PRODUCING THREADS IN A SCREW Produce the following threads for part of a screw.

38 mm

Before start modeling, set the unit to millimeter Newton Second (mmNs): Edit Setup - select Units in Systems of Units tab, select mmNs, then click Set select interpret dimensions, click OK, Close, Done. Sketch cylinder for screw Select Front datum, click Sketch Tool, click Sketch, click Close. Create vertical and horizontal centerlines through Spin Center in Figure 1. (origin point) as shown

Figure 1: Making centerlines.

Sketch a rectangle and set the dimensions as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Sketch rectangle. Exit from sketcher by clicking (tick) icon. Click Save View List Orientation as shown in Figure 3. and select Standard

Figure 3: Save view list.

Revolve the section to generate cylinder (Figure 4) using Revolve Tool confirm/ apply.

and click to

Figure 4: Cylinder for screw. Making Threads in Screw Click Insert Helical Sweep Cut, then Menu Manager appears as

Figure 5: Menu Manager for setting up of sketching. Click Done (Figure 5), select Front datum for sketching plane. Click Okay and then select Default.

Click Close to start sketching. Make vertical centerline through Spin Center. Create a line from bottom to upward and modify the dimensions as shown Figure 6. The line has length of 40.4 mm and it is purposed to allow the cutting process through along the cylinder. See that the 1.2 mm is close to the pitch of 1.5 mm for major diameter of 20 mm (see Table 1).

Figure 6: Sketch a line for the threads. Click to specify pitch value of the threads according to standard dimension in ISO. Enter pitch value of 1.5 for fine threads and click to apply. The sketcher screen will appear and we need to sketch the cutting section for the threads with a reference of crossing line as indicated in yellow (Figure 7).

Figure 7: Reference point for cutting section. Please Zoom In the region around the reference point as indicated in Figure 7 to have the following screen as

Figure 8: Reference point after zooming in. Create horizontal and vertical centerlines through the reference point shown in Figure 8. Then create another vertical centerline on the right hand side of the reference point and next, create two horizontal centerlines underneath the reference point. Create two (2) slanted centerlines through the reference point and point A as shown in Figure 9. Modify the dimensions according to the specified dimensions shown in Figure 9. The dimensions are corresponding to the standard sizes in ISO.

Create lines from point A to B, B to C, then C to reference point as the cutting section. The details of the threads may be summarized as follows (also see Figure 10 and Table 1): - Major diameter : 20 mm - Minor diameter : 18.16 mm - Pitch : 1.5 mm - Crest : 0.2 mm (appropriate user defined) Click to apply the required values, click Okay, and click OK. The threads will be generated.

Figure 9: Detailed dimensions for cutting section of the threads.

Figure 10: Unified National and ISO Standard Thread Form (Source: Machine Design: An Integrated Approach, Robert L. Norton, 3rd Ed. 2006).

Table 1: Principal dimensions of ISO metric standard screw threads (Source: Machine Design: An Integrated Approach, Robert L. Norton, 3rd Ed. 2006).