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by john lash
Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:57 am
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Problem placing gears in project.
Replies: 11
Views: 6936

Re: Problem placing gears in project.

Art,

Joy!

As I suspected the error was with the user. Somehow I had set the backlash to 12 inches and failed to notice. Reset backlash to zero and all was well.

A big thank you to Art and John T for figuring this one out. Another big thanks to Art for being so patient with a user who really ...
by john lash
Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:54 am
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Backlash
Replies: 1
Views: 2872

Re: Backlash

Art,

Joy!

As I suspected the error was with the user. Somehow I had set the backlash to 12 inches and failed to notice. Reset backlash to zero and all was well.

A big thank you to Art and John T for figuring this one out. Another big thanks to Art for being so patient with a user who really ...
by john lash
Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:52 pm
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Problem placing gears in project.
Replies: 11
Views: 6936

Re: Problem placing gears in project.

Art,

I down loaded the development version, completely uninstalled the older version before installing the new one. Then I tried placing the default spur gears in a project. Still no joy, the gears were centered 15.7 inches apart. Next I tried switching to metric and restarting GM and placing the ...
by john lash
Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:34 am
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Problem placing gears in project.
Replies: 11
Views: 6936

Re: Problem placing gears in project.

Art,

I tried what you suggested, I started GM, started a new project, made sure I was set to inch mode then restarted GM. Using the default settings on the spur gear screen I made the wheel and pinion. Unfortunately they do not mesh, their centers are set at 15.7 inches apart, one more inch than ...
by john lash
Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:30 pm
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Problem placing gears in project.
Replies: 11
Views: 6936

Re: Problem placing gears in project.

I have done a bit more playing around and now I seem to be getting the same problem with everything but elliptical gears. I have no problems placing an elliptical gear in a project unless it is a 2nd order elliptical then I get a "solid creation failed" error. I don't know if this helps or just ...
by john lash
Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Problem placing gears in project.
Replies: 11
Views: 6936

Re: Problem placing gears in project.

Well here is the project (if I can get the attachment to work). As you can see there two gears spaced 14.6 inches part. I hope this can work out. As I have said before the problem could be user error. Let me know what you think.

Be Well,
John
by john lash
Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:52 pm
Forum: Support and Bug Reports
Topic: Problem placing gears in project.
Replies: 11
Views: 6936

Problem placing gears in project.

I am very new to GM so this may be a simple case of user error.

When I make a spur gear wheel and pinion pair and place the gears in a project the shaft centers are always 14.6 inches apart. This happens with any combination of spur gears. I have changed every parameter I can think of but the ...