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I'm not certain about that very last constraint (the chamfered thread not being thinner than X) but other than that, precisely what you describe is a workflow I
by regularfry 5y ago
I'm not certain about that very last constraint (the chamfered thread not being thinner than X) but other than that, precisely what you describe is a workflow I've been following for the past couple of months in FreeCAD: not for metal threads, for plastic, printed ones, but the workflow is the same. They added helical cuts and additions in the most recent version, but even before that you could get the same effect with a helical path (so a few more steps for the same result, essentially).
- Animats 5y agoOh, good, FreeCAD is catching up. It's been a few years since I tried it.
- regularfry 5y agoYeah. 0.19.2 is good, at least for the stuff I need; 0.20 is shaping up to be full of good stuff too (and hopefully won't take as long as the 0.18->0.19 cycle did). On-topic, though, if you're doing threads and gears, it gets slow quickly. It doesn't take very much for me to start needing to switch parts of the design off for the UI to stay usable because recalculations kick in that I know shouldn't be needed, but the dependency tree isn't detailed enough to filter out.
- dekhn 5y agoit's been able to do everything you just described for at least 5 years (with the exception of that last constraint, I think).
- aj7 5y agoNot only that, but that is the workflow if you were making a custom bolt on the lathe. Machining experience is invaluable when designing mechanical parts.