Tinkercad and a gear generator - cool
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:50 am
Hi Guys. Gearotic rocks and I've had a lot of fun playing with it. Recently I've gotten interested in 3D printing. Up until now I've been cutting gears using Gearotic (as well as a few other programs) on a small 3040 CNC with great results. But the 3D thing kept grabbing my attention. When I saw that Monoprice had a fully assembled 3D printer for $199 I had to take the plunge. I've ordered it but it's not here yet. So in the meantime I've been playing around with 3D printing software.
I've been working with Design Spark for 3D design and it's cool. And then I found Tinkercad. Most here probably already know about it but it was new to me. Super easy interface and the learning curve is very small. Especially if you have any experience with Inkscape or most CAD programs.
The thing I just found about in Tinkercad is there is a community of people that have shared their stock and adjustable designs. One design is for making gears of really interesting shapes. Everything is adjustable with that little gear generator - with, thickness, blade height, blade bevel, blade angle, spacing..... I just goofed around with it (AND I NEED TO GET BACK TO REGULAR WORK HERE!!) and made some 3D fans with very long fins, and then goofed around with the bevel design. Another cool thing is how it happens in real time, so as you raise the parameters the shape changes right there, makes visualizing very easy.
Anyhow, I'd be curious to hear back from Art or anyone else that plays with it or makes some 3D prints. The generator "app" is in Tinkercad, under Community, and on Page 16.
Dan
I've been working with Design Spark for 3D design and it's cool. And then I found Tinkercad. Most here probably already know about it but it was new to me. Super easy interface and the learning curve is very small. Especially if you have any experience with Inkscape or most CAD programs.
The thing I just found about in Tinkercad is there is a community of people that have shared their stock and adjustable designs. One design is for making gears of really interesting shapes. Everything is adjustable with that little gear generator - with, thickness, blade height, blade bevel, blade angle, spacing..... I just goofed around with it (AND I NEED TO GET BACK TO REGULAR WORK HERE!!) and made some 3D fans with very long fins, and then goofed around with the bevel design. Another cool thing is how it happens in real time, so as you raise the parameters the shape changes right there, makes visualizing very easy.
Anyhow, I'd be curious to hear back from Art or anyone else that plays with it or makes some 3D prints. The generator "app" is in Tinkercad, under Community, and on Page 16.
Dan