How to Create an Involute Gear in SketchUp
Make sure you have the Involute Gear plugin., If SketchUp is running, close it and start it back up, so that it will 'see' the new plugin., Leave it at the default to start with., Double click on it., Know what your ratio will be.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Make sure you have the Involute Gear plugin.
It can be found here.
Download it and save it to your SketchUp plugins folder. -
Step 2: If SketchUp is running
Click on Draw >> Involute Gear. , Until you know what does what, leave the settings at default. , When it is created, it is created as a group.
To edit it, as in using the Push/pull, you need to double click on it to edit it. , Your small gear (the pinion gear) relative to the large gear, (the gear wheel).
If your ration is 2:1, then the gear wheel will have two times the gears than the pinion gear.
It will also need to be twice as large. -
Step 3: close it and start it back up
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Step 4: so that it will 'see' the new plugin.
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Step 5: Leave it at the default to start with.
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Step 6: Double click on it.
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Step 7: Know what your ratio will be.
Detailed Guide
It can be found here.
Download it and save it to your SketchUp plugins folder.
Click on Draw >> Involute Gear. , Until you know what does what, leave the settings at default. , When it is created, it is created as a group.
To edit it, as in using the Push/pull, you need to double click on it to edit it. , Your small gear (the pinion gear) relative to the large gear, (the gear wheel).
If your ration is 2:1, then the gear wheel will have two times the gears than the pinion gear.
It will also need to be twice as large.
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