Kiddies, Work And How To Draw Threads In Fusion 360

And it's unlikely that a CNC alone will be enough for anything, so there's a bunch of related tools and supplies needed. How have hobbyists historically afforded Autodesk software? I dabbled in 3ds Max back in the day, but I was never under the impression I could justify purchasing it. For 3D there's FreeCAD, but, IMO, while it is nominally quite capable, the UI is so obtuse and inconsistent that after a few hours with it, you'll just pay whatever Autodesk is asking you to pay. That's not to say F360 is great, but FreeCAD is unfortunately much worse. I really wanted to like it, since I don't like my work to be tied to proprietary software, but after digging through it for a week I was back to F360. Fusion 360 was the Sketch/Figma answer to SolidWorks/Adobe, and I think it still can be. I’ve seen some absolutely amazing CAM work done in Fusion and I love using it. It’s so easy to get started actually making stuff in it. We’ll see about the limitations but right now they don’t seem too severe. The only decent FOSS parametric CAD software I've found is SolveSpace, but it is quite limited, e.g. it doesn't even have a bevel tool, and there's no CAM. They also have a massive global team of really brilliant people working on NX and the related components. I'm talking former NASA employees who worked on components for the space shuttle or Mars rovers work there. That's the kind of expertise you can't really buy or acquire as an OSS project. There are other free-as-in-beer options but the only ones that don't have a risk of this happening are the open source packages, of which FreeCAD and SolveSpace are the only current viable 3D options. Creating threads is possible to do using the options in Fusion 360 but the method needs a little guidance. Most people initially end up with cosmetic only threads rather than fully constructed models. Don’t try to tell me though that for someone just starting out with experience in neither programming nor traditional CAD those other tools are easier to learn though. I’ve tried to figure out how to make small changes to things I found online both in Fusion 360 and FreeCAD. Both felt a little like sitting down in front of the console of the space shuttle. Being told to land or die with no training. After that take the tool sketch dimension , to define the length of the guideline, and make coincident points circled by the same color . If you wish to design an internal thread, otherwise called a nut, it’s also very simple. There are also things I really like about the Fusion 360 hole command. Placing a hole centered on a face couldn't be any easier. If the size of the face is changed, the hole stays centered, retaining the original design intent. I'm not sure which update corrected this behavior, but in a previous release, when you changed the size of the face, the hole location didn't update to maintain the design intent. Should you decide at a later time that the hole shouldn't be centered on the face any longer, making that edit is easy and doesn't require recreation of the hole. Cutting a thread involves using a tap wrench to cut a thread in a pre-printed or drilled hole. This method can be used with trial. Error to find the perfect clearance for your desired thread size. We’ll then need to create a new sketch off either the top or bottom of the thread so that we can sketch a polygon for the nut. With the designation option, you can define the pitch of the thread. The pitch of a thread is the distance from one crest to the next crest. To create the first thread, we’ll need to create a new component. This will ensure we can create copies of the design so we can test the different clearances. Right hand is the default thread direction in Fusion 360.The direction of a threads helix will determine whether it is right hand or left hand. A right hand thread is one which is turned clockwise, while a left hand thread is one that advances when t