GWJ Technology Provides 3D Gears in STEP Format

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20210419/1618818761105561.png" title="1618818761105561.png" alt="5.png"/></p><p>GWJ Technology GmbH has added another CAD functionality to the web-based calculation software&nbsp;eAssistant&nbsp;and the software application&nbsp;TBK&nbsp;for gear manufacturing and mechanical engineering. The new feature supports the export of gears as 3D STEP or IGES files directly from the calculation.</p><p><br/></p><p>Using this function allows to create the geometry of different gear types as 3D CAD models in STEP or IGES format. It is an ideal alternative option to the&nbsp;TBK?s intelligent 3D CAD plugins for CAD systems like&nbsp;Solidworks,&nbsp;Autodesk Inventor,&nbsp;Solid Edge&nbsp;or&nbsp;Siemens NX, which has been available for many years.</p><p><br/></p><p>STEP as well as IGES are two standardized neutral file formats for CAD models. Almost every 3D CAD system can import STEP files.</p><p><br/></p><p>The settings menu for the STEP and IGES output has a few different functions and allows the user to adjust the export options as needed. The geometry can be generated as a solid model with one or all teeth or as a surface model of the tooth space geometry. When exporting to a CAD system, the user can also set the level of accuracy to a desired value.</p><p><br/></p><p>Currently the following calculation modules include the new STEP/IGES export feature: single cylindrical gear (external) and single cylindrical gear (internal) for the geometry calculation of single spur and helical gears, cylindrical gear pairs, planetary geartrains, three- and four-geartrain systems, straight, helical and spiral bevel gears as well as involute splines (DIN 5480 etc.). Another option in&nbsp;TBK&nbsp;is the output of the involute gear tooth form as 2D DXF with different settings.</p><p><br/></p><p>Both the tooth form geometry in transverse section and the normal section is supported.</p><p><br/></p>