Springs

Belleville springs

Mode

Tool

Tool set

Modes for Het gereedschap ‘Plaats symbool’

Belleville Spring

Machine Components

The Belleville Spring tool and Belleville Spring - 3D tool share the same position on the tool set. Click and hold the mouse on the visible tool to open the Subsets list and select the desired tool.

To insert a belleville spring:

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.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Inside Diameter	Specify the inside diameter of the Belleville spring
Outside Diameter	Specify the outside diameter of the Belleville spring
Thickness	Enter the wire thickness
Height	Enter the height of each spring section
Height is	Indicate whether the Height value applies to the Inside or Outside of the spring
Number of Springs	Specify the number of springs
Configuration	Select the spring configuration
Number Down/Number Up (Alternate only)	For Alternate Down and Up spring configurations, enter the number of springs which are oriented up and the number of springs which are oriented down
Draw First Spring Up (Alternate only)	For Alternate Down and Up spring configurations, draws the first spring section oriented up
View (2D only)	Select the 2D view
Draw Center Line (2D only)	Draws the 2D spring with center line(s)