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    Custom Threads?

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    07-14-2005 09:14 AM
    Is there no way to make custom threads?
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    *Andrew Faix \(Autodesk\)

    Re: Custom Threads?

    07-14-2005 09:18 AM in reply to: shastu
    Edit the Thread.xls spreadsheet in program files > autodesk > Inventor X >
    Design data

    Add to the existing tabs, or add a new tab using the same column format as
    the other tabs.

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    Andrew Faix
    Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
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    Is there no way to make custom threads?
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    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 12:46 PM in reply to: shastu
    The thread selection seems backwards for our use. For one thing, we do a lot of repair work. Which means nice neat threads that conform to Machinery's Handbook tables are not always the case. It would seem to make more sense, at least from out perspective, if we simply select the diameter we want to apply the thread to and give the pitch of thread we want. Then let the software determine what standard is available to select from or have the option just to select custom. Plus this need to re-specify after a diameter change or get errors is tedious and annoying.

    And I know you have likely heard this ever since release 1 but it doesn't seem like the right people hear it, I think everyone wants the option to show real threads. The decals look cheesy and don't even show in render. I can draw them myself but come on, you guys are supposed to be in the business.
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    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 01:03 PM in reply to: shastu
    > {quote:title=BillPirschel7709 wrote:}{quote}
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    > And I know you have likely heard this ever since release 1 but it doesn't seem like the right people hear it, I think everyone wants the option to show real threads. The decals look cheesy and don't even show in render. I can draw them myself but come on, you guys are supposed to be in the business.


    It would most likely be too taxing on the computer if it fully rendered each threaded hole. I work with parts and assemblies where I can have like 100+ threaded holes, and I'm sure there are other people that can have many more. Decals are the only practical choice at the moment I think. I don't know for sure, but my past experience with AutoCad's 3D where I made a single threaded stud made the computer run painfully slow. Perhaps you want to invest in a super computer?
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    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 01:10 PM in reply to: shastu
    And I know you have likely heard this ever since release 1 but it doesn't seem like the right people hear it, I think everyone wants the option to show real threads. The decals look cheesy and don't even show in render. I can draw them myself but come on, you guys are supposed to be in the business.

    Like I said, I'm doing it now with the computer I have. It just seems like such a minor thing for it to give me the option rather than waste my time drawing them.
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    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 01:21 PM in reply to: shastu
    Posting the exact same thing certainly helps get your point across.
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    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 01:59 PM in reply to: shastu
    I think that very few people would have a need to have physical threads, but I may be wrong. There are about 100 other features I'd like to see added before even giving a thought to a physical thread option.

    As for an easier way to so this, explore ifeatures. There are some examples at this link:


    http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/iFeatures/index.htm
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    *Dennis Jeffrey

    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 05:43 PM in reply to: shastu
    Virtually every 3-D modeler on the planet creates cosmetic friends
    instead of real ones for the exact same reason. Cosmetic spreads
    properly describe the thread, and it is reflected in the to the details
    as standard drafting practice.

    Most Cam packages have built-in thread cutting routines, so it is
    normally not necessary to create real threads in a 3-D model. The
    exception would be if you were designing a special type thread that is
    nonstandard. In that case a built in "real thread" generator would be
    useless.
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    *Alison Davis \(Autodesk\)

    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 06:34 PM in reply to: shastu
    I guess that's my problem. All these years I've been making friends in the
    CAD industry and they're only cosmetic. :-)
    Thanks for the LOL, Dennis. Your speech to text tool is sometimes very
    entertaining.

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    Alison Davis
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    *Dennis Jeffrey

    Re: Custom Threads?

    01-28-2010 10:14 PM in reply to: shastu
    Most of my friends could do with a few cosmetics... LOL!
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