齒輪減速機產品由於多具有完備的設計流程規範，所以設計工程師大部分都是從事重複性的設計工作。若能將這類重複性工作交由電腦執行，將有助於減少在齒輪減速機開發設計上的成本。 本論文之目的是透過物件導向程式設計的觀念，從已發展的整合計算與繪圖之減速機設計程式中建立齒輪減速機程式模組，以簡化程式設計師開發齒輪減速機設計程式的複雜度，並同時擴展程式模組的應用範圍。 本研究首先透過分析齒輪減速機的重要機械元件特點和相對應的計算過程，建立以物件導向程式為基本架構的程式模組。此一程式模組除可提供各主要元件齒輪、軸承在設計時重要計算方法，亦提供所完成設計之齒輪減速機之零件與組立在特定電腦輔助設計軟體(Autodesk Inventor)中之三維實體模型輸出。本研究最後再以所發展的程式模組，應用RUP(Rational Unified Process)物件導向方法，針對兩種不同減速機，建構出不同的設計軟體：標準型減速機和押出機減速機。此兩個實例驗證出所發展的程式模組確實具有泛用性並可以簡化程式之編撰。 Because the design procedure for the mature product gearbox is almost unaltered, the designers are engaged in routine tasks for developing new gearboxes. The cost for development and design of gearboxes might be reduced if the routine works can be replaced by software. The aim of the thesis is to establish program modules for gearbox from a developed software based on the concept of object orient programming. The modules that integrate both calculation and graphics of gearbox design offer also the benefits in simplifying the complexities of the design software for gearboxes as well as in expanding the application range of such a software. The object oriented programming modules are at first established with aid of analysis of the important machine elements of gearboxes and their corresponding design procedures. The modules not only offer the calculation for deigning the elements such like gears and bearings, but also generate the 3D-solid models of the related machine elements and assembly by using the CAD software Autodesk Inventor. Finally based on the OOP method RUP (Rational Unified Process), two programs using the modules are developed for different gearboxes: standard helical gearboxes and single screw extruder gearboxes. The expected goals of the developed program modules are verified by the mentioned examples.
