DRAWING A HELIX/SCREW THREAD HELIX = SPRING SPIRAL = FLAT
Major Diameter – Largest diameter of the thread
Thread Pitch – Distance between any two of the same points of a thread
1 2 3 4 5 REGENERATE CYLINDER TOP PLANE Ø2.00 SKETCH A CIRCLE HEIGHT 5 SAME DIAMETER AS THE CYLINDER 4 5 REGENERATE AGAIN FEATURES: CURVES, HELIX & SPIRAL
7 6 8 9 CLICK THE CIRCLE FEATURES: REFERENCE GEOMETRY PLANE PITCH & REVOLUTION ADJUST PITCH OF HELIX ADJUST HELIX REVOLUTIONS (TURNS) 8 TILT VIEW OF CYLINDER TO SEE END OF THE HELIX 9 FEATURES: REFERENCE GEOMETRY PLANE
10 11 VIEW NORMAL TO: 2. CLICK THE END POINT OF THE HELX 1. CLICK THE LINE OF THE HELIX A NEW PLANE APPEARS AT THE END OF THE HELIX 11 VIEW NORMAL TO:
12 SKETCH, – 3 SIDED POLYGON (TRIANGLE) 13 REGENERATE
14 FEATURES – SWEPT BOSS/BASE PROFILE (TRIANGLE) PATH (HELIX)
15 EDIT HELIX/SPIRAL (RIGHT-CLICK) CHANGE PITCH & REVOLUTIONS
16 SKETCH ON FRONT PLANE 17 FEATURES CUT-REVOLVE
THIS END OF THE BOLT NOT THIS END 18 ADD A HEAD TO THE BOLT