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This 2D profile is fully parametric, and can be padded with the PartDesign Pad feature.Svg Gear Generator By cacimisxe1982 Follow | Public PartDesign InvoluteGear: This tool allows for the creation of a 2D profile of an Involute gear.FreeCAD Wiki: Macro_FCGear and Bevel gear.within FreeCAD you can choose "Tools > Customize > Workbenches" to enable/disable workbenches.restart FreeCAD and the workbench should appear in the pull-down menu.make sure to copy files and folders EXACTLY as shown above to the just created sub-folder.\appdata is a HIDDEN folder, so you may have to change the settings of the file explorer to see it.if you haven't changed the standard settings, it should be "C:\Users\Your_Windows_User_Name\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD".go to FreeCAD-Macro-Folder (inside FreeCAD, choose "Edit > Preferences > General > Macro to see Macro Path).download ZIP-archive by clicking on button in top right corner.Sudo ln -s (path_to_FCGear) (path_to_freecad)/Mod Windows
link or copy the folder into /freecad/Mod.It can be found in the Tools → Addon Manager The recommended method of installation as of v0.17 is via the Addon Manager. FCGear LanternGear Creates a Lantern gear.FCGear TimingGear Creates a Timing gear.FCGear CycloideGear Creates a Cycloide gear.FCGear InvoluteRack Creates an Involute rack.FCGear InvoluteGear Creates an Involute gear.
The FCGear Drop down menu Types of gears Involute Gearįrom left to right: Spur gearing, helical gearing, double helical gearing (see FCGear InvoluteGear) Involute Rackįrom left to right: Spur gearing, helical gearing, double helical gearing (See FCGear InvoluteRack) Cycloide Gearįrom left to right: Spur gearing, helical gearing, double helical gearing (see FCGear CycloideGear) Bevel Gearįrom left to right: Spur gearing, spiral gearing (see FCGear BevelGear) Worm GearĪbove: Worm gear (see FCGear WormGear) Crown GearĪbove: Crown gear (see FCGear CrownGear) Timing Gear and Lantern Gearįrom left to right: Timing gearing, lantern gearing (see FCGear TimingGear or FCGear LanternGear) References After installation, the tools are available in the toolbar. In conjunction with 3D printing, home users now have the opportunity to design and produce gears and worm gears according to their own personal ideas and, if necessary, to adapt them to the constructional conditions.īefore FCGear Workbench can be started, it must be installed (how it is done see below at Installation). Module, pitch diameter or root diameter are common terms and should therefore be known.
In order for the results from FC Gear to be usable, a certain amount of basic knowledge about the different types of gearing is required. For example, by changing a few parameters, the involute gear becomes either a spur gear, helical gear or double helical gear. The parametric modelling allows the required geometries to be changed at any time. The FCGear Workbench is an external workbench for manufacturing different types of gears and worm gears in FreeCAD.