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How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

(OP)
Presently, whenever a model have thread, i am making a model with detail thread for visualization purpose and another model with symbolic thread for drafting purpose (OR) making both the threads & suppressing the detail thread while drafting.

Is there any method, by which detail thread in 3d model & symbolic thread in drafting can be shown, in the same model, at a time?

RE: How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

While it's possible to have both a Symbolic and Detailed thread features on the same face of a model, say the Male Thread of a cap screw, you're correct in assuming that you'll need to at least suppress the Detailed thread when creating a Drawing if you don't want to see the detailed threads in the drawing view.

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RE: How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

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@JohnRBaker
There are much more threads in my model. It is very tedious to find all the thread & suppress it everytime. Is there any way to group all these external threads and suppress by single click?! is there any way to do this by expression?

RE: How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

If you want to set an common suppression expression for all detailed threads,
select one of the "threads" ( not the "symbolic threads") in the part navigator, RMB - Filter - remove all other types.
Then
Edit - Feature - Suppress by expression - Create Shared , select in the part navigator the features - Apply ( use apply instead of OK beacuse :)
press the "Show expressions" to see the new expression name.

When done, RMB in the whitespace of the partnavigator Filter- "Un-tick" the "Apply Filter".


Regards,
Tomas

RE: How to make Detail thread in Modeling & Symbolic thread in Drafting at a time?

yes
you can group several features together using feature group
and then you can turn that feature group on and off using feature suppress by expression

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