Hello all,
I do all sorts of work, and I find Sketchup to be the fastest. I appreciate the features of Fusion360, but I am trying to avoid using it due to slow modeling speeds. I am trying to create threads in Sketchup (3d-printing), and I have been able to do it the long way with multiple helixes and scaling. This takes way too long. I saw some info on using the thread profile along with Enoth upright extruder, and this seemed like a reasonable work around. The problem I am having is that the faces are not closing to make a solid. The face that would be the crest forms, and the inside of the helix forms a face. The thread flanks are not formed. I can go through and draw a line on top of the existing helix, and faces close, but again this is super time consuming. I have followed the tutorial I have found to a tee, so I am not sure what is going wrong. I am guessing it may be related to vector settings in teh upright extruder. Any help would be greatly appreciated. On a side note, I would bet someone could make a fortune with an extensions that simplifies the whole thread making process. FWIW I'm using SU21 on Windows 10.