Hello.
I would like to introduce my application for calculate and design cutting tools.
In this application you can design milling cutters for produce
cylindrical gears, spline shafts and
Archimedes worm wheels.
In this video I'll describe how you can calculate and draw cutters for making Archimedes worm wheels.
The program's database contains the
recommended parameters of Archimedes
worms worm wheels and worm gears with a module from 1 to 20 millimeters
By clicking on the "Worm list" button you
will see a pop-up window where you can
select the worm size you are interested
in or delete it from database.
You can also add your own worm size to the database by clicking on the "Add" button.
In the "Hob type" section you can select the desired type by switching a selection buttons.
On the right you will see a
short description and a sketch of the
selected hob. In the "Hob" section you can
see parameters of hob for the selected
module. Initially all dimensions are
calculated and depend on the parameters
of the original worm and worm wheel. You can correct the automatically calculated
hob parameters for those that are
necessary for your particular case and
then save them in the database. In this
case instead of the calculated
parameters in the future the parameters
you've saved for the selected module
will be used. For the same module that can be several different parameters of the hob
In this case the "Hob list"
button will be visible. After clicking on
this button a pop-up window will appear,
where the user can select the required
milling cutter or delete the mistakenly
entered one. The user can add a new
milling cutter by pressing the "Add"
button or change the dimensions of an
existing milling cutter and press the
"Save" button.
In the section "Additional source data" you can enter the fields for entering the data of the main drawing
description which you can fill manually
or select from previously entered and saved.
When you click the "Help" button a new
window with context help will appear,
where you will learn more about how to
use the application. After you fill
fields of main drawing description as
shown in the picture then you can
proceed calculation and preparation of
drawing by clicking on the "Prepare
drawing" button.
A pre-prepared drawing of A3 format is executed without scale. The calculated values of the parameters of
the milling cutter along the entered
initial data will be shown in the drawing.
In the application added a
simple graphical editor. One of the
editor  properties is binding of
calculation data and elements of the
drawing. With this mechanism of operation it becomes possible to add other types
of calculations and drawings to the
program relatively easily and quickly
The application implements the following
technology of interaction between the
programmer and the design engineer. First the designer in the graphical editor
of the application executes the drawing,
then saves the drawing file and sends it
to the programmer. Using formulas for
calculating the product the programmer
adds the appropriate code to the
program and associates the results with
the drawing received from the designer.
For more information on how to use the
graphical editor click the "Help" button.
You can print a drawing on the printer
by clicking the "Print" button. You can
also save the drawing in the image
format by clicking the "Save" button and
specify a name for the file.
Since all technical requirements cannot
be placed on the A3 formats
additional technical requirements are
attached to the drawing of the milling
cutter which can be seen and printed on
the tech requirements tab
