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[#1]

How do I get a custom thread text (like 1/8 IPS) amongst the thread choices
in the hole creation dialog?

We use these wierd 1/8 IPS & 1/4 IPS pipe thread sizes in the lighting
industry & it's got to read out that way.

Thanks

--
Gary
gcross@crossdesign.com

[#2]

You can add a new thread type to the Thread.xls file.

Download http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/Materials/bsp.zip and copy this
sheet into your thread.xls file.

You can modify it to meet your IPS thread format (what is this one exactly?
I've heard of a lot of thread forms but not this one)

--
Sean Dotson, PE
http://www.sdotson.com
...sleep is for the weak..
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"Gary Cross" wrote in message
news7AE398BE0C25A6F6CA29A601063BFEC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> How do I get a custom thread text (like 1/8 IPS) amongst the thread
choices
> in the hole creation dialog?
>
> We use these wierd 1/8 IPS & 1/4 IPS pipe thread sizes in the lighting
> industry & it's got to read out that way.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Gary
> gcross@crossdesign.com
>
>

[#3]

Sean,

Do I append the new info it right underneath everything else? Does it matter
in what order I position it relative to what's already in the vanilla file?

The 1/8IPS NPS (Nat. Pipe Size?) standard. If you 've ever taken a part a
table lamp, the threaded tubing used is always either 1/8IPS (3/8" OD) or
1/4IPS (1/2" OD). I don't where to find the particulars on these threads
yet. I m not sure if they correspond exactly to regular threads like 3/8-27
(closest one to 1/8IPS). Do you have a Machinest's Handbook handy? Might be
in there.

Thanks!
Gary


"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
newsBA509A8902028EFE8811E8937855B6E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> You can add a new thread type to the Thread.xls file.
>
> Download http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/Materials/bsp.zip and copy this
> sheet into your thread.xls file.
>
> You can modify it to meet your IPS thread format (what is this one
exactly?
> I've heard of a lot of thread forms but not this one)
>
> --
> Sean Dotson, PE
> http://www.sdotson.com
> ...sleep is for the weak..
> -----------------------------------------
> "Gary Cross" wrote in message
> news7AE398BE0C25A6F6CA29A601063BFEC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > How do I get a custom thread text (like 1/8 IPS) amongst the thread
> choices
> > in the hole creation dialog?
> >
> > We use these wierd 1/8 IPS & 1/4 IPS pipe thread sizes in the lighting
> > industry & it's got to read out that way.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Gary
> > gcross@crossdesign.com
> >
> >
>
>

[#4]

Add it to a new tab in the file. The tab name will be the name displayed
in the hole dialogue.

--
----
Sean Dotson
http://www.sdotson.com
...sleep is for the weak...
----
"Gary Cross" wrote in message
news:5165734410B5727BD1D981E1767E13B2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Sean,
>
> Do I append the new info it right underneath everything else? Does it
matter
> in what order I position it relative to what's already in the vanilla
file?
>
> The 1/8IPS NPS (Nat. Pipe Size?) standard. If you 've ever taken a part a
> table lamp, the threaded tubing used is always either 1/8IPS (3/8" OD) or
> 1/4IPS (1/2" OD). I don't where to find the particulars on these threads
> yet. I m not sure if they correspond exactly to regular threads like
3/8-27
> (closest one to 1/8IPS). Do you have a Machinest's Handbook handy? Might
be
> in there.
>
> Thanks!
> Gary
>
>
> "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
> newsBA509A8902028EFE8811E8937855B6E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > You can add a new thread type to the Thread.xls file.
> >
> > Download http://www.cbliss.com/inventor/Materials/bsp.zip and copy this
> > sheet into your thread.xls file.
> >
> > You can modify it to meet your IPS thread format (what is this one
> exactly?
> > I've heard of a lot of thread forms but not this one)
> >
> > --
> > Sean Dotson, PE
> > http://www.sdotson.com
> > ...sleep is for the weak..
> > -----------------------------------------
> > "Gary Cross" wrote in message
> > news7AE398BE0C25A6F6CA29A601063BFEC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > How do I get a custom thread text (like 1/8 IPS) amongst the thread
> > choices
> > > in the hole creation dialog?
> > >
> > > We use these wierd 1/8 IPS & 1/4 IPS pipe thread sizes in the lighting
> > > industry & it's got to read out that way.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > Gary
> > > gcross@crossdesign.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>