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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:40 pm
Hello Art and Bob, Maybe you are aware of these various items. But just in case, here is a list of my experience with Gearotic to date. I am on 2.269. And I think every time a bug is reported, somewhere a programmer adopts a puppy...
1. Depending on the computer, when Simulate is on, all the various check boxes on the ribbon do not always update their state until the cursor is moved out of their respective panels. Its a bit confusing when these check boxes dont update when clicked. But as I said, I get this only on certain computers; win7 at work has this problem, win7 at home doesnt.
2. On the Output Options panel, hovering over the DXF button brings up the tool tip "Video Tutorial Links". Of course this label should read something like "Output DXF file(s)". I know, not really a bug...
3. On the Help Video Selection dialog, GUI1 and GUI2 links call the same video. Yup, also not a bug.
4. Involute spurs and bevels on the Circular Gear Module get a nice curve when the Rack Fillet is less than 0.5. But greater than that, the dedendum filleting is very much all disjointed and catawampus. The fly cutter profiles are also adversely affected. For example, try 0.9. Zoom in to a couple of teeth and you can see what I mean. And when adding these wheels and pinions to a project, the crooked dedendums are present there too. Subsequently, all outputs in the Output Options panel are affected as well as 3-axis g-code files (workbench). In 4th axis a gear with large rack filleting also looks banged up but all of the 4th axis g-code sequences seem unaffected.
5. Geneva ratchet crosses have spokes whether decorations are enabled or not on the tool screen. When added to a project, the spokes will only be present if they were enabled, as it should be. But when sent to the workbench, spokes will be there even if they were not part of the cross on the project screen.
6. The DriverPin on a Geneva ratchet will become a tangled geometry on the tool, project and workbench screens if the GenevaDriver wheel is big enough to have spokes. Again, whether spokes are enabled or not. Also, spokes of any type on the GenevaDriver wheel do not generate correctly on the tool screen, having various missing line/arc segments. And GenevaDriver wheel spokes do not continue on to the project and workbench screens. See the two attached DriverPin jpegs.
7. I see just two minor things with the new STL Slicing module. The text on the tab of the properties panel says '3d Energy Paper'. Im not sure what you mean there. Is this a reference to the filament or resin of 3D printers? Next, the label on the Proposed Scale slider is the same as the Review slider. Im guessing you intended something like 'Scale %'.
8. In the Circular Gear Module, select Bevel. Anything can be set in the Bevel Params area. If the pinion tooth count is not equal to and greater than the wheel tooth count, the two bevels no longer mesh and their faces are parallel and offset.
9. With the two paralleled bevels on the tool screen, click Add Wheel to Proj and then click Add Pinion to Proj. The two bevels are parallel in the project screen just like they are on the tool screen. However if the pinion is added first, then they are placed correctly and they mesh.
10. Regardless of which bevel is placed first in a project, when the bevel pinion tooth count exceeds the bevel wheel tooth count, the bevel wheel geometry on the project screen is cheesed. Face width is way thinner and the tooth tips are parallel with the face. Yoiks!
11. Bevels, good or bad, can only be sent to the workbench for some reason but cannot be sent to 4th axis. At least for me. Am I doing something wrong? Or maybe this code isnt available yet?
12. On helical bevel gears, if the face width is changed between adding a linked pair to a project, then the models on the project screen have their teeth smashing into one another. Or you could say the teeth are overlapping. Add wheel->change face width->add pinion. Clicking Reset on the simulation panel doesnt help. Zerol bevels have the same problem, though much less pronounced. See the attached colliding helical jpeg.
1. Depending on the computer, when Simulate is on, all the various check boxes on the ribbon do not always update their state until the cursor is moved out of their respective panels. Its a bit confusing when these check boxes dont update when clicked. But as I said, I get this only on certain computers; win7 at work has this problem, win7 at home doesnt.
2. On the Output Options panel, hovering over the DXF button brings up the tool tip "Video Tutorial Links". Of course this label should read something like "Output DXF file(s)". I know, not really a bug...
3. On the Help Video Selection dialog, GUI1 and GUI2 links call the same video. Yup, also not a bug.
4. Involute spurs and bevels on the Circular Gear Module get a nice curve when the Rack Fillet is less than 0.5. But greater than that, the dedendum filleting is very much all disjointed and catawampus. The fly cutter profiles are also adversely affected. For example, try 0.9. Zoom in to a couple of teeth and you can see what I mean. And when adding these wheels and pinions to a project, the crooked dedendums are present there too. Subsequently, all outputs in the Output Options panel are affected as well as 3-axis g-code files (workbench). In 4th axis a gear with large rack filleting also looks banged up but all of the 4th axis g-code sequences seem unaffected.
5. Geneva ratchet crosses have spokes whether decorations are enabled or not on the tool screen. When added to a project, the spokes will only be present if they were enabled, as it should be. But when sent to the workbench, spokes will be there even if they were not part of the cross on the project screen.
6. The DriverPin on a Geneva ratchet will become a tangled geometry on the tool, project and workbench screens if the GenevaDriver wheel is big enough to have spokes. Again, whether spokes are enabled or not. Also, spokes of any type on the GenevaDriver wheel do not generate correctly on the tool screen, having various missing line/arc segments. And GenevaDriver wheel spokes do not continue on to the project and workbench screens. See the two attached DriverPin jpegs.
7. I see just two minor things with the new STL Slicing module. The text on the tab of the properties panel says '3d Energy Paper'. Im not sure what you mean there. Is this a reference to the filament or resin of 3D printers? Next, the label on the Proposed Scale slider is the same as the Review slider. Im guessing you intended something like 'Scale %'.
8. In the Circular Gear Module, select Bevel. Anything can be set in the Bevel Params area. If the pinion tooth count is not equal to and greater than the wheel tooth count, the two bevels no longer mesh and their faces are parallel and offset.
9. With the two paralleled bevels on the tool screen, click Add Wheel to Proj and then click Add Pinion to Proj. The two bevels are parallel in the project screen just like they are on the tool screen. However if the pinion is added first, then they are placed correctly and they mesh.
10. Regardless of which bevel is placed first in a project, when the bevel pinion tooth count exceeds the bevel wheel tooth count, the bevel wheel geometry on the project screen is cheesed. Face width is way thinner and the tooth tips are parallel with the face. Yoiks!
11. Bevels, good or bad, can only be sent to the workbench for some reason but cannot be sent to 4th axis. At least for me. Am I doing something wrong? Or maybe this code isnt available yet?
12. On helical bevel gears, if the face width is changed between adding a linked pair to a project, then the models on the project screen have their teeth smashing into one another. Or you could say the teeth are overlapping. Add wheel->change face width->add pinion. Clicking Reset on the simulation panel doesnt help. Zerol bevels have the same problem, though much less pronounced. See the attached colliding helical jpeg.