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SOLIDWORKS: Modeling Gears

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Learn how to design mechanical gears in SOLIDWORKS, using equations to drive the gear’s geometry.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Designing spur gears for mechanical projects
  • What you should know
1. Mechanical Gear Introduction
  • Mechanical gear types and applications
  • Common mechanical gear nomenclature
2. Modeling a Spur Gear
  • Metric spur gear equations
  • English spur gear equations
  • Variables: Spur gear modeling
  • Cylinder blank: Spur gear modeling
  • Pitch, root, and outer diameter: Spur gear modeling
  • Tooth cut: Spur gear modeling
  • Fillets: Spur gear modeling
  • Circular pattern: Spur gear modeling
  • Modifying variables
3. Mating Spur Gears
  • Designing your mounting plate
  • Mating gears to the mounting plate
  • Gear mate
Conclusion
  • Animating your assembly
  • Next steps

Taught by

Ryan Krawchuk

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