Learn Onshape: Drawing Threads for a Nut & Bolt 

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That's a great use of this since it is real easy to switch the helix to counterclockwise with just the click of a button.

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Thanks and if I hit the reverse direction arrow it would have spun the right way.

Yea, the helix sweep path is like the lathe spinning and your hands moving, and the sketch profile is like the shape of the tip of your turning tool. Good analogy 👍

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Thanks for checking the videos out! I'm glad they are helpful. I do need to get better with audio, and I have no idea what happens when I upload them to YT cause they always sound fine in my editor 😅 In terms of actually printing the threads for tolerance, there are two ways to go about it. The simplest would be to just go into your slicer and adjust the scale of the nut to 101% or 102%. This may not be feasible depending on what you're printing but is a quick little hack to account for tolerance. The other way is to actually make adjustments to your design. So for instance, whatever shape you are sweeping along the helix make smaller on the bolt. The amount will depend on the quality of your print/printer. I would start with adjusting the size by at least the bead width you have your priter set to (i.e.,01, .015, .02). As always, do a few test prints and see what works for your setup. GLHF

@@MakerLessons If I just scale the nut in slicer, wouldn't that also change the pitch in the nut?

Hey so I went in to check what you were talking about and it looks like you can pick an end point when using the input type turns or pitch. Is that what you are asking about?

@@MakerLessons oh thanks for responding. I figured it out but I wanted to know how to chose how high I wanted the thread to be and it not be the full part

Hey, thanks for watching. There is more than one correct way to model something and using a boolean operation is definitely one way to do it. I didn't want to introduce boolean in this video but I do plan on making an entire video on those operations soon.

When you click on helix there are a bunch of options. There is a turn and pitch option where you can set your pitch and then choose how many turns you want. This will allow the partial threading you are looking for.

@@MakerLessons My onshape is different. When I click helix, It shows the option "input type." is there a type spot where i can type in the height because i've been watching videos and I think mine is updated

To 3d print? That's gonna be really fine threads. At that point I suggest just printing a solid bolt and get yourself a tap and die set

@@MakerLessons thanks

If you're just looking to make threads that show in a drawing there is the threads feature ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x0Oa6XuRaH8.html

Preference. Pitch can be found from TPI by dividing 1 by TPI and it's just what I like to work with. It also helps me when I am making the sweep profile to know how large I can make it.

your video is def out dated. i cant even select helix for sweep path..... updated video plz. thx

Its not outdated, I tried it and it worked! perhaps can you make your project public and share the link so we can see the issue you are experiencing.🙂

as of 4/6/2023

Hey, so I am pretty sure it is not translating because you need to select the curve. A helix creates a separate curve feature on the work flow tree to the left like when you make a new part or surface. This also means you can turn it off visually with the little eye icon like with parts you want to hide. You can't delete it because it is being used as the sweep path. I have not tried to translate this myself yet but let me know if that helps. I also would only try to do these type of threads at the end of your drawings and if you are trying to 3D print these threads. Otherwise if you are creating threads just for a drawing sheet just use the new thread feature -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x0Oa6XuRaH8.html Onshape is always updating and getting better everyday. It may not be solidworks or fusion just yet but its getting there and its free and browser based.

It was in there originally, but for some reason when uploading my audio cut out during that section. Yes, include the tolerance that your printer needs, I start with .01in and mess around from there.