KarolR Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I made the spiral and barrel, now i hide the spiral but i don't see the cuts in the cylinder. I want to make a round thread with the spiral, i wanted it to remove material from the inner cylinder, but although i unchecked Merge Result in the Extrude Property Manager, i don't see the thread. 41-24-15 Drum turning.SLDPRT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 You could have saved a lot of work with a simple Helix Sweep-Cut for the entire number of turns rather than copying them and then a couple of Extrude-Cuts on the ends. For your solution - Insert>Feature>Combine - Subtract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarolR Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 I made as you said, one helix with 6 turns, but now the Insert>Features>Combine is greyed out Drum 2.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I didn't open your file, but - Create the cylinder first. Then create the Helix path (you can add the straight sections to the ends of the path, but you might concentrate on getting the basic Sweep-cut first). Then Sweep-cut the circle along the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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