FCGear HypoCycloidGear
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| Menu location |
|---|
| Gear → HypoCycloid Gear |
| Workbenches |
| FCGear |
| 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
- Switch to the
FCGear Workbench. - 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.
- Press the
- Change the gear parameter to the required conditions (see Properties).
Properties
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