driven_by¶

property HelicalGear.driven_by: RotatingObject

Rotating object that drives the gear, for example a DCMotor, a Flywheel or another gear (SpurGear, HelicalGear, WormGear, WormWheel). It must be a RotatingObject.

To set this property use add_gear_mating or add_fixed_joint.

Returns¶

RotatingObject: Master rotating object that drives the gear.

Raises

TypeError: If driven_by is not an instance of RotatingObject.