Tutorial: how to model '' a gear '' in '' solidworks '' and show design intent

How to create a gear with the design intent
A simple definition of design intent:It’s the planning of changes in the future to be easier and faster.In other way you can use a few parameters which pilot others Follow the example bellow to understand better.

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in step 10, i can't insert the global variable "z", why?

if i write ( ="z")
it give me insert number between 1 and 1000?????

@ Waleed najjar
if you have the variable "z" in the equations.
you write write "=" then choose "z" in the list as shown in the picture

Hello, in step 8 why radius for the arc is r=35mm?

Any easy steps for bever gear?

hi dear all,
currently i am using solidworks-2010, so in this version " Equation " option is different. please anybody Explain me .

Funciona!!!! Hay que conocerle los trucos a SolidWorks, me costo bastante pero por burro, podrian hacerlo mas a prueba de newbies.
It Works!!!! It's necesary to know the trick, but it works flawlessly, It was hard for me, but that's for being DUMB :P

Euhh this will run horrible. Look up Involute gear profiles.