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+[[Gearbox]]es are used in a number of the more advanced buildings, normally to add a unique cost for each construction. Each gearbox takes an input shaft rotating and converts it via a gear train into up to 3 outputs. The process of designing a gearbox is to figure out which ratios are needed and to implement those ratios in the form of positioning various sizes of connected gears on a [[Gearbox Assembly Table]].
 Gearbox requirements are denoted by one or more ranges (like 'A380-A453', or 'B60-72 D350-386'). Any gearbox which has a gear in the top row which is turning with a speed in that range will be acceptable. Gears on the top row are called 'outputs'.
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 [[File:6-6mesh.JPG|Size 6 gears mesh at a knight's move|400px]]
-To mesh, gears must also be on the same layer, i.e. both being the first gears on their respective shafts, both second, or both third. If the sum of sizes of gears between a pair of shafts is greater than needed to mesh, they are too close and you must remove one. This includes spacers, which count as greater than 1 (but less than 2) for meshing purposes. For example you can not put a spacer adjacent to a 5 or 6 gear, and you can not put a spacer either adjacent or diagonal to a 7 gear.
+To mesh, gears must also be on the same layer, i.e. both being the first gears on their respective shafts, both second, or both third. If the sum of sizes of gears between a pair of shafts is greater than needed to mesh, they are too close and you must remove one. This includes spacers, which count as greater than 1 (but less than 2) for meshing purposes. For example, you can not put a spacer adjacent to a 5 or 6 gear, and you can not put a spacer either adjacent or diagonal to a 7 gear.
 To minimize conflicts with adjacent shafts, generally put your small gears on the bottom layer with your medium and large gears on the second or third layer.

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 * Cost of 2 - 5/6 and 6/5
 * Cost of 6 - 4/7 and 7/4 (or 5/7 and 7/5)
 ==Personal Research==

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 *Adjacent: gear sizes must sum to 6 (the only possible combination is 3 meshing with 3)
-[[File:3-3mesh.jpg|Size 3 gears mesh horizontally and vertically|300px]]
+[[File:3-3mesh.jpg|Size 3 gears mesh horizontally and vertically|400px]]
 *Diagonal: gear sizes must sum to 8 (4 meshes with 4, or 5 with 3)
-[[File:5-3mesh.JPG|Size 3 and 5 gears mesh diagonally|300px]]
+[[File:5-3mesh.JPG|Size 3 and 5 gears mesh diagonally|400px]]
 *2 steps apart: gear sizes must sum to 11 (6 meshes with 5, or 7 with 4)
-[[File:6-5mesh.JPG|Size 5 and 6 gears mesh two steps apart|300px]]
+[[File:6-5mesh.JPG|Size 5 and 6 gears mesh two steps apart|400px]]
 *"Knight's move", 2 steps away then 1 sideways: sizes must sum to 12 (6 with 6, or 7 with 5)
-[[File:6-6mesh.JPG|Size 6 gears mesh at a knight's move|300px]]
+[[File:6-6mesh.JPG|Size 6 gears mesh at a knight's move|400px]]
 To mesh, gears must also be on the same layer, i.e. both being the first gears on their respective shafts, both second, or both third. If the sum of sizes of gears between a pair of shafts is greater than needed to mesh, they are too close and you must remove one. This includes spacers, which count as greater than 1 (but less than 2) for meshing purposes. For example you can not put a spacer adjacent to a 5 or 6 gear, and you can not put a spacer either adjacent or diagonal to a 7 gear.

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 *Adjacent: gear sizes must sum to 6 (the only possible combination is 3 meshing with 3)
-[[File:3-3mesh.jpg|Size 3 gears mesh horizontally and vertically]]
+[[File:3-3mesh.jpg|Size 3 gears mesh horizontally and vertically|300px]]
 *Diagonal: gear sizes must sum to 8 (4 meshes with 4, or 5 with 3)
-[[File:3-5mesh.jpg|Size 3 and 5 gears mesh diagonally]]
+[[File:5-3mesh.JPG|Size 3 and 5 gears mesh diagonally|300px]]
 *2 steps apart: gear sizes must sum to 11 (6 meshes with 5, or 7 with 4)
-[[File:5-6mesh.jpg|Size 5 and 6 gears mesh two steps apart]]
+[[File:6-5mesh.JPG|Size 5 and 6 gears mesh two steps apart|300px]]
 *"Knight's move", 2 steps away then 1 sideways: sizes must sum to 12 (6 with 6, or 7 with 5)
-[[File:6-6mesh.jpg|Size 6 gears mesh at a knight's move]]
+[[File:6-6mesh.JPG|Size 6 gears mesh at a knight's move|300px]]
 To mesh, gears must also be on the same layer, i.e. both being the first gears on their respective shafts, both second, or both third. If the sum of sizes of gears between a pair of shafts is greater than needed to mesh, they are too close and you must remove one. This includes spacers, which count as greater than 1 (but less than 2) for meshing purposes. For example you can not put a spacer adjacent to a 5 or 6 gear, and you can not put a spacer either adjacent or diagonal to a 7 gear.

