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Co-authored-by: Adam Chalmers <adam.chalmers@zoo.dev>
2025-04-11 14:17:20 -04:00

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// Cycloidal Gear
// A cycloidal gear is a gear with a continuous, curved tooth profile. They are used in watchmaking and high precision robotics actuation
// Set units
@settings(defaultLengthUnit = in)
// Create a function for the cycloidal gear
fn cycloidalGear(gearPitch, gearHeight, holeDiameter, helixAngle) {
// Create a function to draw the gear profile as a sketch. Rotate each profile about the gear's axis by an helix angle proportional to the total gear height
fn gearSketch(gHeight) {
helixAngleP = helixAngle * gHeight / gearHeight
gearProfile = startSketchOn(offsetPlane(XY, offset = gHeight))
|> startProfileAt([
gearPitch * 1.55 * cos(toRadians(helixAngleP)) + gearPitch * sin(toRadians(-helixAngleP)),
gearPitch * 1.55 * sin(toRadians(helixAngleP)) + gearPitch * cos(toRadians(-helixAngleP))
], %)
|> arc({
angleStart = 90 + helixAngleP,
angleEnd = -90 + helixAngleP,
radius = gearPitch
}, %)
|> tangentialArc(radius = gearPitch * 1.67, angle = 60)
|> tangentialArc(radius = gearPitch, angle = -180)
|> tangentialArc(radius = gearPitch * 1.67, angle = 60)
|> tangentialArc(radius = gearPitch, angle = -180)
|> tangentialArc(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
|> close(%)
|> hole(circle(center = [0, 0], radius = holeDiameter / 2), %)
return gearProfile
}
// Draw sketches of the gear profile along the gear height and loft them together
gearLoft = loft([
gearSketch(0),
gearSketch(gearHeight / 2),
gearSketch(gearHeight)
])
return gearLoft
}
// Call the cycloidal gear function
cycloidalGear(.3, 1.5, 0.297, -80)