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Special Features: Sweep, Loft and Wrap

Thread Feature

Threads can be added to a model using a Sweep Boss or a Sweep Cut with

a helix, and defining every thread parameter, or simplify the process using

the "Thread" tool. When modeling screws and fasteners in general, it is

almost always unnecessary to add a helical thread, as it consumes a large amount

of computing resources, and a simple representation using a Revolved Boss/Cut

or a Cosmetic Thread is usually enough. It is strongly advised to only add threads

when required by the model, as in the bottle exercise later in this lesson.

11.1. - To learn how to

use the "Thread"

command open the part

'Threads' from the

accompanying files. This

part has two cylinders; the 1/4-20 Thread

first one (Blue) is the size Mgyor Diameter

of a %-20 screw's minor 1/4-20 Thread

Minor Diameter
diameter, and the second

(Green) is the size of a %-

20 screw's major

diameter. The hole (Pink)

is the size needed to make

a %-20 tapped hole.

The "Thread"

command is located in the

1/4-20 Tapped Hole
menu "Insert, Features,
M jno r Diameter

Thread." This command

allows us to select a standard thread size and apply it either as an external thread

(male) to a cylindrical boss or an internal thread (female) to a hole.

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Cut ~ ._..
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Features ~ CB Fillet/Round ...

Pattern/ Mirror ~ ® Chamfer ...

Fastening Feature ~
~ Hole Wizard ...
FeatureWorks ~
Hole ... (JJ

Surface

Face

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