3D Tutorial 05: How to Model a Planetary Gear Drive in Blender
Introduction
This tutorial explains how to design all the components of a planetary gear system in Blender, and test it using Blender's rigid body physics engine. Tooth profiles and other useful parameters for the planetary gears are obtained from the internal/external gear calculator we have developed.
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Download
The end result of this tutorial, a .blend file containing a smoothly running planetary mechanism, can be downloaded via the link below. The simulation runs slowly, so please be patient when running it for the first time.