External Thread On a Shaft
External Thread On a Shaft
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Hey
I'm a new user of SW after making the switch from ProE. I've been working through the tutorials and I'm getting on quite well, or so I thought!
I just want to simply put a thread on a shaft, similar to the cosmetic thread feature on ProE. This does however have to be an actual thread. I've tried drawing a section with a 60 degree triangle and doing a revolve cut - and then patterning - which does work but isn't entirely acurate.
Is there any other way of applying an external thread on SW, ie. selecting a cylindrical face specifying the thread depth, length and pitch and letting it draw it for you :)
Apologies if this is a newbie question but I'm not very clever!
Regards,
Mat
I'm a new user of SW after making the switch from ProE. I've been working through the tutorials and I'm getting on quite well, or so I thought!
I just want to simply put a thread on a shaft, similar to the cosmetic thread feature on ProE. This does however have to be an actual thread. I've tried drawing a section with a 60 degree triangle and doing a revolve cut - and then patterning - which does work but isn't entirely acurate.
Is there any other way of applying an external thread on SW, ie. selecting a cylindrical face specifying the thread depth, length and pitch and letting it draw it for you :)
Apologies if this is a newbie question but I'm not very clever!
Regards,
Mat






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