Tutorial needed?

liquid98 · 22 Jun 2011, 15:26

Hi guys,

I'm working on a bolt and nut with real thread:

ISO metric screw thread - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

I want to make a tutorial out of it, but i'm not sure there is one already..

So please tell me if there is a tutorial needed.

Regards,

Liquid

mitcorb · 22 Jun 2011, 15:58

I thought that Jim Foltz and a few others had done something similar with modeling screw threads. It was a few years back? Maybe some of the same principles apply.

Dave R · 22 Jun 2011, 16:03

There have been tutorials on drawing screw threads before but perhaps not here on SCF. I have used a modification the tutorial I'm thinking of to draw screws and bolts with adjustable length and head type

I'd still like to see what your method it.

liquid98 · 22 Jun 2011, 16:33

roughly it involves the use of 2 plugins: 'drawhelix14' and 'followmeandkeep' along with some boolean operations.

Dave R · 22 Jun 2011, 16:40

You should go ahead and make the tutorial and post it. That's different than the ways I do them. I have two depending upon the kind of threads.

liquid98 · 22 Jun 2011, 16:59

What do you mean by 'kind of threats'?

Dave R · 22 Jun 2011, 17:08

Not "threats", threads. I do something different for machine threads as compared to those for woodcrews.

liquid98 · 22 Jun 2011, 17:12

Ah I see, I'm only into the machine threads right now.. I'm planning to use them in a model
that will be 3D-printed..

Dave R · 22 Jun 2011, 17:22

Let's see what you've got then.

liquid98 · 22 Jun 2011, 17:24

I'll post it as soon as finished.

liquid98 · 26 Jul 2011, 14:11

Tutorial here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38990

irwanwr · 2 Jan 2012, 06:48

@dave r said:

Not "threats", threads. I do something different for machine threads as compared to those for woodcrews.