I am trying to design a threaded rod for 3D-printing. The plan was to make many parts that would be screwed together. The question is: How can I control the threads so that the threads on the rod will allign and work as one spiral when
assembled?
Joining parts of threaded rod by screwing them together - for 3D-printing
Hey reidhardr,
The Fusion 360 Collaborate forum is intended for the Fusion Team and team related topics. I'm moving this post to the Design, Validate, & Document forum where it's more likely to draw some attention.
Accepted solution
Here's one possible method.
- Create the full length threaded rod.
- Use the Split Body command to separate this into the printable lengths.
- Create the joining threads male and female sections as separate bodies.
- Use the Combine/Join tool to add these to each end of the bodies from step #2.
Post your file here (File/Export/Archive file *.f3d) if you have any trouble with this.
ETFrench
Accepted solution
The easy part is the modeling. The hard part will be printing unless you're using an SLA printer 😀 FDM printers don't like parts with knife like edges. You'll also need to chamfer the ends of the threads to actually get them to thread together.
Here's a screencast showing how to get the threads aligned perfectly: (If the screencast doesn't show up eventually, here's the link: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/53800af2-5605-4605-8fdf-951e30c273d1)
ETFrench
