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Screw threads missing in 3ds MAX import

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Anonymous
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‎03-06-2011 01:06 PM
‎03-06-2011 01:06 PM

Screw threads missing in 3ds MAX import

Hi does anybody know why screw threads disappear when assemblies are imported into MAX? Is there a way to get them back?

 

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Anonymous
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‎03-06-2011 02:00 PM
‎03-06-2011 02:00 PM

They were likely "cosmetic threads" in Inventor meaning they're just a surface texture, not actually modeled.  You'd need to add a replacement "thread" texture in 3DS I expect though I have no experience with that software.

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Anonymous
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‎03-06-2011 03:12 PM
‎03-06-2011 03:12 PM

Ok I see, I did a quick bevel sweep on a helix and it looks ok. Might wrap this up into a plugin.

 

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Anonymous
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‎03-06-2011 03:42 PM
‎03-06-2011 03:42 PM

There you go.  Now make it a swept cut (into the diameter) rather than a swept "extrude" and you'll have it exactly.

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