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 [[File:3-3mesh.jpg|Size 3 gears mesh horizontally and vertically]]
 *Diagonal: gear sizes must sum to 8 (4 meshes with 4, or 5 with 3)
 *2 steps apart: gear sizes must sum to 11 (6 meshes with 5, or 7 with 4)
 *"Knight's move", 2 steps away then 1 sideways: sizes must sum to 12 (6 with 6, or 7 with 5)
 To mesh, gears must also be on the same layer, i.e. both being the first gears on their respective shafts, both second, or both third. If the sum of sizes of gears between a pair of shafts is greater than needed to mesh, they are too close and you must remove one. This includes spacers, which count as greater than 1 (but less than 2) for meshing purposes. For example you can not put a spacer adjacent to a 5 or 6 gear, and you can not put a spacer either adjacent or diagonal to a 7 gear.

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 ==Overview==
 [[Gearbox|Gearboxes]] are used in a number of the more advanced buildings, normally to add a unique cost for each construction. Each gearbox takes an input shaft rotating and converts it via a gear train into up to 3 outputs. The process of designing a gearbox is to figure out which ratios are needed and to implement those ratios in the form of positioning various sizes of connected gears on a [[Gearbox Assembly Table]].
-if you need a gear E150, this means need to have a gear at position E8 turning at 150%
+Gearbox requirements are denoted by one or more ranges (like 'A380-A453', or 'B60-72 D350-386'). Any gearbox which has a gear in the top row which is turning with a speed in that range will be acceptable. Gears on the top row are called 'outputs'.
 ==Gearbox design==

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	[[Gearbox\|Gearboxes]] are used in a number of the more advanced buildings, normally to add a unique cost for each construction. Each gearbox takes an input shaft rotating and converts it via a gear train into up to 3 outputs. The process of designing a gearbox is to figure out which ratios are needed and to implement those ratios in the form of positioning various sizes of connected gears on a [[Gearbox Assembly Table]].		[[Gearbox\|Gearboxes]] are used in a number of the more advanced buildings, normally to add a unique cost for each construction. Each gearbox takes an input shaft rotating and converts it via a gear train into up to 3 outputs. The process of designing a gearbox is to figure out which ratios are needed and to implement those ratios in the form of positioning various sizes of connected gears on a [[Gearbox Assembly Table]].

		+	if you need a gear E150, this means need to have a gear at position E8 turning at 150%

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 ===Putting it Together===
-The need for gears to mesh, together with how they determine rotation, means that any output can be expressed as a product of a limited set of fractions. The earlier example is (3/5)*(3/5), expressing that going from 1A to 2B we mesh a 3-gear with a 5-gear (in that order), and the same from 2B to 3C. To build a gearbox with outputs in a desired range, you just need to find a sequence of fractions that multiply to give the right numbers. Much of the work has been done already, with a list of common [[Gearbox Ratios]] that may be useful.
+The need for gears to mesh, together with how they determine rotation, means that any output can be expressed as a product of a limited set of fractions. The earlier example is (3/5)*(3/5), expressing that going from 1A to 2B we mesh a 3-gear with a 5-gear (in that order), and the same from 2B to 3C. To build a gearbox with outputs in a desired range, you just need to find a sequence of fractions that multiply to give the right numbers. Much of the work has been done already, with a list of common '''[[Gearbox Ratios]]''' that may be useful.
 /3 and 4/4 just carry a given rotation rate from shaft to shaft, and are comparatively cheap since gears of size 3 and 4 are small gears. Many designed gearboxes contain chains of gears -3-3-3 or -4-4-4 carrying a given ratio to the required output shaft.

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