3D-modeling and analysis for mechanical transmission elements in SolidWorks software based on API

An approach to creation of software, based on API SolidWorks so, that it extends the basic SolidWorks functionality, concerning 3D-modelling for mechanical transmissions elements. 3D-model has been created automatically, according to user defined parameters. API (Application Program Interface) is the general tool for this problem solving. Results: It is shown, that considered approach is effective for SolidWorks users for following reasons: fully automated style for this model creation, not very expensive analysis for the stress-deformed behavior, based on 1D FEM-model.