GearHeads Forum

Hi:

  Those arrows are unused at present. Just an interface holdover from
the GUI class Im using..

  You can select more than one gear in a project by holding the ctrl key while clicking a second gear in the
project tree. The shaft distance centers will then be shown. You can also , on the DXF tab, put out a "shafting
DXF" which overlays all items in a drawing for more detailed measuring..

  You cannot draw a freeform shape. Yet. An upcoming module will be released soon that allows you to
specify in various ways a shape for a pitch curve based on formulaic input data, manual entry and perhaps a
visual entry. This will be an accurate way of getting a vriable shape that is toothable with proper involute teeth.
      In the end the weirder the shape of a gear, the more important it is to have proper rolling curve
meshable teeth. Its that capablity that the new module will be striving for.

  Have fun, yell when confused.

Art

Hi... have just licensed the software and printed out a few elliptical gears using the convert to
STL feature.  Imported that into Solidworks, made a few revisions and all went well.
I have a few questions now that i've been playing with the software.

1)  on the Properties Window, to the very left of the tabs in the upper left hand corner, there's
a few, what looks like, "forward and backward" arrows.  What are they for?

2)  Is there a way to get a measurement from center of shafts.... something more accurate
than using the measuring tape tool?

3)  Is there a way to draw freeform shapes and generate a gear pattern, as is possible on the
Gearify software program?

Thanks.  Like getting familiar with any other software package there's a learning curve.  This software
looks to be very robust and I'm looking forward to getting more familiar with it. 

Thanks!!