Fusion 360 custom metric thread help

[pawsnizzy]

Hi All,
Do any of you Fusion user know how to draw an M19 x 1mm thread? I want to 3D print one for a GX20 connector to screw into

Cheers

 

[carbon]

If it’s a male thread create a cylinder 19mm in diameter then with the thread command select the cylinder as the body to thread also select the modelled option otherwise it won’t print the thread correctly

 

[Hood]

I looked into this a long time ago and then never really used it as nearly all the threads I do are standard.
If I recall I needed to download and install a plugin.

 

[pawsnizzy]

If it’s a male thread create a cylinder 19mm in diameter then with the thread command select the cylinder as the body to thread also select the modelled option otherwise it won’t print the thread correctly

It's a female thread, and the nearest size it will allow you is 18mm

 

[pawsnizzy]

I looked into this a long time ago and then never really used it as nearly all the threads I do are standard.
If I recall I needed to download and install a plugin.

I'd love it to be a standard thread, unfortunately I didn't make the connector

 

[tigdlo]

A bit long winded but in Onshape you draw a helix around the cylinder and sweep remove a triangle to form the thread. Change the shape to create any thread form.

 

[Agroshield]

Long shot: is there any option to make a 3/4-26 thread?

See also: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...fdcarticles/Custom-Threads-in-Fusion-360.html

It appears from the above that you can edit an .XML file to make it do what you want.

3D model of a male thread of the correct spec. here: https://grabcad.com/library/mushroom-emergency-push-button-1

Possibly, the 3D model here might containthe thread: https://www.accu.co.uk/ring-thread-gauges/442613-JBO-RG-500399

 

[Agroshield]

It's a female thread, and the nearest size it will allow you is 18mm

Another thought: AIUI, you can scale the 3D model in the software that creates the code for the printer itself (is that what is called the slicer?}. Will it allow you to scale in each axis individually or only as an overall scale applied to three dimensions? If it allows axial scaling, model it as M18 x 1 and just scale up X- and Y- by 19/18 (i.e. do not touch Z- or the pitch will change).

 

[m_c]

Long shot: is there any option to make a 3/4-26 thread?

See also: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...fdcarticles/Custom-Threads-in-Fusion-360.html

It appears from the above that you can edit an .XML file to make it do what you want.

3D model of a male thread of the correct spec. here: https://grabcad.com/library/mushroom-emergency-push-button-1

Possibly, the 3D model here might containthe thread: https://www.accu.co.uk/ring-thread-gauges/442613-JBO-RG-500399

I manually edited the thread xml for some custom threads I do.
Just find the file, open it in a text editor (I'd highly recommend Notepad++ rather than the default MS Notepad, which likes to upset CR/LRs), copy the nearest thread, edit it to suit, then save the file.

You then need to restart F360 if you still have it open. And be aware whenever F360 updates, it won't copy your thread file to the new install directory (you're old one will be left in the old install directory, as F360 won't delete any custom files when updating)

 

[Guzrik]

A bit long winded but in Onshape you draw a helix around the cylinder and sweep remove a triangle to form the thread. Change the shape to create any thread form.

I recently did it like this in inventor and it worked for me.

 

[pawsnizzy]

Thanks all