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Gear Property File

The following example property file contains gear information.
$-------------------------------------------MDI_HEADER
[MDI_HEADER]
 FILE_TYPE     =  'gea'
 FILE_VERSION  =  2.0
 FILE_FORMAT   =  'ASCII'
 HEADER_SIZE   =  6
$-------------------------------------------UNITS
[UNITS]
 LENGTH  =  'mm'
 ANGLE   =  'degrees'
 FORCE   =  'newton'
 MASS    =  'kg'
 TIME    =  'millisecond'
$-------------------------------------------GENERAL
[GENERAL]
 DEFINITION               =  '.ACAR.parts.ac_gear'
 TEETH_NUMBER             =  33
 WIDTH                    =  20.0
 TOOTH_ANGLE              =  20.0
 DELTA_TOOTH_THICKNESS    =  -0.1
 MODULE                   =  4.0
 ADDENDUM_MOD_COEFF       =  0.0
 ADDENDUM_FACTOR          =  1.0
 DEDENDUM_FACTOR          =  1.25
 HELIX_ANGLE              =  0.0
 MASS                     =  2.135099001
 CM_LOCATION_FROM_PART_X  =  0.0
 CM_LOCATION_FROM_PART_Y  =  0.0
 CM_LOCATION_FROM_PART_Z  =  0.0
 IXX                      =  2396.292778791
 IYY                      =  2396.292778791
 IZZ                      =  4650.2456241819
 IXY                      =  0.0
 IZX                      =  0.0
 IYZ                      =  0.0
$-------------------------------------------TORSIONAL_SPRING
[TORSIONAL_SPRING]
 TORSIONAL_STIFFNESS  =  200.0
 TORSIONAL_DAMPING    =  20.0
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