Multiple spur gears

[Anonymous]

Hi all. Is there a way to add multiple gears around a center gear? The idea is that the center gear will spin each of the other gears.

Thanks in advance!

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

Yes, create them two at a time.

If all of the "planets" are the same number of teeth, then simply create the "sun" and one "planet" as a pair and then Ctrl drag a copy of as many planet gears as needed.

[Anonymous]

Very helpful, thank you!

Any idea how to adjust the diameter of the spurs? It sounds simple but I'm not seeing how to do it anywhere. My side "planet" spurs are coming in monstrously sized and I can't fit them all.

[JDMather]

Are you using the Gear Generator?

You need to set the correct size there.

Right click and select Edit with 

Will you also have a Ring gear?

Something like this?

[Anonymous]

I'm using the Design Accelerator, is that the Gear Generator you're talking about? I'm looking for a simple box to input my diameter (3") but not seeing anything like that.

I'm not trying to create a ring gear -- I want the center gear to spin 8 adjacent objects in place (without moving them along a track).

Thanks again!