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    • majidM Offline
      majid
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      I've made all the screws that needed using Wings3d till the moment, but is there any way to make such screws as below directly in Sketchup?imported from Wings3d as 3ds

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

        Hi,

        There's lots of tutorials out there regarding making screws but the problem using the tool is the twist that occurs to the thread as it spirals up (or down the shank)

        Here's a start that gives reasonable results

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        Hope it helps

        Also this topic

        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15784

        Gave me some more answers

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        • majidM Offline
          majid
          last edited by

          thanx mate for hrlps πŸ˜„ , but it seems that my screw is a bit different, as you see the end part is going to be as a needle , and I've tried the taper scale on my screws, but no good result... any new idea?

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
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            Majid, that's a nice looking screw. Do you really need that sort of detail in your projects? If the screw will be seen only from a distance, you might find it useful to insinuate the threads. I've used the sketchy line materials adjusted for size and direction to give the appearance of threads. I've also just used concentric circles to create the impression of threads.

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

              Hi Majid,

              For me, what you're attempting is very difficult. You'll be tapering a set thread height at the top of the shank to nearly no thread at the bottom. Also you're attempting this on a tapering shank too.

              This hurt even thinking about it πŸ˜•

              Best of luck with it as it is an excellent modeling challenge. I'm also gonna try it over the next few days and see how things go.

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              • takesh hT Offline
                takesh h
                last edited by

                Hi majid,
                Use Drawhelix ruby (free, http://www.crai.archi.fr/rubylibrarydepot/ruby/drawhelix13.rb) and "Extrude along sloped curves" of 1001bit tools (share but free for 30days) from http://1oo1bit.com/default.html
                With them and little bit of EXPLODE and MOVE, you can create the forms you wanted.

                The whole process can also be done in SU natively but a little bit cumbersome. hint: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17794&start=15#p143092
                Cheers.


                screw.swf.zip


                screw.jpg

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                • majidM Offline
                  majid
                  last edited by

                  thanx Takesh, I'll try the trick.

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                  • takesh hT Offline
                    takesh h
                    last edited by

                    Just noticed you have also mentioned the diminishing threads.
                    I think what you can do is to use BoxTaper tool of FredoScale (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17948).
                    Create threads as I did in the flash movie above.
                    Apply Fredo's script only to threads, then combine it with a cone.
                    Hope this helps.

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                    • majidM Offline
                      majid
                      last edited by

                      thanx all , mates ... I made this...FAR ruby+Helix


                      screw directly in su

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                      • takesh hT Offline
                        takesh h
                        last edited by

                        majid,
                        That's a nice-looking screw!
                        But you started tapering a little too early? - a part of the thread base is not touching the shank. πŸ’š

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                        • majidM Offline
                          majid
                          last edited by

                          yes... it was a fast try...but even faster and better using FAK+SketchyFFD:untitled.JPG

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                          • T Offline
                            the.pjt
                            last edited by

                            there is a plug in : shape Blender this can help you creat a screw in another way

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