GearHeads Forum

I am trying to make up a gear train that uses 3 shafts and 4 compound gears. shaft #1 is used only by the driver. The drive chain then leaps back and fourth between the other wod posts. I cant seem to get the simulation to drive the gears properly. I have been playing with the "add linkage" and ...

Gearotic STL output module works very well. 

But I did notice that the scale of the project imports into Cura at ten times larger than actual size.  It's not a big problem shifting one decimal to re-scale, but I was just checking in to see if anyone else had the same experience. - all best!

Hi John, thanks for that. (the strip teeth function) I did discover that this morning and just used trial and error with the tooth size to get the diameter where I want it. This is great software and I'm really stoked about using it!

I had the model just right in the Project 3d rendering but could ...

I'm trying to make a compound spur gear and I think I've managed to set it up by dropping the centre of one gear onto the other in the project view. I have also managed to put a hub (or what I was calling a "spacer" in my previous post) by using the "Functional" button within the tool tab. I've got ...

Today is my first day with Gearotic and it is amazing. I'm also really enjoying the YouTube videos (Narrator is excellent!)

I found that I was able to freeze the program by entering "0" value for pinion tooth count. (I think entering the number "1" also had the same effect).

I am trying to make ...