How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
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How do I show internal and external threads in 2D orthographic projections of a component? I am using an old version of AutoCAD. Also, how do I determine what size of the hole to drill so that after tapping, it will accomodate a given UNC screw/bolt (e.g 1/4-20 UNC)
Thanks to all the readers.
Thanks to all the readers.





RE: How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
7/8 times the bolt diameter for an
nc thread.
RE: How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
"Most thread are difficult to represent graphically in their true form. The three conventional methods for drawing thread forms are detailed, schematic, and simplified. The detailed thread representation is the most realistic but it is more difficult and time-consuming to draw and is rarely used on technical drawings. It is normally limited to illustrations. The schematic and simplified representations are easier to draw and are more widely used in technical drawings, with the simplified representation being the most common."
"Technical Graphic Communications" 3rd Ed
Bertoline & Wiebe
McGraw Hill, 2003
ISBN 0-07-365598-8
page 777
So why not use the simpified representation ?
RE: How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
but some people may use the 2d profile
to generate the 3d profile? We never
drew in 3d as 2d drawings were all that
was needed by the shop.
RE: How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
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"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers
RE: How to show threads in autoCAD drawings
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"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers