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    • A Offline
      aea
      last edited by

      no manage ?


      SCREW.png


      screw.skp

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Hi,

        Here's how to use this plugin....

        Step 1

        As your bolt has a diameter of 225cm you need to place your thread profile 112.5cm from origin...

        Step - 1.jpg

        Step 2

        Now double click your thread profile and select Plugins>Screw, at this stage you need to choose a start point and an end point. I chose the bottom of the profile as the start point and the top as the end point...

        Step - 2.jpg

        Step 3

        Your bolt was a circle made of 24 segments therefore your thread needs to mimic this for optimum fit so insert 24 into the Step box and choose a whole number for the turns to allow you to align threads afterwards...

        Step - 3.jpg

        Step 4

        Click OK and wait.........

        Step - 4.jpg

        Now you can select your thread and align it to your bolt. This is a basic method of achieving what you need. But you could also align your bolt at the origin at the beginning and then apply the steps.

        The only thing that may change is the dimensions of your threads/lead/pitch which depends on whether it's UNC or UNF

        Anyway, here's my version to look at...

        screw.skp

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        • liquid98L Offline
          liquid98
          last edited by

          Look here:
          http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=76063a259e3aec4abf52def0e259b9b0&prevstart=0

          Things that flourish fall into decay. This is not-Tao, And what is not-Tao soon ends ~ Lao tse

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          • R Offline
            Roger
            last edited by

            Reminds me of the building I passed on the way home this morning. It was the "Pilgrim Screw Company". It seems like a straight line looking for a joke.

            http://www.azcreative.com

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            • gillesG Offline
              gilles
              last edited by

              Here they are.
              EDIT: screw1_5 is in fact screw3.0, screw_2.1 is an earlier version.


              screw1_5.rb


              screw_21.rb

              " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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              • brookefoxB Offline
                brookefox
                last edited by

                Thread title should perhaps refer to bolt thread, which I am happy to learn about, but I am looking for screw thread.

                ~ Brooke

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                • R Offline
                  Roger
                  last edited by

                  Pilgrim Screw Company
                  @roger said:

                  Reminds me of the building I passed on the way home this morning. It was the "Pilgrim Screw Company". It seems like a straight line looking for a joke.

                  http://www.azcreative.com

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                  • K Offline
                    KE6CVH
                    last edited by

                    Hi Gilles, I just downloaded both attachments from your post April 17 2010 and laast edited Mar8 2010. I have them showing up in my plugins when opening sketchup 8 but can't see them in the file folder, kind of strange. One shows up as "screw" and the other as "screw 21". What I need is a tutorial as I don't have the slightest clue how to use them. When I click on the tutorial link on this discussion it brings me to the ruby depot library homepage and if I look under A-Z I can only see the download that doesn't work and no tutorial. Best regards, Mike

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                    • gillesG Offline
                      gilles
                      last edited by

                      Screw1_5.rb is the one you need (screw in plugins window)
                      Have a look at Rich's tutorial:
                      http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=245701#p245701

                      " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                      • wimveW Offline
                        wimve
                        last edited by

                        @rich o brien said:

                        Hi,
                        Here's how to use this plugin....

                        Hello,

                        Was looking for this today. Works like a charm ! Thanks.

                        Best regards,
                        Wim
                        Holland
                        http://www.petromax.nl/DeBeer.html

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                        • O Offline
                          Oliveros
                          last edited by

                          I'm the last guy to the party. I'm trying to figure this out for 3d printing. Is the plugin used in the example the "Screw_21.RB" and "Screw 1_5.rb" links that were posted?

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            The v1.5 RB file is the newest one [unfortunately it was misnamed by its author ! as explained in an earlier post...]
                            Download it, and manually put that .RB file into your [hidden] Plugins folder, alternatively you can ZIP it and then add .RBZ to the end of the ZIP file, to change its file-type.
                            Then you can install that RBZ, using the native Install Extension processes...

                            The tutorial referenced in this thread covers how to use it...

                            This post might also be of interest...
                            http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=654151#p654151

                            TIG

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                            • HumpmetwiceH Offline
                              Humpmetwice
                              last edited by

                              Draw Whorl??

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                @humpmetwice said:

                                Draw Whorl??

                                Good suggestion as long as you aren't interested in standard thread profiles.

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                                • O Offline
                                  Oliveros
                                  last edited by

                                  So far it's working really well for me with the whole Dave Method and then using the upright extruder with a thread profile.

                                  I'm printing at 0.06MM layer height to get accurate threads but it seems to be working, I managed to match an existing thread for a part I'm trying to replicate out of PETG as the existing is crap.

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