I'm trying to model a tap I need to make for a project. I have tried several different ways of combining/cutting sections out of the tap's stock, but I am always given an error when I try to do the last step. All I'm trying to do, is combine/cut the thread from a tube with the modelled thread on the inside, from the tap's profile.
It appears as though Fusion cannot remove a coil from a body when said body has both 1) a taper on the end and 2) hemicircular straight flutes cut down the length of the stock. I've tried approaching this from several different ways (changing the order of operations to see if a particular order will work), but it always throws an error when I try to cut the thread from the extruded blank material.
I'm sure I could convert the model to a mesh and make the changes that way, but I want to CNC this so I need the dimension accuracy. Does anyone know how I can model this on Fusion? Or is there another program you'd recommend for tool & cutter design? I'm using the current educational version with all updates and thus have access to all other Autodesk products (if you recommend I use something like Inventor).
Thank you in advance!
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