8 comments

  • djfobbz3 hours ago
    This is funny! Google AI Studio generated the exact same layout with exact same colors for my 3D app that I'm working on.
  • adfm2 hours ago
    This looks great on a handset. It’s self-contained and elegant. Great job!
  • auxym1 day ago
    This is great! Any chance you could add STEP export also? It would facilitate importing into CAD software to customize the gear, eg to add a custom hub.
    • concrete_head22 hours ago
      Or even just the ability to export a 2d dxf which is probably simpler to implement.<p>STL and 3MF are not very compatible with most CAD software.
  • blorenz1 day ago
    This is so cool! I&#x27;ll be using this when I need to generate gears. How is the fitment of the interfacing of the gears after printing? What libraries did you use to build this, too?
    • neogoose1 day ago
      I printed a lot of gears from this website (well I built it because I had to print a lot of different gears) and they came out very nice and reinforced. If you use the optimized for 3D printing export it doesn&#x27;t need anything from your printer software to just print it, and they mesh with existing gears just fine (for sure if you calculated module correctly)<p>Libraries are simple: threejs for preview, meshlib for watertight export, used some frontend framework for state management too
      • blorenz18 hours ago
        I was not aware of meshlib. I think this is a missing key part of something that I was trying to build into a web app from a Fusion360 flow I have. My flow is extruding paths from an SVG and then perform some boolean operations which meshlib will seem to fill.
  • ryanisnan1 day ago
    This looks awesome - my son loves gears, and my wife and I have been talking about buying him a 3D printer soon. Thank you!
  • leptons1 day ago
    It would be nice to have a way to output a corresponding gear. I can make a gear with small teeth with a wide gap between them, but the same gear wouldn&#x27;t really work to engage with that gear, on the other gear the teeth would need to fill the wide gap of the first gear.
    • auxym1 day ago
      As long as you keep the module and pressure angle the same, the gears should be compatible.
      • leptons20 hours ago
        Only works in a one-way system, which might be okay, but if bidirectional is a requirement then the other gear would be necessary. I suppose then just create a symmetrical gear. Sorry I&#x27;m not a gear-head.
  • kypro1 day ago
    Oh nice! I might use this.<p>I&#x27;m using Free Cad&#x27;s Gear Workbench plugin at the moment. It&#x27;s okay, but Free Cad kinda sucks.<p>You thinking about adding other gear types like bevel gears and gear racks?
    • neogoose1 day ago
      I should at some point, I do not need other gear types so I didn&#x27;t do that, but if this project gets a little attention I&#x27;ll just do it