FCGear Workbench

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Introduction

Additional Workbench for FreeCAD to create different types of gears, involute gear, involute rack, cycloide gear, bevel gear.

References

Author: looooo
Home page: https://github.com/looooo/FCGear
Source code on github: https://github.com/looooo/FCGear

Tools

Detailed description: Macro_FCGear

Toolbar

Creates involute gear
Creates involute rack
Creates cycloide gear
Creates bevel gear

Drop down menu

File:FCGear menu1.png

Other

: FCGear icon

Installation

Automatic installation

See Installing

From GitHub

Prerequisites

Use only with FreeCAD version > 0.16

Linux Installation Instructions (From GitHub)

git clone https://github.com/looooo/FCGear.git
link or copy the folder into /freecad/Mod (sudo ln -s (path_to_FCGear) (path_to_freecad)/Mod

Windows Installation Instructions (7/8/8.1/10) (From GitHub)

download ZIP-archive by clicking on button in top right corner
go to FreeCAD-Macro-Folder (inside FreeCAD, choose "Edit > Preferences > General > Macro to see Macro Path)
if you haven't changed the standard settings, it should be "C:\Users\Your_Windows_User_Name\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD"
\appdata is a HIDDEN folder, so you may have to change the settings of the file explorer to see it
create a sub-folder called "FCGear"
make sure to copy files and folders EXACTLY as shown above to the just created sub-folder
restart FreeCAD and the workbench should appear in the pull-down menu
within FreeCAD you can choose "Tools > Customize > Workbenches" to enable/disable workbenches

Mac Installation Instructions (not tested) (From GitHub)

Copy or unzip the FCgear-folder to the directory FreeCAD.app/Contents/Mod where FreeCAD.app is the folder where FreeCAD is installed.

Links to Gear WB

Workbench Wiki: https://github.com/looooo/FCGear/wiki
FreeCAD Wiki: Macro_FCGear and Bevel gear
FreeCAD Forum: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=12968
Tutorials:
Videos:
Files:
Report bugs: Please report bugs at https://github.com/looooo/FCGear/issues