Hello. I attempted searching here and on the Internet for designing beveled gears with Inkscape, but came up short. I may have poor search skills.
Is it possible to make bevel gears in Inkscape?
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Bevel Gears
Re: Bevel Gears
Probably others know what that is - but could you share an image of it, so that those who don't get an idea what beveled gears are?
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Re: Bevel Gears
My immediate thought was of gears with angled teeth designed for joining two shafts at an angle (typically 90°). Wikipedia has an article with more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevel_gear
The best answer for the OP, therefore, is to point out that Inkscape is a 2D drawing package, not 3D. It's also not a CAD program, despite having some CAD-like qualities and features. If you want to design a bevel gear in full 3D then Inkscape is not the program for you. If you want to draw a flat representation of a bevel gear - as an orthographic projection, for example - then Inkscape could do the job, but I still think you'd be better off with a proper CAD program.
If, however, you want to draw a 2D gear with a bevelled appearance, then Lazur's post is probably along the right lines.
The best answer for the OP, therefore, is to point out that Inkscape is a 2D drawing package, not 3D. It's also not a CAD program, despite having some CAD-like qualities and features. If you want to design a bevel gear in full 3D then Inkscape is not the program for you. If you want to draw a flat representation of a bevel gear - as an orthographic projection, for example - then Inkscape could do the job, but I still think you'd be better off with a proper CAD program.
If, however, you want to draw a 2D gear with a bevelled appearance, then Lazur's post is probably along the right lines.
Re: Bevel Gears
Inkscape has a couple of extensions for drawing gears. Extensions menu > Render > Gears.
Also there's an LPE (live path effect). As far as I can tell, it can draw more than one interconnected gear - I mean with the teeth meshed together.
And for a simplistic type of gear, you can configure the Star tool to draw something close.
But clarity about "bevel gear" will allow us to give a better answer.
Also there's an LPE (live path effect). As far as I can tell, it can draw more than one interconnected gear - I mean with the teeth meshed together.
And for a simplistic type of gear, you can configure the Star tool to draw something close.
But clarity about "bevel gear" will allow us to give a better answer.
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Re: Bevel Gears
No doubt about: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bevel+gear&t= ... &ia=images
Not sure about the view angle.
Cheers
Not sure about the view angle.
Cheers