Assemblies
Assemblies contain a collection of assembly positions (AP) and planetary information should the assembly consist of a planetary gear set. Each Assembly has two categories, General and Planetary Gearing Data.
The Name Assembly property contains the name of the assembly and is also used for the file name.
Path Assembly displays the computer path for the assembly file.
Planet Mode as defined in Machinery’s Handbook. Modes 1, 2, 5 through 12 are available. This is a read only property that can be set only by using the insert New Planetary Set wizard.
Number of Planets defines the number of planets in the set. There are a finite number of positions for planets running inside of ring gears. The possible positions equal the number of teeth in the ring and the sun gear. GearTeq displays the angular positions of the planet to the closet position evenly divided in 360 degrees.
Every planetary set has a planet 1 component. This is a read only property created in the Insert New Planetary Set wizard.
Only planetary arrangements 5 through 8 have a second planet component. This is a read only property created in the Insert New Planetary Set wizard.
Every planetary gear set has a planet carrier.
Planet Positions displays the angular positions of the planets to the closet position evenly divided in 360 degrees. There are a finite number of positions for planets running inside of ring gears. The possible positions equal the number of teeth in the ring and the sun gear. This is a read only property that is updated if the number of teeth of any of the planet components or the number of planets change.
Every planetary set has a ring component except arrangement 1. This is a read only property created in the Insert New Planetary Set wizard.
Every planetary set has a sun component except arrangements 2 and 30. This is a read only property created in the Insert New Planetary Set wizard.