topic Re: thread command in Inventor Forum

thread command

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:03:54 GMT

Hi, I have a problem with the thread command. When I click on the button it does not work, it does not even open the window with the command options. thanks

Re: thread command

mdavis22569 — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:08:48 GMT

Hi and welcome to the forum

Few questions ...

What version of Inventor

Do you have Excel on the pc

Can you give us an example file?

Mike

Re: thread command

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:19:26 GMT

Hello, first thank you! I use the version 2017, I excel 2010, but I think it's perhaps a problem of graphics card, because the PC is perhaps a little 'old (but not too). As an example, I can say that working on a box of rectangular shape, I wanted to create a hole with a thread inside, but clicking on the thread command window with options not open, as if he does not accept the command. Subsequently, the program crashed, with graphics card error.
thank you

Re: thread command

SBix26 — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:09:29 GMT

Are you able to place a hole with threads included? That is, what happens if you use the Hole command to place a threaded hole-- does it work?

Sam B

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Re: thread command

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:18:07 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Hello, first thank you! I use the version 2017, I excel 2010, but I think it's perhaps a problem of graphics card, ...

I doubt this is a graphics card issue.

Create a 25mm cylinder as shown.

Create a 13mm hole in the cylinder as shown.

Attach the resulting *.ipt file here.

Re: thread command

mdavis22569 — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:41:00 GMT

Can you make a screencast video?

Mike

Re: thread command

mcgyvr — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:42:19 GMT

You can try this to bypass the need for excel for threaded holes..

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/not-able-to-create-thread-in-Inventor-2016.html

As a temporary workaround, you can create the following Environmental variable:

Go to Control Panel > System> Advanced System Settings> Environmental Variables button on the Advanced Tab.
Create a new Environmental variable called "UseLibXL" with a variable value of 1
Retry your clearance/threaded hole creation in Inventor.
Restart Inventor and try again

Re: thread command

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:10:16 GMT

Unfortunately nothing happens in that case either.

Re: thread command

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:18:50 GMT

ok done!

Re: thread command

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:22:27 GMT

unfortunately I do not think I can!

Re: thread command

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:32:50 GMT

Thank you so much, as well as thank all those who helped me. This forum is really useful, thanks to people like you!

Re: thread command

mcgyvr — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:22:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Thank you so much, as well as thank all those who helped me. This forum is really useful, thanks to people like you!

@Anonymous Note that this only works for threads.. If you need to do iparts or iassemblies then you will need to get Inventor and Excel working together again properly.. But if you don't then you are good to go..

Autodesk seems to be slowly transitioning away from a dependency on Excel and they just haven't enabled a non-Excel workaround for iparts/iassemblies yet..

Re: thread command

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:34:49 GMT

What are iPart and iAssembly? Could you explain me in a simple and intuitive way?

Re: thread command

mcgyvr — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:49:47 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

What are iPart and iAssembly? Could you explain me in a simple and intuitive way?

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-DD9F389B-4B23-482A-A46E-4CA71101658A-htm.html

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/Inventor-Help/files/GUID-999286F8-050E-4FF5-8D19-F2DDAAB3F891-htm.html

An ipart is basically a "group" of "similar" parts that you can make in one ipt file and have multiple versions where the "length" of each version might be different or something like that..

An iassembly is basically a "group" of "similar" assemblies that you can make in one iam file and have multiple versions..

If you were.. For example.. Making a "group" of similar tables where the diameter of the table is the only thing thats different then you would create the table top as an ipart and make multiple versions with the diameter of the table top changes.. Then you create an iassembly and for each version you simply tell it to use a different table top.

Re: thread command

TheCADWhisperer — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:54:57 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

ok done!

No, it is not done.

You used an Extrude feature, not a Hole feature as shown in the image that I attached.

When doing threaded Holes it is absolutely critically important to use the Hole feature tool.

Also, as you have found, you should have MS Excel installed.