Threadlines

Description: <1 minutes; Lab exercise (optional): 10 minutes

See  thread lines in aligned section views, not just in the normal section view.

In the past, when you tried to create an aligned view that included a threaded screw, bolt, holes, etc., Annotation could not display  thread lines.

Annotation now uses a new method to calculate thread lines, and can accurately insert thread lines into aligned views.

Lab exercise (Optional)

If you've been impacted by inaccurate thread lines in aligned views, try these simple steps to see how Annotation has changed.

  1. Create a model with different kinds of thread parts (using machine, I-KIT, and/or from your parts library).
  2. Create a front view.
  3. Create an aligned section view from your front  view with different segments in 2-3 directions.
  4. Be sure that a section line cut thread holes/cylinders through the center.
  5. Update a new view.

Thread lines should be created on every segment. Compare these results with those from a normal section view from a single section.

The figure on the left shows what your aligned view might have looked like in past versions of Annotation. Note that no thread lines are visible in either hole. The figure on the right shows what your completed bores should look like using Annotation 13.0

                           

 Old behavior (without  threadlines)                              New behavior (with  threadlines)