Attempting to build a fastener
Attempting to build a fastener
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I am a fairly new user of SolidWorks. I am trying to build a part and incorporate a standard thread. I used the hole wizard when building the part.
Question is can you then easily build a mating part using the same standard thread? Can you incorporate a standard thread onto a shaft to create your own fastener?
Thank you for any help and/or tips!
Question is can you then easily build a mating part using the same standard thread? Can you incorporate a standard thread onto a shaft to create your own fastener?
Thank you for any help and/or tips!






RE: Attempting to build a fastener
Here was a similar thread.
thread559-193321: adding standard male thread
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RE: Attempting to build a fastener
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RE: Attempting to build a fastener
Modeling threads is waist of time and resources IMO.
Chris
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RE: Attempting to build a fastener
Harold
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RE: Attempting to build a fastener
Chris
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RE: Attempting to build a fastener
There is a way to design two parts with a mating thread, call up each thread on the drawings, and have the threads and both drawings update parametrically. The technique does not excessively consume system resorces.
It only works for metric theads.
Your metric thread has a major diameter a pitch, and an angle of 60°. Rather than model the thread as a helix, you model the leading and trailing ends of it. You use a 60° triangle to model the (very) approximate depth of the thead. Apply your major diameter and pitch. Use these features to control the mating features.
On the each of the drawings, apply a dimension to the OD of the thread, and to the 60° side. The 60° side dimension equals the thread pitch. Create a note, and click on the diameter and the 60° side. Point the note at the thread, and tidy up the text. Hide the diameter and "pitch" dimensions.
This would work on UNC threads if I could figure out how to capture the pitch dimension and invert it in a note. If you want to use British Standard Whitworth, you are on your own!
JHG
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