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[FedeZappa]

Hello everybody,

I'm almost new here. Lately I was trying to see how much is the deformation of an external gear when a specific pressure acts on it.

The problem is that I can see the deformation of the points on the surface or the deformation of the teeth edge, but I don't know how to display of the axis of the gear. 

What I would like is generating an axis along the gear shaft and see how much is its deformation. 

 

I added an image to point out what I would like. 

Thank you in advance, 

Federico

 

[peteroznewman]

Hello Frederico,

Go into a Geometry editor (SpaceClaim or DesignModeler) and create two planes that go through the centerline axis. Use those planes to Slice the body into four parts. Use Shared Topology to get a single mesh without needing contact. In DesignModeler, pick the four bodies and Form New Part.  In SpaceClaim, go to the Workbench tab and click the Share button.

Now you have a geometric edge on the centerline.

Regards,
Peter

[FedeZappa]

Thank you Peter,

I really appreciate your answer. I believe that without your help I couldn't do it. 

Thank you, 

Federico