VLFLgear
by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - SG/Solids
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 1.0, Creation date: 2012-02-04, Last change: 2025-09-14
returns the vertex/facet list for the gear teeth of an internal or external gear
Description
The function generates simply a number of gar teeth for an internal gear or an external gear. The resulting vertex/facet list has to concatenated with a cylinder / tube to become a complete gear.
See Also: , PLgearDIN
, SGgearpairDIN
, VLFLgearhub4shaft
, VLFLinternalgear
Example Illustration
Syntax
[VL,FL]=VLFLgear([H,R,n,tl,fw,tw])
Input Parameter
H: | | Height of the gear, default is 3 |
R: | | Radius of the gear (Outer/internal, and Inner/external gears) |
n: | | Number of teeth, default is 20 |
tl: | | Tooth lenght (negative/internal gear, positive/external gear) |
fw: | | Tooth foot width |
tw: | | Tooth tip width, default is fw |
Output Parameter
VL: | | Vertex list of the gear teeth |
FL: | | Facet list of the gear teeth |
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