Hy guy`s

I like this plugin and using it for 3D printing long time, but now i need to make some hypoid gears but it seems that it won`t work

looking like this:

I tried out serval value`s

My problem is that the helix is straight then the bevel value is 0° but i needs to be curved

the next problem is to make them fit together, is it possible to make a differen value (teethsize) as a fixed parameter so the rest of the gear may be calculated to this ?

im no programmer so i dont know if this would even be possible or home much work it would be. ?

Chri

@gaieus said:

@chrisu02 said:

So i need to scale them exactly which the normal scale is not able with the grips on the part shown

Why would the normal scale not be able to do that? The scale tool is extremely powerful. Are you using modification keys (Shift and Ctrl) to control its behaviour?

When i import for example a gear the diameter does have "~456,7mm" instead of 18mm.
to scale it to exactly 18mm (not only about!) it`s nearly impossible for me.

@gaieus said:

Thanks (it's nearly 2 a.m. here)

Also, after you started to scale, you need not hold the mouse (hard to type that way) just release it and type away.

@box said:

Gaieus, it's simply that he has missed how to input measurements etc

When using any tool in SU, start the tool moving in the desired way then type the specifics and hit enter.
You don't have to be in the box to type.

So to scale for example, drag one corner and type 10 enter and it will become 10 times larger.
You can type all sorts of things, 10cm enter or 10m enter or .1 enter etc etc

I didn`t know that trick that i need to release the mousebutten you are great this brings it one step further but scaling only goes through the diagonal of the part not an normal length.

@box said:

same time here

Also, as well as being able to scale exactly, you can use the tape measure tool to resize the whole model to a known measurement.
If you know the length of one line is 7.59m then by using the tape measure it will adjust/scale everything to that measurement.

Click at beginning of line, click at end of line, type 7.59m, hit enter, it will ask if you want to resize the model.

Wow Now i`m speechless, thats EXACTLY what i was searching for since weeeks !!!

Thank you sooo much

Now i can make the cool 3D Stuff like i want to make them with out punish me with weired tools like Openscad and so on

Hy
Just found this post after hours of searching for the function i need
Im importing .stl files to edit them for printing them afterwards on my 3D printer. I have two import plugins but both dont scale the parts right

So i need to scale them exactly which the normal scale is not able with the grips on the part shown

I always know the length of the part (measuring with netfabb or meshlab) but i don`t know how to enter the described length you people talk about ?

@unknownuser said:

Post by TIG on Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:38 pm
You can also scale by snapping to another object OR entering a dimension...
['10' scales x10 of what it was before... BUT use a units suffix... '10cm' scales the dim to 10cm exactly etc]

so how is this done exactly, when i use the scale function its not possible to enter values to the measuring box on the lower left corner ???
Or is this a SU-Pro only feature ?

mfg Chri

p.s. sorry for my bad english