#Solidworks toolbox. making bolts longer how to#

Once you have your fully defined sketch we can extrude it вЂ“ but before I do that I can go to the pull-down menu and hit вЂњview dimension namesвЂќ and go to the command Instant2D to make sure that itвЂ™s NOT enabled. To add the first dimension, I can reference back to the specification and see that this is going to be the вЂњAвЂќ dimension, the flat to flat on the hex and that the dimensional value is. IвЂ™m going to choose six sides and drop the polygon in place.ДЄ quick note on the polygon tool is that you can still rotate the polygon tool after you drop it so you want to make sure that you select one of those points and then assign a vertical relationship to the origin, that way you can no longer rotate the polygon. The polygon tool in sketch mode allows you to create a polygon with any number of sides. Next, go to the right plane and begin a sketch and then begin the polygon tool. In this case, IвЂ™ll start it as a part in inches since the specifications are in inches.

Now that IвЂ™ve decided what type of screw to create IвЂ™ll start a new part. In this case, IвЂ™ve downloaded the specifications for a hex cap screw so IвЂ™ll just create the first screw on this chart вЂ“ a Вј 20 hex cap screw. The first step we need to take is to decide what type of screw weвЂ™re going to create. This is the first in a series that will cover the process вЂ“ weвЂ™re going to start out by making the head of the screw, weвЂ™re then going to create a helix, followed by sweeping some threads along that helix, then weвЂ™re going to assign the material to the screw, and finally weвЂ™ll create both a left hand a right-hand version of the screw.

#Solidworks toolbox. making bolts longer how to#

For todayвЂ™s tech tip weвЂ™re going to talk about how to make a screw in SOLIDWORKS.