Pulley dialog-box

See also: Add Pulley

Use the Pulley dialog-box to edit the number-of-teeth around a Pulley.

The Pulley dialog-box also has this 'read-only' information:

•Pulley's Pitch Circle Diameter [P.C.D.].
•Tooth-Pitch [Edit the Tooth-Pitch parameter in the Motion-Path dialog-box].
•Belt Length [Edit the Target Belt Length parameter in the Motion-Path FB dialog-box, or edit the sketch directly].

To Open the Pulley dialog-box

GA-EditPulley
1.Double-click a Pulley1s-red in the graphic-area

- or -

1.Click a Pulley in the graphic-area or the Assembly-Tree so it shows in the Selection-Window
2.Right-click the Pulley element in the Selection-Window
3.Click 'Edit...' in the contextual-menu

or

Pulley dialog-box

Dialog-13.2-Pulley

Pulley Parameters 

Number-of-Teeth

Edit the 'number-of-teeth', the radius of the arc in the sketch-loop will also change.

Read-Only' Parameters:

'DriveR-Pulley' [pulley drives the belt] or 'DriveN-Pulley' [belt drives the pulley]

Pitch-Circle-Diameter - see Notes

Belt Parameters

Read-Only parameters:

•Tooth-Pitch - see Motion-Path FB dialog-box
•Belt Length - see Part-Editor

Notes:

If there is a Pulley, then, in the Part-Editor, its radius becomes a 'read-only' dimension - it is grey.

Pitch Circle Radius = Number-of-Teeth[Pulley dialog-box] × Tooth-Pitch[Motion-Path FB dialog-box] / (2 × Pi)

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