FCGear Workbench
The FCGear External Workbench Icon
Introduction
The FCGear Workbench is an external workbench for FreeCAD to create different types of gears such as: 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
- File:FCGear menu1.png
The FCGear Drop down menu
Installation
Automatic installation
The recommended method of installation as of v0.17 is via the Addon Manager. It can be found in the Tools → Addon Manager
Manual installation
If there is a necessity to manually install this workbench the following instructions are provided to do so:
Linux
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
Tested on (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
MacOSX
See instructions for Linux above
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
Other useful links
- PartDesign InvoluteGear: This tool allows for the creation of a 2D profile of an Involute gear. This 2D profile is fully parametric, and can be padded with the PartDesign Pad feature.
- External Workbenches: A list of all current external workbenches of FreeCAD
- Macros recipes
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