Explore the detailed usage and features of the Thread and Hole tools in Fusion as a part of your design process. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to effectively navigate these tools to create intricate designs.
Key Insights
- The Hole tool found under the Create dropdown allows you to create a hole on any surface. The tool offers customization with varying hole types and tap types which can be adjusted according to the design requirements.
- The Thread tool, another feature under the Create dropdown, is used to add threading to pre-existing hole-shaped geometry. The threading can either be a visual or a physical cut, with options to select different profiles like ISO pipe thread, and to customize the hand, class, and designation.
- To maximize the use of the Thread tool, it's advisable to start with some geometry that's already hole-shaped. After creating a hole, the Thread tool can then be used to add the threading, creating a detailed and accurate design.
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Now let's take a look at the Thread and Hole tools. Another way to start a new workspace in Fusion is to click the New Design little plus tab in the top right. So let's do that.
That gives us a fresh workspace. We'll go to the Create tool and we will find the Box tool. Click Box.
We want to click the ground plane. And we'll draw a nice large box right in the middle. We'll give it a little bit of height and click OK.
Now under the Create dropdown, we have the Hole tool. Let's click on Hole. We can click on that top surface of the box.
Let's click on the lower portion of that top surface. And that places that hole. Now we'll have different results depending on our settings here.
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So our hole type could be Simple. And the hole tap could be Simple as well. That's just a basic hole.
Kind of the definition of a hole. Just a cylinder going through. And then we have our tap base.
We can pull that up into the hole and make sure it doesn't go through the bottom. So there's our basic hole. And we can change the drill point from Angle to Flat.
And there it is. All sorts of options we notice here. Let's go ahead and change the hole tap type to Tapped.
And that'll give a tapped thread type to that hole all the way around. All right. Let's go ahead and click OK there.
And explore another tool. Under Create, we're looking for Thread. Now if we do this right off the bat, it won't do anything.
Let's try it. Click Thread. And we can't really click anything on the box.
We can thread the hole we've already created. But that might not be the best way to go. Let's click Cancel.
The way I like to use Thread is to start with some geometry that's already hole shaped. And to do that, I'll go back to Create. And I will select the cylinder.
I'll click on the top of my box. And kind of on the top right portion, I will click and create a cylinder. I'm going to drag it reverse down through the project or down through the box.
So it's a clean cut all the way through. And I'll click OK. Now I have a hole.
And it's not threaded. There's nothing special about it. It's just a cut through my box.
Now I want to add in that threading. And here's how I like to do it. I go to the pull down under Create, Thread.
And I click this inside face. And that creates the threading. Now I'll notice that I can click the box for Models.
And it will physically, if I zoom in, physically cut away at that box. If that's unchecked, it's just kind of a visual. It looks like threads.
But I don't have all that extra modeling geometry. Now I can pick the different profiles here. For example, an ISO pipe thread.
And I can even change if it's a right hand or left hand, the class and the designation. And click OK. So there are those two tools.
The hole tool and the thread tool in action.
