feat: add gears workbench as default addon #361

forbes · 2026-02-28T21:17:30Z

forbes commented

2026-02-28 21:17:30 +00:00

Summary

Adds the kindred/gears workbench as a default bundled addon under mods/gears. Provides 13 parametric gear generation commands integrated into the Kindred Create editing context system.

Gear Commands

Involute, Internal Involute, Involute Rack, Cycloid, Cycloid Rack, Bevel, Crown, Worm, Timing (2 variants), Lantern, HypoCycloid gears, and Gear Connector.

Integration

Submodule: mods/gears → https://git.kindred-systems.com/kindred/gears.git
package.xml: Kindred manifest with load_priority: 40 (sdk=0 → solver=10 → gears=40 → silo=60), depends on sdk
Init.py: Console bootstrap — adds repo root to sys.path for pygears math library and freecad.gears namespace package
InitGui.py: Imports upstream GearWorkbench registration + deferred injection of all 13 gear commands into partdesign.body and partdesign.feature editing contexts via kindred_sdk.inject_commands()

context.py routing

Already completed in #351 — kindred_sdk/context.py routes through kcsdk C++ module first with FreeCADGui fallback.

Verification

pygears importable from pixi environment
package.xml parses correctly (name=gears, priority=40, dep=sdk, subdir=freecad/gears)
Init.py path arithmetic verified: resolves to correct repo root
Both Init.py and InitGui.py present at workbench path
Dependencies (numpy, scipy, sympy) available in pixi env

## Summary Adds the [kindred/gears](https://git.kindred-systems.com/kindred/gears) workbench as a default bundled addon under `mods/gears`. Provides 13 parametric gear generation commands integrated into the Kindred Create editing context system. ### Gear Commands Involute, Internal Involute, Involute Rack, Cycloid, Cycloid Rack, Bevel, Crown, Worm, Timing (2 variants), Lantern, HypoCycloid gears, and Gear Connector. ### Integration - **Submodule:** `mods/gears` → `https://git.kindred-systems.com/kindred/gears.git` - **package.xml:** Kindred manifest with `load_priority: 40` (sdk=0 → solver=10 → **gears=40** → silo=60), depends on `sdk` - **Init.py:** Console bootstrap — adds repo root to `sys.path` for `pygears` math library and `freecad.gears` namespace package - **InitGui.py:** Imports upstream `GearWorkbench` registration + deferred injection of all 13 gear commands into `partdesign.body` and `partdesign.feature` editing contexts via `kindred_sdk.inject_commands()` ### context.py routing Already completed in #351 — `kindred_sdk/context.py` routes through `kcsdk` C++ module first with `FreeCADGui` fallback. ### Verification - `pygears` importable from pixi environment - `package.xml` parses correctly (name=gears, priority=40, dep=sdk, subdir=freecad/gears) - `Init.py` path arithmetic verified: resolves to correct repo root - Both `Init.py` and `InitGui.py` present at workbench path - Dependencies (`numpy`, `scipy`, `sympy`) available in pixi env

forbes added 1 commit 2026-02-28 21:17:31 +00:00

feat: add gears workbench as default addon

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Add kindred/gears as a submodule under mods/gears. The gears workbench
provides 13 parametric gear commands (involute, cycloid, bevel, worm,
crown, timing, lantern, hypocycloid gears + connectors).

Integration:
- Kindred package.xml with load_priority 40 (sdk -> solver -> gears -> silo)
- Init.py adds repo root to sys.path for pygears + namespace package
- InitGui.py imports upstream GearWorkbench and injects gear commands
  into partdesign.body and partdesign.feature editing contexts
- context.py kcsdk routing already complete from #351

forbes merged commit 153f75e6e7 into main

2026-02-28 23:42:14 +00:00

forbes deleted branch feat/gears-addon

2026-02-28 23:42:15 +00:00

forbes referenced this issue from a commit

2026-02-28 23:42:15 +00:00

Merge pull request 'feat: add gears workbench as default addon' (#361) from feat/gears-addon into main

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Reference: kindred/create#361