nickahughes Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hi all, Someone out there must know of where I can get correctly drawn blocks of metric UK nuts & bolts. I have had a quick google over lunch, but the only one I can find are US based, and having down loaded & measured the items , find that they are not drawn correctly - ie they are imperial items scaled to a nearest size. In particular I am looking for: M5, M6, M8, M10, M12, M16 & M20 Hex head Set Screw. The same size for Hex Nuts & Nyloc type Hex Nuts. and the same size for CSK Socket Screws. I am also looking at dynamic blocks - but need a bit more experience! Thanks for your assistance, Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 we've drawn our own over the years and like you, having measured others efforts, I'm glad we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickahughes Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hi Dave, Are these drawn as std blocks or dynamic blocks? Would you like to sell any on to us? Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 nick, go to other CAD Block sites, such as www.cben.net or www.autocadblock.com to search for things like that. Google is a good approach for trying to find 'standard' drawings in AutoCAD. i've usually hit some good luck with things like so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmdpk Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Hi I have also been looking for blocks on screws, bolts, through bolts and fixings without any luck. I am quite new to this so any help would be very much appreciated. Jerome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickahughes Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Tannar, I have searched on the two sites you mention, they have so called metric bolts etc but when you check them for size they are not correct for the ISO metric types. Thanks anyway - I'll keep looking! Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Ours are simple side & end views but M6 is our biggest. I have looked at making them dynamic for length but its not worth the effort for our use. They don't take too long to draw - get draughting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_W Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hello Nick, Are these any good to you? I have attached a drawing of a few metric bolts. They are a bit basic. If you require any further size's all you need do is scale one of the existing bolts to suit. uk_metric_bolts.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickahughes Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Thanks Gary, I have now managed to convert the bolts etc from our previous cad system, bring them into Auto-cad and save them as blocks. When I have finalised these blocks I will try & post them on here. But thanks for yours, they may well come in! Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick bessey Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 regardless of imperial or metric I think somebody has missed the point here. I was looking for a 3D hex head for a nut or bolt and was directed to this thread. All the answers here refer to the creation of a 3rd or 1st angle projection rather than a 3D model. Has the search thread misdirected me or is there a link within these cadtutor pages that I have overlooked ?, this was the search result.... Metric Nuts & Bolts for UK - AutoCAD Forums9 posts - 5 authors - Last post: 9 Mar 2007 Metric Nuts & Bolts for UK AutoCAD Drawing Management & Output. ... drawing 3d bolts with threads, astrageneca, AutoCAD 3D Modelling & ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Check out the 3D tutorials by J.D. Mather here: http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/CAD238/AutoCAD_2007_Tutorials.htm The one about a threaded stud and nut will have the basic information you need to create a 3D hex head (just leave out the part about the hole). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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