Thread not showing

[MainJet]

When using the hole tool and creating a thread, the thread is not showing nor does it print when printing a 3D part.
How do I make it print the tread ?

K

 

[Lew_Merrick]

K -- you can't as the Thread Tool only provides information for Views in Drawings. You can blame this on the "agreements" that took place shortly after STEP (ISO-10303) became the "international standard" for engineering information exchange.

 

[bigseb]

If you want a physical thread that can be printed you need to physically model it.

 

[DavidJ]

Using the helical tools.

Note that you should only model thread where really necessary as helical operations bog the computer down (very resource demanding).

 

[MainJet]

Oh, bugger
That makes it quite time consuming doing drawings for 3D prints.
I know threads take up memory and slows everything down a bit but for some reason I thought you could just turn all threads on/off on a model/assembly. I was obviously wrong.

Thanks anyway.

 

[bigseb]

Oh, bugger
That makes it quite time consuming doing drawings for 3D prints.
I know threads take up memory and slows everything down a bit but for some reason I thought you could just turn all threads on/off on a model/assembly. I was obviously wrong.

Thanks anyway.

A tip:

Keep a set of male/female thread saved on your PC. Then if you need to create a threads for printing you can simply boolean subtract them from your part.

 

[MainJet]

Seems much easier if Alibre could keep the threads on the toolbar or in the hole tool.
K

 

[Lew_Merrick]

Seems much easier if Alibre could keep the threads on the toolbar or in the hole tool.
K

When you define a Thread (Male or Female) you should change the "Descriptor" in the Design Explorer to the designation used for the Thread. Now, as somebody who learned Threading from FED-STD-H28, I do realize that few today know the (back when we had Standards) Formal Designation for size, type, and class of Threads.