Geometry Definition dialog box

Enables you to measure shaft geometry in Shaft Component Generator.

Access:

Ribbon: Design tab Power Transmission panel Shaft. In the Design tab, click Specify shaft by picking geometry in assembly in the Sections toolbar

You can measure the shaft geometry by selecting cylindrical, planar faces, work planes or sketches. The section diameter and length are read from selected face.

Note: Conical faces are not supported in this release.

Section length and diameter can be defined also by selection of two cylindrical edges. By selecting planar face or work plane the length of section can be modified.

The second option is to select part/assembly sketch and read the geometry from it. Function ignores chamfers, fillets, or other curve which are not parallel with sketch centerline. To select sketch it is necessary to have it properly defined, it means if you call the Inventor Revolve feature it automatically select all entities for profile and centerline

Note: If the sketch contains entities for inner bores, this version cannot work with it. It is not supported.

The sections order can be change by clicking the Flip command.

Note: If the placement is not specified then shaft is not mated.

	Click to select faces, sketches or sketch entities. Sketches are selected by default, to select sketch entity press and keep Alt. Note: You cannot combine to select sketches or faces. If you select face first then it is not possible to select sketch and vice versa. Use CTRL + click the selected entity to cancel its selection
	Changes sections order in section tree (from left or from right).
	Provides a preview of the designed shaft based on the current selections.
Modified Current Shaft	Select this option to modify only section dimensions. Section, features, loads and supports remain unchanged. If a section is mission, generator adds it automatically By default, section, features, loads and supports are deleted.