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threadlib
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threadlib is a library of standard threads for OpenSCAD.
threadlib is a library of standard threads for OpenSCAD. It is based on Helges
excellent `threadprofile.scad
<https://github.com/MisterHW/IoP-satellite/tree/master/OpenSCAD%20bottle%20threads>`__
to create nice threads with lead-in / lead-out tapers. Check out his `article on
generating nice threads
<https://hackaday.io/page/5252-generating-nice-threads-in-openscad>`__ on
Hackaday.
In contrast to other thread libraries, it does not make you look up diameters
and pitches and maybe even thread-profiles in tables and norms: It has these
tables built in.
In contrast to other thread libraries, threadlib does not make you look up
diameters and pitches and maybe even thread-profiles in tables and norms: It has
these tables built in.
Creating a thread is as simple as
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specifications - including the recommended diameter of the support structure.
List of supported threads
===========================
Currently, threadlib knows these threads:
- British Standard Pipe Parallel Threadss G1/16 to G6
Extensibility
===========================