External Threads - How To?

[BrittToolEngineer]

Greetings:

I am attempting to put threads on a shaft. The dialog box and the process is confusing. Can anyone help me through it?

Thanks,

Brent

 

[jerry1423]

Don't forget to include the version of NX that you are on.
I assume you want a symbolic thread, but let us know if you want a detailed thread.

Jerry J.
UGV5-NX11

 

[alphawell]

hi, BrittToolEngineer

I guess I know what do mean. I recall this dialog perplexed me a bit, at the very beginning, when is was not familiar with the system, now it seems pretty natural. After invoking the command you should select the cylindrical face, then end face for the thread start face. Sometimes NX cannot correctly infer thread direction, so you have to specify it manually, by pressing the "Reverse Thread Axis" button - current direction indicated as the arrow directed outwards the thread start face. As a rule, pay attention to the status bar (the lowest output string of main NX window), all the system messages appear there instantly, to inform you about what action is currently expected from you. For example, when you execute Thread command, it should contain "Select a cylindrical face for table lookup, or choose Manual Input to bypass tables".

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Thank you for the help Alphawell, very helpful. Jerry, thank you for the reply. I did forget to mention we use NX11.

 

[NutAce]

Also,

This is already an old feature which is in dire need of an update or preferably a replacement.
To have Full functionality I recommend to use the BOSS feature when applying these external threads. They seem to respond the best (updating) when changing the Thread diameter.

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11