External threads!!! Help please
External threads!!! Help please
(OP)
How do i make an external thread, like on the neck of a bottle? I really need to show the thread.
I've have seen all the messages on this forum but i'm still stuck. Could you please guide me through it?
Thank's in advance.
I've have seen all the messages on this forum but i'm still stuck. Could you please guide me through it?
Thank's in advance.






RE: External threads!!! Help please
I would reccomend practicing on a new part file. Put the Helix about an Axis thru the intersection of the Front and Right Planes, starting at say...the Right Plane. Then Put the Profile Sketch on whichever plane the Helix started at, Right Plane in this case.
Ken
RE: External threads!!! Help please
Regards.
RE: External threads!!! Help please
RE: External threads!!! Help please
Hope this helps
RE: External threads!!! Help please
get pretty good external threads
http://www.mtea.net/PDF%20Files/External%20Thread%20Tutorial.pdf
RE: External threads!!! Help please
I continue the thread defining helix with a helix that passes inward towards the axis. I then create a sketch on the face at the end of the main thread. Extend this sketch down into the base material to avoid slight discontinuities. These two sketches form a sweep that defines the end of the thread.
These can be tricky to do. Be careful of the sweep options so you do not end up with little scrap pieces, discontinuities, and weird edges.
Crashj 'on a weird edge today myself' Johnson