About Defining Screws and Nuts

When starting Define Component on a Cap Screw or a Nut in a 3DPart, Create Feature lets you automatically create the Axis systems and Assembly Features Drill Hole and Tap Hole, as follows.

• Screw with a cylinder head
  • Three axis system features are created (Top, bottom, and middle).
    
    The top axis system becomes the Hook.
  • Drill Hole
    
    
  • Tap Hole
    
    
• Screw with countersunk head
  • Only the axis system on the top of the head cone is created
    
    
  • Drill Hole: The angle of the cone is the same as the angle of the cone of the screw.
    
    
  • Tap Hole
    
    
• Screw with hexagonal head
  • Three axis system features are created (Top, bottom, and middle)
    
    The top axis system becomes the Hook
  • Drill Hole
    
    
  • Tap Hole
    
    
• Screw with any head
  • Three axis system features are created (Top, bottom, and middle).
    
    The top axis system becomes the Hook.
  • Drill Hole
    
    
  • Tap Hole
    
    
• Specific case where the guide diameter (in blue) is larger than the thread diameter (orange)
  
  
  • Three axis system features are created (Top, bottom, and middle).
    
    The top axis system becomes the Hook.
  • Drill Hole stops on the bottom plane of the guide
    
    
• Nut: For all cases, only the Hook and the Drill Hole are created.