Looks near perfect from the pic, what was the printer make?

Ken

Hi Art,
Does your 3D printer have any offset capabilit y, kind of like cutter comp on a CNC?


Ken

Sure look great, if time permits one will be setting on my desk.

Thanks for posting the sample prints.

Looking forward to seeing them when yiu are able.


Thanks

Art,
Would love to see more examples of your prints as time permits.

While I know the build size suits yout testing purposes sure wish they had a 8x8x8 minimum build platform.

The mendel and off spring don't seem to come close to comparing what you posted of your first prints.

Thanks
ken

Dan, GT is included with GM.

Ken

Hi Art,
I understan d that this is mostly beyond the scope of GM but not knowing what the suggestio n would entail thought I'd ask.

If it works out to add additiona l file formats that would be great and believe it would enhance GM, if it doesn't then I understan d why now.

Thanks
Ken

Hi Art,
I did see one of the conversio n programs last night, think it was Meshlab or like that.
Works but as you mention makes huge files and not with out model cvomprami ses.

OK then, I won't hold my breath 

On another note, can a GM gear train, say just two spur gears be out put as a single .2D dxf?
Haven't found a way to select both if it is possible.
Can load them individua lly into CAD but then the center to center measureme nts and gear mesh does not seem to work out with out some repositio ning.

Thanks
Ken

Way beyond my understan ding Art.

Is it a possibili ty for gear out put to be added for  .iges or .stp ? at some point?
If not I understan d.

Shouldn't take long, only took a few seconds to ask 

Thanks
Ken

JustinO

This is a line ____
This is a Triangle ▲

 

Art,
OneCNC is a Nurbs modeler and that's as far as I can go with what that may mean 

Even that one little .stl gear really taxes the CPU with the zillion entities having to be calculate d when rotating etc, it is also has a 40mb file size, any other file format would be a fraction of that. An example is a very similar gear with a .igs format file that is 1/10 that size and even less when saved in OneCNC .xfa file format.

.STL may be what's needed for 3D printing though and a little reading on .stl tonight seems to indicate that is exactly what it was designed for.

Glad it's you doing GM and GT, I'd gave up long ago and no one would have had GM and GT would not have been so much as a dream.

Ken

Art,
I am not sure what CAD uses them for really, haven't figured their use out from my limited experienc e.
Seems most CAD can import them but at least with in OneCNC you can't do much with them to alter them or convert them to a Solid. I guess they could be considere d geometry but don't believe they use arcs.
OneCNC does not consider them a Solid, not that that means anything particula rly.
Common solid and/or surfaces formats are  .Stp/.IGS/.Sldprt/.3dm .stp and .igs being the most universal ly used.
Am modeling a 90 degree gear box, found one gear but not a RH and LH so they don't mesh but that does not matter in this case, only a model.

Thanks Art

You can't really work/model with .STL's Art, their not a solid, surface or geometry just a zillion little triangles 

Thanks

Ken




 

Just to make sure I am not over looking something .

Is it possible to create a solid model of these gears?


Thanks
Ken

Thanks John,
Was curious on how the calculati ons compared to different calculato r.

"what works for me" is mostly what matters.

Ken