Cutting Tetrix gears

[Forhire]

Last fall we downloaded the demo of Gearotic http://www.gearotic.com/ and used it to verify the Tetrix gears we made but didn't really spend a lot of time using it. I've been looking at some of the videos and it does a lot of stuff I didn't realize it does. You can post 4th axis milling code and cut gears using standard endmills. I think we'll play with this some more in the fall.

Anyone using Gearotic for milling gears? How about ratchets?

Gearotic4th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv77x7I1qQs

I think this is the current Gearotic website. It has a lot more information.
http://www.gear2motion.com/

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Forhire

Last fall we downloaded the demo of Gearotic http://www.gearotic.com/ and used it to verify the Tetrix gears we made but didn't really spend a lot of time using it. I've been looking at some of the videos and it does a lot of stuff I didn't realize it does. You can post 4th axis milling code and cut gears using standard endmills. I think we'll play with this some more in the fall.

Looks like a neat piece of software. What are the limitations of the trial version? The website didn't seem to mention it.

[Forhire]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Looks like a neat piece of software. What are the limitations of the trial version? The website didn't seem to mention it.

I don't think you can export or save in demo mode. I tried to post some g-code and got the license notice. Aside from that everything else appears to function.