Spur gear racks

Mode

Tool

Tool set

Modes for L’outil Insertion de symbole

Spur Gear Rack

Machine Components

Multiple spur gear, spur gear rack, and hub tools share the same position on the tool set. Click and hold the mouse on the visible tool to open the Sous-outils list and select the desired tool.

To insert a spur gear rack:

Click the tool and mode.

Click to place the object, and click again to set the rotation. The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default parameters. The parameters can be edited later from the Object Info palette.

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Parameter

Description

Method

Select whether to insert the spur gear rack using either a diametral pitch (for imperial sizes) or module (for metric sizes)

Diametral Pitch or Module (mm)

Specify either the diametral pitch or module, for the selected insertion method

Pressure Angle

Select the pressure angle

Number of Teeth

Enter the number of teeth

Thickness

Enter the base thickness

Face Width

Enter the width of the spur gear rack face

View

(2D only)

Select the 2D view

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Show All Teeth

Draws the all teeth; deselect to draw only the end teeth

Draw Fillet

Draws filleted spur gear rack teeth

Show Pitch Line

(2D only)

Draws the spur gear rack with a pitch line

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