diff --git a/gears.scad b/gears.scad index 7d2e09f..2b2d004 100644 --- a/gears.scad +++ b/gears.scad @@ -213,19 +213,19 @@ function _inherit_gear_thickness(thickness) = // You can compute the shortening parameter using {{gear_shorten()}}. Note that the actual shortening distance is obtained // by scaling the shortening fator by the gear's module. // Figure(2D,Big,NoAxes,VPT=[55.8861,-4.31463,8.09832],VPR=[0,0,0],VPD=325.228): With large profile shifts the teeth need to be shortened or they don't have clearance in the valleys of the teeth in the meshing gear. - teeth1=25; - teeth2=19; - mod=4; - ps1 = 0.75; - ps2 = 0.75; - d = gear_dist(mod=mod, teeth1,teeth2,0,ps1,ps2); - color("lightblue") - spur_gear2d(mod=mod,teeth=teeth1,profile_shift=ps1,gear_spin=-90); - right(d) - spur_gear2d(mod=mod,teeth=teeth2,profile_shift=ps2,gear_spin=-90); - right(9)stroke([[1.3*d/2,0],[d/2+4,0]], endcap2="arrow2",color="black"); - fwd(2)right(d/2+25)color("black"){back(4)text("No clearance",size=6); - fwd(4)text("at tooth tip",size=6);} +// teeth1=25; +// teeth2=19; +// mod=4; +// ps1 = 0.75; +// ps2 = 0.75; +// d = gear_dist(mod=mod, teeth1,teeth2,0,ps1,ps2); +// color("lightblue") +// spur_gear2d(mod=mod,teeth=teeth1,profile_shift=ps1,gear_spin=-90); +// right(d) +// spur_gear2d(mod=mod,teeth=teeth2,profile_shift=ps2,gear_spin=-90); +// right(9)stroke([[1.3*d/2,0],[d/2+4,0]], endcap2="arrow2",color="black"); +// fwd(2)right(d/2+25)color("black"){back(4)text("No clearance",size=6); +// fwd(4)text("at tooth tip",size=6);} // Figure(2D,Big,NoAxes,VPT=[55.8861,-4.31463,8.09832],VPR=[0,0,0],VPD=325.228): Applying the correct shortening factor restores the clearance to its set value. // teeth1=25; // teeth2=19;