GearHeads Corner

Art,

Trying to model a helical / herringbone planetary geartrain, I get "Planet disabled for other than spur gear". You see where I'm going... Of course, wheel and pinion angles should be equal for helical / herringbone (e.g. forced equal upon checking Planetary, disabling the Pinion and Shaft angle textboxes). And of course I'll want to get the program for 4th axis flutes machining of the ring gear (well, its negative)... Now that I think of it, 3D printing folks would surely have a blast, too.

Any hope?  ;)

Thanks,

Dave.

Dave:

Well, 4th axis planetary is possible now ( or its negative anyway..), but the planetary of a helical or other facewidth types isn't possible right yet.. It may be in future...but it will likely be awhile before its so. I do have it on my list for addition..but its not high on the list at present. :)

Art