Gear Generator | 2 Beta

The year is 2142, and the floating city of Aethelgard is sinking. Not into water, but into silence. The Great Clock, a mountain-sized assembly of brass and gravity that regulates the city’s oxygen and altitude, has suffered a "harmonic seizure."

Enhanced Physics Engine: Experience more accurate tooth-to-tooth contact simulations to ensure your designs won’t bind in the real world. gear generator 2 beta

: The tool features an animation suite where users can start, stop, or freeze the motion of their designs. It calculates RPMs across the entire system, helping to visualize speed changes and mechanical interactions before manufacturing. Design and Export Workflow Select Gear Type The year is 2142, and the floating city

: Visualizing how gear ratios affect speed and torque in a classroom setting. Engineering Verification More Gear Types: The original handled standard spur gears

Key Features of the Beta

More Gear Types: The original handled standard spur gears. The beta introduces internal gears (ring gears), rack and pinion, and even herringbone gears (which are fantastic for 3D printing due to their axial load cancellation).
Real-Time, Interactive UI: Sliders for tooth count, module (or diametral pitch), pressure angle (14.5°, 20°, 25°), and backlash update the gear preview instantly. No "generate" button. Just drag and see.
Advanced Fine-Tuning: You can now manually adjust the tooth tip radius, root radius, and addendum modification (profile shift)—critical for avoiding undercutting on low-tooth-count gears.
Assembly Mode (Beta’s Killer Feature): You can drop multiple gears onto the canvas, set their center distances, and the tool will automatically check for interference and calculate the correct backlash. This turns gear design into gear train simulation.

Final Verdict

The Gear Generator 2 Beta is a massive leap forward for accessible mechanical design. While it currently has rough edges (memory usage, specific export bugs), the core feature set—node-based networking and real-time simulation—is already superior to most paid software.