Forum: Carrara


Subject: Method to create "perfect" gears?

mateo_sancarlos opened this issue on Aug 11, 2004 ยท 20 posts


mateo_sancarlos posted Thu, 12 August 2004 at 1:39 PM

I believe Eric has a plug-in that will work, and there's also a tutorial (for sale) on how to draw gears in Corel or similar. However, I'm hesitating on those, since I don't know if they allow a very specific tooth shape. Apparently modern self-lubricating gears have an elegant, non-intuitive tooth shape that makes for efficient engagement, low-friction force transferral, and disengagement. I have a feeling Photoshop will work, but it's a matter of getting all the teeth to be identical (and correctly spaced) that precludes a tracing operation (or any non-mathematical solution).