Gear Design

[dougsilvi]

i know i will probably be tarred and feathered for asking this question in the wrong forum but the inventor forum is locked... i am trying to extrude a gear in inventor 9. the dimensions are fine before array, but after array the auto dimension is showing one dimension missing. and when i try to select for extrusion i cannot select anything. i'm sure the geometry is correct. what am i doing wrong? any ideas?

maybe there is some format for designing gears in inventor?

thanks
doug

[mjfarrell]

This link suggests your gears should be
designed in one of the two shaft generator tools.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2877874&linkID=4183228

This link is a host of tutorials for you, none appear to be
specific towards gears.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/autoindex?siteID=123112&id=2253423&linkID=4183230

[BrenBren]

i know i will probably be tarred and feathered for asking this question in the wrong forum but the inventor forum is locked... i am trying to extrude a gear in inventor 9. the dimensions are fine before array, but after array the auto dimension is showing one dimension missing. and when i try to select for extrusion i cannot select anything. i'm sure the geometry is correct. what am i doing wrong? any ideas?

maybe there is some format for designing gears in inventor?

thanks
doug
The inventor forum is not locked. There is no general inventor forum - there are sub forums, and those are all open. Let me know where you want this post, and I will be glad to move it to the correct forum - and for the record no one has ever been tarred or feathered for posting to the wrong forum - only whipped lightly with a cooked noodle ;)

[dougsilvi]

Thanks CADGIRL and MJ

i will get the hang of this forum before too much longer