Thread Modeler Tool & Content Center

[Anonymous]

I wish to know whether it is possible change cosmetic thread into model thread by using ‘Thread Modeler Tool’ for the parts placed from Content Center. Because I am unable to do it.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry my first question is incorrect. Correct question is:

Is possible to apply ‘Thread Modeler Tool’ to change internal cosmetic thread into model thread? Because I am unable to do it.

[CCarreiras · Accepted solution]

It's possible to apply the thread modeler into a custom content center part.

Aong others situations, Thread modeler is used in two main situations:
If you want to produce the nut or bolt, so you have to design the real thread.
If you want to make an animation between a nut and bolt with constrains.

The "real thread" is a complex shape and the part will become more "heavy", so is not to used to place in assemblys.
An assembly may have hundreds, thousands of bolts, if each one is a Heavy part, your assembly will turn in to a heavy and slow model...that's why the content center parts have an image instead the real thread.

Just don't change the content center parts for this one's...

[SBix26]

Content Center parts placed as Standard go into the active project's designated Content Center folder.  The active project's CC folder is treated as Read-Only, so no editing allowed.  To get around this, something needs to change so that the part file is no longer in the active project's CC folder: either move the file to a different folder, or change projects to one with a different CC folder.

As CarlosC has already told you, placing CC parts as Custom allows you to choose the file location, presumably a folder that is not set as read-only.

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