Sphere Gears I

grabcad

Based on a model from Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6499). This is a simple model, with 8 gears (4 small and 4 big). The secret of this model is the center piece, which must be a solid with 8 faces (octahedron). The last animation shows it. The gears are bevel gears with a revolve cut. I have made a second version with 32 gears (20 small and 12 big), it will be here soon. Modeled with Solidworks 2015. Rendered with Simlab Composer 6 Mechanical Edition. Frames edited with Virtualdub and saved as AVI/X264 and BMP. Video remuxed to MP4 with MyMP4BoxGui. Gifs made with PhotoScape. Renders edited with IrfanView. The 3D-PDF, ZIM and SIMLAB files are all animated. The ZIM file can be seen on IOS and Android devices using the free Simlab Viewer app. Model available in Solidworks 2015, Simlab Composer 6, DAE, STEP, IGES, STL, Parasolid, OBJ, 3D-PDF, SketchUp, 3DS and ZIM. PS.: if you want to print this, please download the Thingiverse model, which has been tested. My model probably won't print properly.