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Gear drawing program

Is there a fairly simple program that will draw gears of specified configuration (diameter, number of teeth, pressure angle, etc.) and output the drawing to a printer? I don't mean pro-grade CAD programs.

I have Geargen which will draw gears but so far I haven't been able to get a printout. It will produce an Excel spreadsheet for export but that is too big for my Excel 2000. It chokes on the amount of points.

Alternatively, does anyone know how to get Geargen output a drawing to a printer?

Richard

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Richard
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How good do you need the resolution to be?

If you just need a printout that looks OK for discussion, just hit the PrtScn (or "Print Screen") key to copy the screen to your clipboard, then paste it into Word, Excel, whatever and print from there.

Assuming you're on Windows...I'm not sure what the equivalent function is on other platforms.

Tom.

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Tom Sanderson

Thanks Tom, I guess that never occured to me. I was trying to make Geargen do its thing.

Years ago I bought a set of plans to make a wooden clock. The deal is you glue the drawings of the gears to some wood and cut them out. Its a beautiful clock, works fairly well, about 23 years old now.

The drawings were not real high quality. Looked to be drawn by hand with drafting tools. The teeth were not that uniform. I could have made a better clock with better drawings to work from. Well I could have made a better clock if I were a better woodworker but we won't talk about that! Some day I will make another one.

Richard

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Richard

How about these guys?

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