I'm trying to recreate this thread in Fusion 360 for 3D-printing and am not exactly sure how to go about it.
The pitch gauge tool puts it at 20 / .125, and the diameter is ~7.8 mm, but I'm not quite sure what to do with that information from here.
How to recreate a real life thread?
Are you going the print the part with a threaded hole and screw in a steel stud or are you trying to print the male thread?
@harrison.friedes wrote:
The pitch gauge tool puts it at 20 / .125, and the diameter is ~7.8 mm, but I'm not quite sure what to do with that information from here.
Did you mean 1.25mm? It could be either 5/16 or M8, cheap bolts\studding can be down on size.
The hole tool can create a hole with a modeled thread. But you might need to offset the faces of the thread to add some clearance as 3d printed thread tend to come out small.
If you are trying to print a male thread, the thread tool also has the option to create a modeled thread.
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Hello,
You are right it's 1.25mm. And this would be for the male thread. The difficulty is I'm not quite sure which thread type to choose to match. For instance this 5/16 one doesn't match at all:
Any suggestions much appreciated!
This thread may help: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/fusion-360-custom-thread-utility/m-p/...
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@harrison.friedes wrote:
Hello,
You are right it's 1.25mm. And this would be for the male thread. The difficulty is I'm not quite sure which thread type to choose to match. For instance this 5/16 one doesn't match at all:
Any suggestions much appreciated!
If the pitch is 1.25mm my guess is it's a standard M8 thread. The reason the part measures around 7.8mm is because it's a piece of cheap studding.
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