GearHeads Forum

I originally brought up the following issue as a question in the Gear Discussions group, but it appears that this is bug issue so I will resurrect the discussion in this group.

The problem seems to apply only to cycloid gears. The nature of the problem is that incorrect shaft diameters are ...

After a few more attempts to rectify things, I have a few observations to pass on. First, I will mention that the gears that seem to be having a problem are epicycloid gears. I am also using inches. The problem seem to begin after I delete gears from the gear train in Project Control. After doing so ...

Art,

I tried using the regen button but now all I can generate is a .2500 shaft size. This is completely different than the shaft size I am attaching the gear to and the shaft size I specified. Those numbers are respectively .1250 and .1563. I will try again tomorrow. These are all imperial numbers ...

I am placing a pinion that requires a different hole diameter than the shaft it is attached to. When I generate the pinion I specify the shaft size I would like, but the shaft size generated is the same as the shaft it is attached to. I know that, based on your video on escapements, you can specify ...

Art,

I tried both metric and imperial units and various point distance settings to no avail. I finally rebooted my system and tried again. After a few unsuccessful tries I was able to get the pinion to generate. For now, all seems well. I will report if this odd behavior reappears.

thx

Russ

Spokes are turned off.

I have just downloaded version 4.890 of GM and I've run into a problem when trying to generate an epicycloidic pinion when using a specific wheel/pinion combination of 32/8 teeth. Every time I try to generate a pinion from this combination the program crashes. Changes to diametric pitch value have ...

Thanks for the suggestions. For this project I'll just hand edit the files and will look forward to the fix.

Art,

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried adjusting the gear point distance variable up and down, but it didn't correct the problem. I should point out I'm using inch units, and my tool diameter is .0625. Is there a recommended setting I should be using?

I am getting a number of G03 lines in my code which are generating the circles seen in this gcode output image. I am using version 4.710. I have turned off the "Rounded Corners" option. When these lines of code are edited out, the gear looks fine. Am I doing something wrong?