor. You can create a spread sheet that you can link with your drawing. Then all you have to do to change the size of the gear would be to change a few numbers in the spread sheet and hit update and you will have unlimited number of gears for that design.
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Re: 2D/3D Gear Design
Ed Sparks' FIRST CAD Library site (www.firstcadlibrary.com) featured/s iParts for Inventor. The sprocket and gear never worked well for me, though. The geometry of gears is a little messy at times.
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