Starship Design Guidelines - Is there such a thing as 'good starship design'? Starship 2D Design Tutorial - typical steps from simple outlines to a fully-fledged image with shading. Miscellaneous 2D Design Tricks - some more useful techniques for 2D (starship) design. Drawing Software Test - reviews of Micrografx Designer, Corel Draw and Adobe. Design Your Ship was a promotion by Cryptic Studios in which a number of possible designs for a Federation Carrier were presented to the Star Trek Online community. The designs were presented in a tournament-style format, and members of the STO community were able to vote for their favorite designs via Twitter, Facebook, and the Star Trek Online forums.
Design and customize a spur gear in minutes using eMachineShop’s gear design wizard.
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Make a Custom Gear
- Open eMachineShop CAD and select File > New.
- From the list, select Spur Gear.
- Enter the desired parameters and click OK.
- In the workspace, add desired custom features as needed.
Steel is a popular choice when creating metal gears due to its high strength and low cost. Brass is also commonly used. Plastic gears are commonly used when cost or weight is a concern, or in cases of where gears may be exposed to dirt or not lubricated for long periods. Plastic gears can also be used as sacrificial gears to avoid damaging other components in case of a malfunction.
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