Even though I am a noobie, it looks like I've run across some apparent issues in BOSL2/gears.scad When using anchor=TOP" or BOTTOM, or "flattop" in bevel_gear(), the resulting translation is incorrect: Here is my example code: $fn = 24; include <BOSL2/std.scad>; include <BOSL2/gears.scad>; include <BOSL2/attachments.scad>; #bevel_gear( pitch=5, teeth=36, face_width=20, shaft_diam=5, pitch_angle=45, spiral_angle=0, anchor=BOTTOM // or TOP, or "flattop" ); When using anchor=TOP or "flattop", the gear top is just above the axis, as shown in the first image. <http://forum.openscad.org/file/t3150/AnchorTop.png> When using anchor=BOTTOM, the gear bottom is just below the axis, as shown in the second image. <http://forum.openscad.org/file/t3150/AnchorBOTTOM.png> This issue seems to be caused by the fact that the "thickness" variable is calculated differently in the bevel_gear() function... Line 963: thickness = abs(verts1[0][0].z - select(verts1,-1)[0].z), ...than it is in the bevel_gear() module... Line 1028: thickness = face_width * cos(pitch_angle); As someone who is very new to OpenSCAD and BOSL2, my question is: Q. Is this truly a bug, or am I misinterpreting what anchor is meant to do? A secondary consequence of this is that the true thickness of the gear is not available to the user. When using anchor="apex" to get a correctly matched pair of bevels, as far as I can tell, the user MUST have access to the true thickness and/or the distance from the apex to (at least) one face of the gear to correctly place the gears in an assembly. This suggested that one or more bevel-gear informational functions may need to be added. Your thoughts? -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

To me it looks like a bug. Worse: if you try to render the gear with F6 it fails--that's definitely a bug. You can submit an issue on github. LenStruttmann wrote > Even though I am a noobie, it looks like I've run across some apparent > issues > in BOSL2/gears.scad > > When using anchor=TOP" or BOTTOM, or "flattop" in bevel_gear(), the > resulting translation is incorrect: > > > > Your thoughts? > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to > discuss-leave@.openscad -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

Thanks! On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:46 PM adrianv <avm4@cornell.edu> wrote: > To me it looks like a bug. Worse: if you try to render the gear with F6 > it fails--that's definitely a bug. You can submit an issue on github. > > LenStruttmann wrote > Even though I am a noobie, it looks like I've run across some apparent > issues > in BOSL2/gears.scad > > When using anchor=TOP" or BOTTOM, or "flattop" in bevel_gear(), the > resulting translation is incorrect: > > > > Your thoughts? > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to [hidden email] > <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=email&email=discuss-leave%40.openscad> > > > ------------------------------ > Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive <http://forum.openscad.org/> > at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >