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Drawing projected shapes

You can draw thread shapes, well shapes, cylinders, and prisms in projected view. These shapes are useful for creating illustrations of bolts, nuts, and well nuts.

You can adjust the length and radius of the projected shapes by specifying values or by moving their control handles in the drawing window.

With thread and well shapes, you can set the distance from the first thread to the start of the object and the distance from the last thread to the end of the object. You can also adjust the pitch, which is the distance in projected space from one thread to the next, or adjust the number of threads per inch.

With prisms, you can specify the number of sides of the base faces.

Examples of projected shapes

To draw a projected shape Back to Top
To modify a projected shape Back to Top

 

Type a value in the top portion of the Radius and length box on the property bar.
Type a value in the bottom portion of the Radius and length box on the property bar.
Click the Pitch button on the property bar, and type a value in the Pitch box.
Click the Threads per inch button on the property bar, and type a value in the Threads per inch box.
Type a value in the top portion of the Distance from start or end box.
Type a value in the bottom portion of the Distance from start or end box.

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The radius, length, and distance values are applied in projected space.

To adjust a projected shape by using control handles Back to Top

 

Using control handles to adjust the radius (left) and length (right) of a thread shape


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