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  1. #1
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    Solidworks Spur Gear Generator

    Hi
    I'm generating spur gears using the toolbox without and difficulty. The file, located in Solidworks Data - Copied Parts, is read only so i save it to my project file.
    I then need to modify it by, for example, modifying the root of the tooth and adding spokes. This i can also do successfully saving it in my project file.
    I create an assembly with a number of modified gears and all is well.
    If i close Solidworks, re-start it and open the assembly and rebuild the assembly it changes the gears from the modified version to the origanal unmodified gear in the copied parts file. However, if i save the modified gears in the copied parts folder then all is well.
    Is there a way of preventing the assembly from reverting to the original toolbox generated gear and use the modified one stored in my project folder?

  2. #2
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    Re: Solidworks Spur Gear Generator

    I have just copied some modified gears onto a flash drive and copied them onto another computer running SW.
    I save them to a new folder and build an assembly from them. All's well.
    Close and re-open SW and once more the gears revert to the unmodified version! Strange.
    I guess it must, in some way, need the toolbox information to draw the gear and ignores my modifications.
    The files are extraced from c:\solidworks data (2)\browser\iso\power transmission\gears\spur gear_iso.sldprt not C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Wooden Clock where i saved the modified files.

  3. #3
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    Re: Solidworks Spur Gear Generator

    For all practical purposes parts generated by the Toolbox are read only, they can not be modified. I find the easiest way round the problem is to save the part as a "dumb" file and then reopen it. I usually save it as a parasolid file, you can use Step or Iges, they all work, parasolid seems to give better results for me. Dave.

  4. #4
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    Re: Solidworks Spur Gear Generator

    That seems to have done the trick. As with most of these problems the answer is obvious once revealed. There was a further problem which i'm sure your solution will resolve. Using Solidcam to generate toolpath worked OK but once more when i saved the file either in Solidworks data or the project file it disappeared into the ether. If i changed the part i had to regenerate the tool paths.
    Thanks a million.:banana:

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