The following online calculator computes
the parametric equations of the cycloid disk of a hypocycloid drive.
A hypocycloid drive is defined by just four easy-to-understand parameters:
- D - Diameter of the ring on which the centers of the pins are positioned;
- d - Diameter of the pins themselves (shown in blue);
- N - Number of pins;
- e - Eccentricity, or the shift of the cycloid disk's center relative to the center of the pin ring.
The parametric equations generated by this calculator define an epitrochoid curve from which
the actual profile of the cycloid disk (shown in red) is easily obtained using Blender's Inset tool.
The inset amount equals the pin radius (d / 2).
