Help with converting 2d gear to 3d gear !

[Theja]

I am not able to convert a 2d gear to 3d gear . I have attached the 2d gear that i had created . Please help me upon that . I use Autocad student version 2012 .

The gear is not getting converted into a complete solid on use of extrusion command . There are gaps in within the gear around the circle or something like that . Please help

gear.dwg

[ReMark]

Simply switch to an isometric view and use PressPull. It will work.

[Theja]

Yea I got that . Thanks man .

But now i face another problem - I type the rotate script and set the speed to 1

It rotates for about 3 - 4 times and the application hangs up . Like it stops responding . Is this a software problem or something to do with my hardware ?

2Gb Ram with 2.93 GHz Core 2 Duo processor sounds enough right ?

[ReMark]

My best guess at the moment is it's a hardware problem. 2GB of RAM is anemic. What do you have for a graphics card/chip?

[Theja]

NVIDIA Geforce 9400 GT ( 1 Gb) .

And is there a software kind or an add-on to include gear functions in Autocad or Autocad Inventor Fusion ? I really want to explore this topic . I've seen a number of videos on youtube but none of them explain how gears work relatively . They automatically start off with readymade gears and they somehow move relatively ! I don't understand how they approached that . Could you please help me on this confusion ?

[ReMark]

Count me in as one of those confused types. That's a question best answered by more knowledgeable forum members than myself. Don't worry. Someone will eventually come along and educate us both.

[JD Mather]

And is there a software kind or an add-on to include gear functions in Autocad or Autocad Inventor Fusion ?

 

All of this is pretty automatic in Autodesk Inventor (NOT Inventor Fusion).

If you are doing mechanism motion studies (kinematics) or beyond that - Dynamic Simulation (gravity, forces, loads, contacts) you should be using Autodesk Inventor.

 

Students can download Inventor Professional for free 3-yr license from http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity

 

Inventor Fusion is a different product than Inventor.

Fusion is more for translation between CAD programs and quick conceptual design.

Inventor Fusion is free.

Autodesk Inventor is a long way from free (except for students).

[Theja]

Thanks for the help , sir .

I am indeed a student , dealing with kinematics .

Will try out the software right away