SOLIDWORKS: Modeling Gears

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

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