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Subject: 
Rotating Gear Teeth
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:35:46 GMT
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In MLCad, is there a way to rotate the gear teeth of the 24 tooth gear by
employing the "Z" element toolbar commands?  The "Z" rotation command rotates
the teeth for 8, 16, and 40 tooth gears, but only the internal bar and four
holes rotate inside the 24 tooth gear while the teeth remain in place.  Does the
answer somehow lie within the Position & Orientation selector box for this
particular gear?

I want to show a gear pair operation in Flash using a number of picture files
each showing a slight rotation, but if I can't turn the teeth of the 24 tooth
gear, I can't do it.  This topic may have been covered previously but I have not
located a thread.



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  Re: Rotating Gear Teeth
 
(...) Hi Mitchell, Yes. It is possible to turn a 24th gear using MLCad. When you click on the gear (placed in the X/Y plane), you should see a small black square with a plus in it. This is MLCad's rotation point. If the rotation point is in the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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