Drawing/Designing Gears

[RENEVDMERWE]

HI All I work on WF3 and want to know,if you get an add-on or extra program that you can use with WF to draw/design gears,something similiar to Autocad Mechanical and Inventor Could anyone point me in the right direction Thanx Rene
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[DavidButz]

Rene, There is no specific gear design module. However, this subject can be explored in several places. (1)Search the Pro/E Knowledge Base by clicking the SUPPORT tab in the PTC Home Page and entering "Gear". (2)Search this forum in a similar way; the subject has been raised numerous times. (3)Look at the detailed Pro/E design of gears that are available as 3D CAD Model downloads from various vendors. (4)Search other general CAD forums. Various general methods can be used to generate gear tooth geometry. The method shown in the Knowledge Base involves a Variable Section Sweep Surface where an involute is iteratively calculated using the parameter trajpar. You can also create a Curve By Equation using the parameter t, and copy it in a Sketch for a Protrusion, Cut or Surface. You will find more detail exploring some of the above resources. David

[JoergEhrenstein]

or you can use the Design-Tools: http://www.inneo.com/ptc/pro-engineer/startup-tools/demos/designtools/designtools.html should be available form Tristar in the US.

[BalachanderVenu]

Design tools.. They are very good add-ons to Pro/e.Easy to use may be the Design tools support team can work with the clients to further customise I guess..