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LanternGear
GearConnector
Gear

FCGear HypoCycloidGear

Menu location
Gear → HypoCycloid Gear
Workbenches
Gear
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
1.0
See also
None

Description

The FCGear HypoCycloid Gear command creates two splined cam disks and a set of rollers that stay in touch with the disks' outer surfaces while moving.

Left: Hypocycloid gear. Right: Gear and transparently displayed also provided reversed gear and set of rollers

Please provide a short description what can be achieved using such a gear train.

Usage

  1. Switch to the Gear Workbench.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the HypoCycloid Gear button in the toolbar.
    • Select the Gear → HypoCycloid Gear option from the menu.
  3. Change the gear parameter to the required conditions (see Properties).

Properties

See also: Property View.

An FCGear HypoCycloidGear object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Disks

  • Datadisk-height (Length): Default is 10 mm. Height.
  • Datashow_disk0 (Bool): Default is true. Show main cam disc.
  • Datashow_disk1 (Bool): Default is true. Show another reversed cam disk om top.

Pins

  • Datacenter_pins (Bool): Default is true. Center pin Z axis to generated disks.
  • Datapin-height (Length): Default is 20 mm. Height.
  • Datashow_pins (Bool): Default is true. Create pins in place.

gear_parameter

  • Dataeccentricity (Float): Default is 1.5. Eccentricity.
  • Datahole_radius (Length): Default is 30 mm. Center hole's radius.
  • Datapin_circle_radius (Length): Default is 66 mm. Pin ball circle radius (overrides Tooth Pitch).
  • Datapressure_angle_lim (Angle): Default is 50°. Pressure angle limit.
  • Datapressure_angle_offset (Float): Default is 0.01. Offest in pressure angle.
  • Dataroller_diameter (Float): Default is 3.0. Roller diameter.
  • Datasegment_count (Integer): Default is 42. Number of points used for spline interpolation.
  • Datateeth_number (Integer): Default is 42.. Number of teeth in cam.

version

  • Dataversion (String): Default is 1.3.0. freecad.gears-version

Notes

The default gear(s) are displayed like this:

To display the cam disks and the set of rollers (pins) in different colours, we need three identical HypocycloidGear objects. Their visibility can be toggled:

  • Datashow_disk0 (Bool) for the main cam disk.
  • Datashow_disk1 (Bool) for a reversed cam disk on top.
  • Datashow_pins (Bool) for the set of pins.

Left: HypocycloidGear objects as created. Right: Objects repositioned to get a better view on each object

Scripting

LanternGear
GearConnector
Gear

This page is retrieved from https://wiki.freecad.org/FCGear_HypoCycloidGear

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