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Gear Simulation Software

Teaching students to understand gear reduction, torque, etc. is a really important part of teaching them to design a robot. I've been looking, for some time, for a software package that would help them visualize how complex gear systems work. I came across the following software demo of a program called "Gears Simulator" that has impressed me enough that I am thinking about purchasing a class set of the software.

It is really cool, includes planetary gears, and lets you view a 3d animation of your gear system spinning away. No... it doesn't include shift-on-the-fly... as far as I can tell. Sorry, folks.

But it is extremely cool and could be easily integrated into many pre-season workshops for VEX and FRC (and FLL, for that matter) rookies.

If anyone has links to similar software that is easy to use and graphically/interactively demonstrates basic concepts like gearing, why not post a link in your reply.

In the meanwhile, check out "Gears Simulator"... I'm having trouble getting through to the main website to find out how much a license costs (edit: 55 Euro... but I still haven't got through to the developer's site), but the demo (link above) is a free download from TUCOWS and is worth checking out.

Jason
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