Spur Gear Racks

Multiple spur gear, spur gear rack, and hub tools share the same position on the tool set. Click and hold the mouse on the visible tool to open the Pop-out Tools list and select the desired tool.

The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default properties. The properties can be edited from the Object Info palette.

Parameter	Description
Method	Select whether to insert the spur gear rack using either a diametral pitch (for imperial sizes) or module (for metric sizes)
Diametral Pitch or Module (mm)	Specify either the diametral pitch or module, for the selected insertion method
Pressure Angle	Select the pressure angle
Number of Teeth	Enter the number of teeth
Thickness	Enter the base thickness
Face Width	Enter the width of the spur gear rack face
View (2D only)	Select the 2D view
Show All Teeth	Select to draw the all teeth or just the end teeth
Draw Fillet	Select to draw filleted spur gear rack teeth
Show Pitch Line (2D only)	Select to draw the spur gear rack with a pitch line