How to design planetary gears using Inventor spur gears components generator

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Oct 8, 2023


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Issue:

How to design planetary gear using spur gear generator in Inventor assembly?

Causes:

Spur Gear Component Generator currently can design only gears consisting of two components.

Solution:

Us the following steps as a workaround:
  1. Create the assembly with the 3 components (circle plates e.g. Gear1, Gear2, Gear3).
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  1. Use Spur Gear Component Generator to create gear using the first two components (e.g. Gear1 and Gear2)
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  1. When the first spur gear is ready, then use one of the components which was used in step 2 and components which was not used (e.g. Gear2 and Gear3)
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  1. When the three gears are ready hide or delete unnecessary components and combine the results of steps 2 and 3 using constraints.
Note: The above workaround describes situations with 3 components but the workflow for more components is the same.

Products:

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