Hi Jason:
>> Art, does GM only use hypo/epi cycloid generatin g circles equal to half the gear diameter?
Yes, its one of my attempts to keep it easy on users heads. I looked at just about every gear generator program known to man,
from the very expensive to the modestly expensive, and came early to the conclusion that art of what GM "had" to do was keep things
easy on the head. Most programs have dozens of items to decide upon when generating a gear, and most of them had very little
impact on the actual gear, perhpas as little as a few % points in performance. So I made the epi's use only a half-diameter generator
so radial roots woudl be the norm. (Most clock makers of those that use epi's want the old time radial roots for the look).
Now that we're two years after that decision, I sometimes see things that may indeed be added without mucking things up too much.
Ill add to my list to see if this can be added, perhaps a % dropdown rather then implicitly specifying the diameter.
If the generator can handle it without too great a recode time, Ill see if I can add it.
I "may" be at Cabin Fever, I havent as yet set any plans in stone. IF so, Ill buy.
Art