The paper presents a method for developing an accurate generic bevel gear model including both the face milling and face hobbing processes. Starting with gear blank geometry@ gear and pinion basic generator machine settings are calculated. The contact pattern and rolling quality are specified and held to the second order in terms of pattern length@ contact bias and motion error. Based on the setup@ a grid of tooth points are found including the tooth flank@ fillet and@ if it exists@ the undercut area. It is proposed as themodel for the next generation of bevel gear strength calculations in that the procedure produces true bevel gear geometry@ uses blank design parameters as input and is vendor independent except for cutter diameter.