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The first time I saw a gear made with CorelDRAW, I was amazed. I don’t think I had used the Extrude effect for anything up until that point since I was just learning about CorelDRAW’s power. 

The first time I saw a gear made with CorelDRAW, I was amazed. I don’t think I had used the Extrude effect for anything up until that point since I was just learning about CorelDRAW’s power. Making gears in CorelDRAW is one of those things that provides a big payoff for the amount of effort.

Index

1. Three Different Methods for Creating Teeth
2. Adding Perspective and Extrusions
3. How to Export a Gear for use in a 3D Program
4. Two Methods for Creating Helical Gears in CorelDRAW
5. How to Animate a Gear using Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Bonus Files to Download

1. 20 Pre-Made Gears—14 through 33 teeth
2. Helical Gears
3. Animated Gears—Corel PHOTO-PAINT and 3D program
4. Gear-related discussion between KN Pepper and myself

Get this entire tutorial in a printable PDF file along with copies of all bonus downloadable files. You'll learn a number of techniques for creating accurate gears (including helical gears) in CorelDRAW, giving them a 3D look in CorelDRAW and other 3D programs and how the gears can be animated. For those who don't want to create their own gears, you can download a library of 20 gears made to work together.