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Thanks for this tip. The threads look beautiful with just tiny bit of playing with the angles and scale.
I was going crazy trying to find some quick way to do this. Everything I found talked about cosmetic threads, and that is not what I wanted at all - too much time, too much memory used up, and just for threads?
Yours is WAY better.
But I would add one tip to this. The thread texture covers the entire cylindrical curface, as you've spelled it out here.
For partially threaded surface, it needs a different surface than the shank. Since thread major diameter is usually slightly undersized, using the EXTRUDED CUT tool I undercut the surface by about .001" around, for the length of the threads. Then when I used TEXTURE>THREAD on the OD, only the thread length shows the threads.
Can someone give me a step by step to do a 2.750-12 Thd. I'm back on it since a few years ago. I always struggled with threads. I am modeling a part to be used in a 3D Print machine and they need the step file for it. Help. Anyone.?
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