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2.3
Create a gear using DXF
• Click Design tab if not already open.
• Click the dxf tab in the Base Curve section.
• Click the DXF button and browse to a file containing a smooth curve with no teeth. The
file must contain only a single closed curve which contains the origin (0,0)..
• Option 1 : If you want to use the auto-calculated teeth, click the Calculate Gear tab and
click Create Gear. Skip the remaining steps.
• Option 2 : If you want to upload your own full tooth outline, click on the Import Full
Outline tab in the Teeth Outline section at the bottom. Click Browse and select a
file. The file should contain the entire gear shape with teeth. It must be the same size and
location as the base curve. The base curve should fall roughly inside the midpoint of the
teeth.
• Click on the dxf tab in the Base Curve section once again (even if already open) to see
the base curve and tooth outline together, and make sure they line up.
• Click on the Calculate Gear tab and click Create Gear .
2.4
Pan-Zoom Controls
Almost all of the visual feedback provided in Gearify is shown in the large black display
area to the right of all the interface controls. Usually when something is shown here, you can
use the Standard View Controls. They are:
• Double click on the display area to zoom in.
• Right click on the display area to zoom out.
• Drag on the display area to pan.
• Click once on the display area and press ??to zoom-all. This should reset your view so that
all the interesting content is visible and easy to see.
There are a few design modes where the standard view controls are disabled, but all of these
modes feature a Pan-Zoom check-box which allows you to re-activate the standard view controls.
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