How To Design 3D Printable Threads in Plasticity

In this video we are going to learn how to design custom threads that can be 3D Printed in Plasticity. There is no thread tool but with just a few steps we can make easy to design and print threads.
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[@danielbautistafernandez5331]

This is a really useful tutorial. Thank you so much for putting this together. Print came out great. Definitely need to tinker a bit but you point us in the right direction.
As an idea for future videos, I would love to see your approach on print in place hinges :)

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Thanks. I actually printed some hinges yesterday from Plasticity. I generally don't do print in place hinges for more mechanical parts. They work well for this like articulated characters. Ill play with it a bit more and see what i can come up with.

[@danielbautistafernandez5331]

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign Sounds great. Looking forward to see what you come up with!

[@davidwalton6308]

Great video. Can you do one on 3d printable hinges.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Great suggestion!

That's why I can't give up Fusion360: it's just a thread, it should be easier.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Im sure it will get there. Custom threads in Fusion is a pain, but if you can use the standard ones with the thread tool it is much easier.

[@omegadeepblue1407]

Excellent video, i hope see more Plasticity content

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

More to come!

[@jazon9]

Nice.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Thanks!

[@bwilliams1815]

Can you do a video on user defined threads in Fusion? Finding it so hard to place threads onto a bottle.

[@hoshm5496]

Have you tried using coil?

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Hey Brian, to make custom threads in Fusion is a bit tricky because the surfaces created have a bunch of divisions in them. You would use the coil tool and i generally do this with a triangular profile to give me an edge since Fusion doesn't have a spiral curve tool. Then you would sweep along that edge. With the sweep tool you usually want to do a guide surface. In the case of a thread it would just be an extruded cylinder.
If you want a traditional 60deg thread you can just use the thread tool. But if you need something a bit more custom there are a few steps to it. I will add it to my list.