Gears 2.0 (work in progress), a Blender addon, part IV

As you can see version 0.0.4 adds an option for an internal gear. It is a very slight enhancement, just 4 or 5 lines but it makes it possible to create the setup shown in the clip in a few seconds.

Due to ongoing backproblems my time behind a desk is severely restricted. This does mean that while the code presented in this article is actively developed, progress will be slow. This is not necessarily a bad thing because it forces me to think things through thoroughly and discuss them at length with the community before actually implementing them, which probably will lead to better code in the end.

Planetary gear workflow

• Add the first gear from the add mesh menu
• Add the second gear from the gears panel in the modifier tab by clicking the 'Gear' button,
• Select the first gear again and add another planet gear; use the rotation option to position it relative to the central gear,
• Repeat the previous step for any additional planet gear,
• Select one of the planet gear and add the outer gear. Select the 'Internal' option from the type drop down,
• Adjust the number of teeth for any of the gears to taste,
• Set some rotation keyframes for the gearhead empty to make the whole setup rotate a bit,
• Done ;-)