CTAN update: mp-gears
Date: May 7, 2026 6:50:55 AM CEST
Maxime Chupin submitted an update to the
mp-gears
package.
Version: 0.2 2026-05-05
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Draw systems of intermeshing gears with MetaPost
Announcement text:
- Change of last parameter of spirographCurve: number of revolution becomes total angle of rotation. - Bug correction in spirographCurve. - New: cycloidCurve. - New animations for cycloid and spirograph.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/mp-gears The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/mp-gears/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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- Change of last parameter of spirographCurve: number of revolution becomes total angle of rotation. - Bug correction in spirographCurve. - New: cycloidCurve. - New animations for cycloid and spirograph.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/mp-gears The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/mp-gears/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
mp-gears – Draw systems of intermeshing gears with METAPOST
This package helps to draw systems of intermeshing gears with METAPOST. It allows users to model various gears/rack and gear/rack systems (and even spirographs).
| Package | mp-gears |
| Version | 0.2 2026-05-05 |
| Maintainer | Maxime Chupin |