Looking for an addon to AC to insert features like thread

[lalarka]

Hi All,
I used to work in a mechanical eng shop that did a lot of CAD work. They had an add-on to AutoCad2000 that allowed us to insert holes, threads, etc. just by entering common dimensions and it would do the rest.

I'm not getting back into design work after a couple year break and am trying to find an application to help me do this now.

Can anyone tell me what application that addon was? or a similar application that I can use to do the same thing?

Thanks,
Lance

 

[borgunit]

There are some various add-ons, do a Google search. We use AutoCAD Mechanical and like it pretty well. Has about every fastener-hole-shaft imaginable. Has easy to use viewporting, 2D autohide, BOM, and various standards built in. My 2 cents.

http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"

 

[SugarRat]

Just upgrade to AutoCAD Mechanical 2007. If you want realistic 3D threading, it can do it, if you are only looking for 2D representation, it has the most complete library I have seen for a long long time. Even allows you to do bill of material generation, limited stress analysis, keeps track of different 2D views of the same part, do assemblies, etc.

Ciao

Kobus