Tutorial: How to design belt/ chain drives in Solidworks?


Designing belt/ chain drives in Solidworks?
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Step 1:
Sketch circles or arcs on a plane
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Step 2:
Make blocks out of the circles
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Step 3:
Click "Ok"
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Step 4:
Unhighlight the highlighted area by clicking anywhere outside the sketch.
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Step 5:
Tools-> Sketch entities -> Belt/Chain
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Step 6:
Insert the parameters and click "OK"