Hi,
I am trying to 3D print a part which has several threads. Unfortunately they got not exported to the stl file. Searching this forum I found some posts from 2019 and 2021, that hole and external threads tools in Alibre Design are only for visuals, and are not really modelling a thread. If you wanted real threads, you have to model them by yourself with helical cuts.
Is this really still the case for v26, which I've just bought? At least I couldn't find any option in the settings.
If it is just visual, what is the benefit of having the hole and external threads tools?
I am trying to 3D print a part which has several threads. Unfortunately they got not exported to the stl file. Searching this forum I found some posts from 2019 and 2021, that hole and external threads tools in Alibre Design are only for visuals, and are not really modelling a thread. If you wanted real threads, you have to model them by yourself with helical cuts.
Is this really still the case for v26, which I've just bought? At least I couldn't find any option in the settings.
If it is just visual, what is the benefit of having the hole and external threads tools?