## Defining a Cylinder Gear

Use the Define Gear dialog box to define the geometric and measurement parameters of a gear.

Once you have created or opened a cylinder gear file, select the Operation | Define Gear… menu option or the Define toolbar icon…

…to open the Define Gear dialog box:

Define Gear dialog box for cylinder gear

The Define Gear dialog box has tabs with options that represent the possible aspects of measuring a cylinder gear:

- Parameters Tab

- Pitch/Runout Tab

- Profile Tab

- Helix/Lead Tab

- Tip/Root Circle Tab

- Evaluation Setup Tab

The following buttons are available in this dialog box:

| This button applies any changes you have made and closes the dialog box.
| This button applies any changes you have made and leaves the dialog box open.
| This button cancels your changes and closes the dialog box.
| This button enables you to import the data from the Definition file (*.def). The current data on the tabs will be replaced with the data from the imported file.
| This button opens a Save As dialog box, which enables you to write (save) the current gear data to a definition (*.def) file.