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Custom threads

Custom threads

This has been submitted before by several people, perhaps this time it can get some traction.

 

the selection of various threads available in the hole and thread options are pretty good, most of the time. but I am more and more finding myself needing to make non standard threads, which I can break out the machinists handbook, draw my cutting tool, and then fight with fusion trying to use triangular coils, or a helical surface to guide my cutting profile, and sometimes it works--though generally it breaks the thread cut into several sections and I have no idea why-- other times I have to spend 30 min to an hour making small tweaks until like magic it works.

 

I wish I could just choose a standard Metric ISO, provide the major diameter, the pitch, and how many starts, as several of my parts are multi start threads, and let fusion do this work for me. I know this can be done since in the past posts people have discussed modifying a file to alter the available threads, so why not add a supported guy portal to add additional needed threads?

 

Also since there seems to be meta data about the threads having an easy thread dimension tool to use in drawings rather than making notes that do not update when changes are made to the model would be nice and save many users from a frustrating oops moment.

 

Thanks!

7 Comments
morrijr
Explorer

There have been times when something I wanted to 3D print had a non-standard thread size (two halves) and I had to alter the entire design around a standard one instead 😞

 

This would have been very useful.

 

J.

HughesTooling
Consultant

I put an idea here to use the assets folder in the data panel for custom threads, seems like a good place to store all sorts of custom info. Threads, SHX fonts, scripts, etc. Voted for your idea, got to keep nagging at them!

 

Mark

HughesTooling
Consultant

@squee45 wrote:

Also since there seems to be meta data about the threads having an easy thread dimension tool to use in drawings rather than making notes that do not update when changes are made to the model would be nice and save many users from a frustrating oops moment.

 

Thanks!


This has been talked about on the forum by support but development of the Drawing workspace makes continental drift seem speedy!😞

 

Mark

Sungod3000
Advocate

In addition to that, there also could be an option to just put in the core hole diameter for a give screw size.

Anonymous
Not applicable

I suggested this well over a year ago and yet there seems to be no progress. Goodness knows why as anyone actually working in engineering knows that custom threads crop up all the time when working to make parts to fit existing machinery.

 

 

Surely it's a no brainer ??????????

MetalDawg
Advocate

I just came to the forum to post this very idea! I just up voted your idea.

Autodesk, if you are reading this you guys do a great job, but please assign someone to work on this even if it means the UI project gets delayed a month or so.

 

Darryl

josh.sapp
Advocate

It has been suggested many times over the past 4 years that I know of. it has improved but still galaxies away from where it should be.

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