Hi all. As above really. I’ve never been able to draft a functional GT2 timing pulley and it’s getting a little silly now. It’s 100% a me issue and something I’ve gotten lazy with.
Any guides or plugins appreciated! I model in solidworks but have fusion on tap for odds and sods if it matters.
Probably not as helpful as I’m sure you’ve used this before, but if it’s not an oddball tooth count, I’ve had some success with using 3D CAD Models Community - PARTcommunity - 3D & 2D CAD Models in the past, some manufacturers list their models as accurate parts which means I can rip the profile and modify as required. If there’s a plugin for timing pulleys I’d love to get my hands on it as it’s pretty labour intensive.
In the past I have used this video tutorial for Fusion 360. https://youtu.be/qV_C6Xu-WKY?si=2IP_R52tR50MYJQ2
I am not sure about the differences to how it works in solid works but if you know how the parameters work in that or can find a separate tutorial for those you might be able to use the info from both together to make one in solid works.
This is grand, will have a crack and get some printed up and tested!
For fusion I just use the macmaster car integration and drop in a real pulley and modify it from there