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Author Topic: draw gears  (Read 7920 times)

kalos

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draw gears
« on: October 09, 2010, 03:49 PM »
hello

do you know a program that we can easily draw gears? to draw circles, but their perimeter lines will be specifically indented?

thanks

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Re: draw gears
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2010, 07:29 PM »
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Re: draw gears
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2010, 03:55 AM »
wow i didn't think that a so specific software would exist! to design gears exclusively!
i post this thread because i thought regular design software were capable to do it, but with alot of fuzz

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Re: draw gears
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2010, 10:14 AM »
Damn, that is cool. I just grabbed a copy & sent a link to my brother.

kalos

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Re: draw gears
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2010, 11:03 AM »
ok after working with the software I realize that it doesn't do what i want, it's gear drawing features are very limited, probably because it's about mechanics, not graphics

i want to draw gears in a row (one a bit above/below the next) that look like these, with the same tooth appearance:
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Re: draw gears
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2010, 12:49 PM »
Serif's DrawPlus has some "auto shapes" that can be made into gears.  It's shareware, but they give away the older versions of their stuff free.
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
Sometimes in PC Utilities and other mags and sites, they'll have a slightly newer version for free...

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Re: draw gears
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2010, 12:06 PM »