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Drawing 3D Thread using helix / sweep
Drawing 3D Thread using helix / sweep
11-07-2012 05:45 . pm | View his/her posts only
Post Last Edit by johnwalter at 2012-7-12 10:12
Hi there
I have searched through and found various answers to the 'how to draw a 3D thread'. I followed the tutorial on helix and then sweep - BUT I cannot get it to produce more than 3 full threads. I then have had to copy and paste the thread across to get more turns.
Also - how do I turn this into a solid. The tutorial says that you just produce a cylinder inside the thread and use the union command. I try this and it will not union them and when I try a subtract command later to remove a flat from the thread, it does nothing...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Hi there
I have searched through and found various answers to the 'how to draw a 3D thread'. I followed the tutorial on helix and then sweep - BUT I cannot get it to produce more than 3 full threads. I then have had to copy and paste the thread across to get more turns.
Also - how do I turn this into a solid. The tutorial says that you just produce a cylinder inside the thread and use the union command. I try this and it will not union them and when I try a subtract command later to remove a flat from the thread, it does nothing...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Drawing 3D Thread using helix / sweep
12-07-2012 09:59 . am | View his/her posts only
Post Last Edit by MKKCAD at 2012-7-12 10:10
Maybe your original shape wasn't closed.
Maybe your original shape wasn't closed.
