- Within the Common area of the Design tab, select the Module option from the Design Guide drop-down menu. The selected option indicates what the design and calculation is based on. In this tutorial, we select the Module option.
- Click the
More Options command located in the lower-right corner of the Design tab for additional options for spur gears. - On the Size Type group box, select Module.
If you design spur gears in a metric assembly, the generator selects the Module option by default. If you design spur gears using English units, the generator selects the Diametral Pitch option.
- In the Input Type area, select the Number of Teeth option. In this case, the number of teeth is an input parameter.
- In this tutorial, you insert one feature and one component. Select Feature from the drop-down menu in the Gear 1 group box. The first gear is inserted as a feature of the shaft in the assembly.
- Select Component from the drop-down menu in the Gear 2 group box. The second gear is inserted as a new part.
Note: Alternatively, you can select the No Model option to insert a calculation without a component or feature.Note: If you insert features, you cannot use Motion for your gears to rotate them. It is possible only if you insert two components.