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It turned out that the "moving up" of the gear shape was responsible for the majority of processing time: it took 10x longer then the pipe creation and 100x longer then the mirroring. Now the moving is done of the helix and base face so that the other faces are generated directly where they should be, thus preventing a movement of all of them. In addition, as we don't have to transform the final shape, we don't have to use transformGeometry, but just change the placement via translate -- again much faster.
A Gear module for FreeCAD
Requirements
FreeCAD > v0.16
python > 3 (for python2 use branch py2)
Supported gear-types
Cylindric Involute
- Shifting
- Helical
- Double Helical
- Undercut
Involute Rack
Cylindric Cycloid
- Helical
- Double Helical
Spherical Involute Bevel-Gear
- Spiral
Crown-Gear
Worm-Gear
Timing-Gear
Lantern-Gear
Installation
Addon Manager
Starting from v0.17 it's possible to use the built-in FreeCAD Addon Manager
located in the Tools > Addon Manager dropdown menu.
pip
pip install https://github.com/looooo/FCGear/archive/master.tar.gz
Important note: Most systems have multiple versions of python installed. Make sure the pip you're using is used by FreeCAD as well.
Usage
Create a gear manually
- Open freecad
- Switch to the gear workbench
- Create new document
- Create a gear (click on a gear symbol in the toolbar)
- Change the gear parameters
Scripted gears
Use the power of python to automate your gear modeling:
import FreeCAD as App
import freecad.gears.commands
gear = freecad.gears.commands.CreateInvoluteGear.create()
gear.teeth = 20
gear.beta = 20
gear.height = 10
gear.double_helix = True
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
Gui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
References
- Elements of Metric Gear Technology (PDF)
FreeCAD Forum threads
These are forum threads where FreeCAD Gears has been discussed. If you want to give Feedback or report a bug please use the below threads. Please make sure that the report hasn't been reported already by browsing this repositories issue queue.
- "CONTINUED: involute gear generator preview !" (thread)
- "Bevel gear - module/script/tutorial" (thread)
- "Gears in FreeCAD: FC Gear" (thread)
- "FC Gears: Feedback thread" (thread)
License
GNU General Public License v3.0