Using a Pet in an Assembly.

james_alford

I have created a gear wheel with thirty teeth. I created a sketch with one tooth, replicated it with the circular pattern tool and extruded it to a new part.

I am now trying to use that part in an assembly, placing it onto an axle. However, whenever I try to mate the gear to the axle, it only mates one tooth of the gear. It seems to have been created as thirty rotated parts, not one single entity.

I assume that I made a mistake creating the gear. Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

Thank you.

James. 

brucebartlett

In the extrude dialogue, you must have had "New" selected (default) instead of "Add". That should fix your problem.


Also check your parts list in the tree on the left hand side of the screen. You will be looking to have 1 part not 30 odd.

brucebartlett

In the extrude dialogue, you must have had "New" selected (default) instead of "Add". That should fix your problem.


Also check your parts list in the tree on the left hand side of the screen. You will be looking to have 1 part not 30 odd.

adamohern

I have to admit, I read this post purely because of the title.

james_alford

Bruce: thank you. It has worked perfectly.

Adam: I really should check my spelling first.

James.