Can you guys help me how to animate rack and pinion gear using driver. Thank you
#rack and pinion gear
cobalt star
cobalt star
Can anybody help me fix the smooth animation of the rack and pinion gears. i have done the small part here but its not smooth as you can see this video
cunning escarp
im no mathematician, but it looks like you're trying to convert circular translation to linear translation directly 1:1. You got to remember that the circumference of a circle is πD, so you need to work out what the length of the circumference of the gear is and then you'll know how far to move the rack for 1 full turn of the gear. i think thats how it works
also i seem to remember that with gears theres a point on eac tooth that you would calculate it from rather than to the furthest edge of the gear. you'll probably have to look online for some calculators im sure there will be plenty