For any engineer regularly designing power transmission systems, is not a luxury—it’s a productivity multiplier. The time saved from manually modeling a single helical gear (often 45-60 minutes) versus the GearTrax method (under 2 minutes) pays for the software within the first few projects. Additionally, the confidence of having AGMA-compliant tooth geometry ensures that your downstream analyses—whether FEA or CAM—are based on real-world shapes.
| Feature | SOLIDWORKS Toolbox | GearTrax 2023 | |---------|--------------------|----------------| | Tooth accuracy | Simplified representation | True involute with fillet | | Custom bore/hubs | Limited | Fully customizable | | Worm gear generation | Not available | Full support | | Parameter change | Manual rebuild errors | Instant regeneration | | Cost of simulation | Requires manual editing | Ready for FEA & CAM | geartrax 2023
For any engineer regularly designing power transmission systems, is not a luxury—it’s a productivity multiplier. The time saved from manually modeling a single helical gear (often 45-60 minutes) versus the GearTrax method (under 2 minutes) pays for the software within the first few projects. Additionally, the confidence of having AGMA-compliant tooth geometry ensures that your downstream analyses—whether FEA or CAM—are based on real-world shapes.
| Feature | SOLIDWORKS Toolbox | GearTrax 2023 | |---------|--------------------|----------------| | Tooth accuracy | Simplified representation | True involute with fillet | | Custom bore/hubs | Limited | Fully customizable | | Worm gear generation | Not available | Full support | | Parameter change | Manual rebuild errors | Instant regeneration | | Cost of simulation | Requires manual editing | Ready for FEA & CAM |
✅ – A complex gear train that takes hours to model manually is ready in 2–3 minutes.
