Between Pins Example

·                Between pin measurements can be created manually and can be used to verify data.

·                Create a new sketch on the face of the gear.

·                Select a single tooth spline and create an offset entity equal to ½ of the pin diameter.

·                Select the spline on the other side of the tooth space. Create another offset entity equal to ½ the pin diameter.

·                Add a point on one of the new offset entities.

·                Add a coincident relationship between the point and the offset entity.

·                Add a circle with the center on the point. Dimension the circle equal to the pin diameter.

·                Add a centerline to the sketch.

·                Add a midpoint relationship between the centerline and the center of the gear.

·                Add a coincident relationship between the pin outside diameter and an end point of the centerline.

·                Add a coincident relationship between the pin center point and the centerline.

·                Add the between the pins dimension by adding a dimension to the length of the centerline.

·      Sample of a manual verification of between the pins measurements using SolidWorks.

·      If the gear has an odd number of teeth you will need to create the sketch with 2 pins.

Sample of a manual verification of over the pins measurements using SolidWorks.