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How to cut threads?

    22-Jun-95 02:22:06
Fm: James Coulter[Mindscape] 73670,677
To: John Hosking 76470,3623
I've uploaded an example of an entirely lofted bolt to the libs (Bolt.Zip). It should be available shortly. Pay close attention to the Deform/Twist and Deform/Scale settings in the Lofter. The resulting mesh could be optimized by adjusting path steps and shape steps in the lofter. Also note that the example bolt is double-threaded. To create a single-threaded bolt, you'll need to make that ellipse into a half-circle on one side and a half-ellipse on the other. — James — Choreo Motion —