Gears extension improvements

[Nick]

Gears extensions improvements

We've made some improvements of Gears extension. It adds holes to the gear.
Here's an example:

Install

Windows

Unpack and copy all the files to the following directory Program Files\Inkscape\share\extensions\ and restart Inkscape.

Linux

Unpack and copy all the files to the following directory /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/ and restart Inkscape.

Latest version

gears-dev.tar.gz

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[rray]

Cool
I have units set to inch
Under advanced options -> mount hole diameter I set to 0.250
I switch to gears tab and back to advanced option and mount hole diameter has changed to 0.2
It seems that I can not set more than 1 decimal place

Richard

[Nick]

Fixed that. 5 digits is enough, or not?

gears-dev.tar.gz

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Thanks for the report !

When will I start to write the code without bugs ?

PS have you seen Unordinare gears extension? viewtopic.php?f=33&t=433

[rray]

I have seen your Unordinary gears extension but not tried it, YET
I plan to
I think no app has ever been written without bugs
That is what killed Multics

Richard

[juewei]

Nick, all!

I've made some small improvements on your great gears-dev extension.
Please have a look at https://github.com/jnweiger/inkscape-gears-dev

- one can now switch from cyclic pitch to metric module, which is more common in europe.
- one can now lower the nodes count per tooth, which is helpful with large numbers of teeth.
- raised the limit on the number of teeth above 1000
- added an option to define some clearance at the inner tooth diameter
- fixed the rotation center.

I've also taken the liberty to send it upstream to be eventually included in official inkscape releases.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1295641

[Nick]

Awesome!
Hopefully we'll see it soon in official Inkscape release